Asra Abeer Usmani, MBBS
Chief Resident
Instructor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
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Patient Care Related:Biosketch
Asra Usmani, MD, is a graduate of the Aga Khan University, Pakistan, where she held numerous student representative positions and continued to work as a research associate and co coordinator for the past 2 years following her graduation. In this role, she managed and headed AKU's collaborative research work with Boston Children's Hospital and University of Virginia to map the early childhood gut using single cell sequencing data. She also worked on projects under the Bill & Melinda Foundation focused on improving maternal and child health in Pakistan. She is currently a resident physician at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine where she will be training to become a pediatrician.
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Education and Training
- MBBS 2021, Medicine, Aga Khan University
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Publications
Ali F., Ladak L.A., Usmani A., Javaid M., Anwar T., Hasan B.S. Health-Related Quality of Life, Challenges, and Experiences of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease After Cardiac Catheterization: A Mixed-Methods Study Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 2025;4
Nisar M.I., das S., Khanam R., Khalid J., Chetia S., Hasan T., Shahid S., Marijani M.L., Ahmed S., Khalid F., Ali S.M., Chowdhury N.H., Mehmood U., Dutta A., Rahman S., Qazi M.F., Deb S., Mitra D.K., Usmani A.A., Dhingra U., Raqib R., Manu A., Yoshida S., Minckas N., Bahl R., Baqui A.H., Sazawal S., Jehan F. Early to mid-pregnancy HbA1c levels and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes in three low middle-income countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024;24
Ansari N., Nisar M.I., Khalid F., Mehmood U., Usmani A.A., Shaheen F., Hotwani A., Begum K., Barkat A., Yoshida S., Manu A.A., Sazawal S., Baqui A.H., Bahl R., Jehan F. Prevalence and risk factors of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 infection in women and children in peri-urban communities in Pakistan: A prospective cohort study Journal of Global Health. 2022;12
Usmani A., Sultana S., Nisar I., Zaidi S., Jehan I., Zaidi A. Effect of a community based social marketing strategy on the uptake of clean delivery kits in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022;22(1)
Ali F., Ladak L.A., Usmani A.A., Raza H.A., Siddiqui M.T., Hasan B. Health-related quality of life in postcardiac interventional catheterization patients with congenital heart disease: A mixed-methods study protocol from Pakistan BMJ Open. 2021;11(12)
Khan G.N., Kureishy S., Ariff S., Habib M.A., Usmani A.A., Mubarik A., Hussain M., Akbar N., De Castro P.R., Garzon A.C., De Pee S., Soofi S.B. Specialized nutritious food combined with cash transfers and social and behavior change communication to prevent stunting among children aged 6 to 23 months in pakistan: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial Jmir Research Protocols. 2020;9(8)
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Presentations
- Acute myocardial infarction in pediatric population. Assis de Carlos G, Usmani A, Melgar T, Shrestha M, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Onychomadesis secondary to streptococcus pharyngitis: A case report. Usmani A, Deleon J, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Under-representation of diverse skin tones in dermatology, a case of Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome. Vosters J, Hangse T, Usmani A, Nelliadi S, Deleon J, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024