Dr. Yasmin Ahmed, MD
Internal medicine physician and Medical Director of Federal Injury Centers, Dr. Ahmed oversees the medical evaluation, treatment and OWCP physician reporting that injured federal employees rely on across all nine DMV clinics.
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Director
- OWCP-Enrolled Physician
About Dr. Yasmin Ahmed
Dr. Yasmin Ahmed, MD is the Medical Director of Federal Injury Centers and an internal medicine physician. As Medical Director she is responsible for the medical standard of care across all nine Federal Injury Centers clinics in Maryland and Northern Virginia, supervising the evaluation and treatment of injured federal and postal employees and the physician reporting that their OWCP claims depend on.
Federal workers' compensation is a physician-driven system. Under FECA, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs relies on a qualified physician's opinion — supported by examination findings and medical rationale — to accept a claim, authorize treatment, set work restrictions and determine when an employee can return to duty. Dr. Ahmed's role is to make sure that opinion is medically sound and clearly documented at every step.
Why it matters for your claim: OWCP gives particular weight to reports authored by a licensed physician (MD or DO). Having an MD Medical Director overseeing your care means your CA-20 Attending Physician's Report and narrative reports carry the medical authority claims examiners expect.
Internal Medicine and the Injured Worker
Internal medicine training centers on diagnosing and managing the whole patient, not a single body part. For an injured federal employee that matters in two ways. First, work injuries often occur alongside other health conditions that affect healing and safe return to duty; Dr. Ahmed evaluates the injury in the context of the patient's overall health. Second, occupational disease claims (filed on Form CA-2) — conditions that develop over time from repetitive work, exposure or cumulative strain — require a physician who can establish medical causation across a longer history, which is a core internal-medicine skill.
What Dr. Ahmed Oversees
- Initial medical evaluation of traumatic injuries (CA-1) and occupational disease claims (CA-2)
- Treatment plans coordinating medical care, chiropractic and physical therapy
- Physician completion of OWCP forms: CA-16 (Part B), CA-17 Duty Status Reports and CA-20 Attending Physician's Reports
- Narrative medical reports establishing causation, objective findings and work restrictions
- Return-to-duty determinations and, where applicable, impairment evaluations for schedule awards
- Medical review of patient-facing content on this website
How Dr. Ahmed's Team Helps Injured Federal Employees
If you are a federal or USPS employee injured on the job, Federal Injury Centers' DOL doctors — working under Dr. Ahmed's medical direction — evaluate and treat your injury, complete your OWCP forms at your visit and bill the Department of Labor directly under federal workers' compensation. There are no copays or out-of-pocket costs on an accepted claim.
