Maha Ahmed completed her degree in Adult Nursing from Bournemouth University in 2006. She worked in an acute hyper-acute stroke ward in Portsmouth for two years before moving to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, where she has been working as a Headache Specialist Nurse since 2012. In 2011, she earned an associate degree in Neuroscience Nursing from London South Bank University.

Maha has extensive skills and expertise in the procedural management of headaches, including Botox injections, Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks, and Multiple Cranial Nerve Blocks. She also played a key role in establishing the nurse-led Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide (CGRP) clinics in Queen Square. Maha has delivered talks and lectures at local and national headache symposiums, including the Centre for Nurse and Midwife Research (CNMR) Festival of Excellence research conference. Additionally, she has co-authored several articles published in peer-reviewed journals.