Category: Dowites in Limelight
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Dr. M. Shahid Yousuf Dow 1975
M. Shahid Yousuf Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award At the recent annual meeting of the Michigan Chapter of APPNA, Dr. M. Shahid Yousuf was given a lifetime achievement award for services to APPNA. The citation reads:- “APPNA- MI Chapter Presents The Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Shahid Yousuf in Recognition of Your Lifetime Service and Dedication…
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Women of Dow 2014
Photo courtesy of National Health Forum newsletter (www.nhfus.org)
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The Distinguished Career of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Recognized by Dow Alumni
This article is related to the recognition of Dr. Sultan Ahmed (Dow 1963) for his life long services to Dow and CHK. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 July 2006 S. Sultan Ahmed, MD, SQA, Sultan Ahmed, MD Dr. Sultan Ahmed entered Dow Medical College in 1958 after obtaining B.Sc. from D.J.…
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Professor Fazal Elahi Remembered
Prof. Fazal Elahi was Prof of Surgery and Head of Department Of Surgery at Dow & CHK. We honoured his memory, with a plenary lecture dedicated to him in Surgicon 2013 conference, organized by the Society of Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi Chapter, in December 2013. Dr. Rizwan Azami, Vice President, College of Physician Surgeon Pakistan, wrote and…
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Dr. Nasreen Jamal Khan DMC 1983
NASREEN JAMAL KAHAN was a Dow graduate of 1983. She died two days ago in a bomb blast in Kabul, AFGHANISTAN. She was brilliant doctor met her in in 1994 when she was working at family planning clinic at Britto road Karachi.She was very hard working doctor and was always concern about women health…
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Busharat Ahmad MD
“After passing my Boards in Ophthalmology and doing research and teaching at the Harvard Medical School I decided to return home and joined the teaching faculty at the DOW. in 1969. Prof Mahmood Ali Shah had just retired as Principal and was the Professor of Ophthalmology at the Civil Hospital and really embraced me in…
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Dr. Abdul Bari Khan: Dowite 1986 Founder of Indus Hospital Karachi.
Dr. Abdul Bari Khan recieved the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to medicine in Pakistan. He is the Founder of the Indus Hospital, a highly successful, free of cost hospital in Karachi and the first paperless hospital in Pakistan. Here is an excerpt from the Fellowship website published in 2004. DR.…
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Professor Shahbuddin Rahimtoola, Class of 1954 – a Distinguished Career
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, M.B., F.R.C.P.,M.A.C.P,,M.A.C.C., D.Sc. (Hon) Dr. Shahbudin Rahimtoola was born in Bombay, India and graduated M.B.B.S from Dow Medical College in 1954. He received the MRCP from the Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh in 1963 and he was awarded the Fellowship in 1972. He came to the United States in 1963 and…
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Dr. Shershah Syed
Shershah Syed is a Pakistani physician and surgeon, known for his work in obstetrics and maternal health.[1][2] He was involved in providing emergency medical assistance to victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods.[3] He was the president of the Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Pakistan from 2007–2010,[4] and is the current president of the Pakistan National Forum on Women’s Health (PNFWH).[5] Dr. Shershah is…
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Professor Adeeb Ul Hasan Rizvi
Professor Adeeb Ul Hasan Rizvi graduated from DMC in 1960. He is the founder of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi. SIUT (Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation) started as an eight-bed ward in the Civil Hospital, Karachi. In the years following its inception, it has progressed from a small ward to a status…