So proud of
@SFaisalMahmood
- ID Section Head, Department of Medicine - demonstrated extraordinary leadership and service during the pandemic recognized today by one of the highest civilian honors
#Pakistan
@AKUGlobal
@AdilHaiderMD
Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences leading way in high acuity care - excellent PPE availability - leadership attuned to needs of local community and highly responsive.
& superstar female medical students! 🤩
@AdilHaiderMD
@AzraPechuho
@PKWomeninMed
Congratulations to Dean
@AdilHaiderMD
for being appointed to the National Medical and Dental Academic Board of
#Pakistan
- what a great team put together to advance the mission of medical academia in the country!
Beyond belief. Opened my email to find I had matched at my dream program
@IMResidencyDuke
!!!
This one is for my friends, family and mentors (
@ZainabASamad
,
@HarisMurad4
) who have always had more faith in me than I have ever had in myself.
Let's get to work💪🏽!!
#Match2024
1. This baby was born at BHU Chamkani in rural Peshawar, one of 1500 recently, as part of the primary healthcare revamp programme across KP.
The programme to give mothers access to 24-7 birth facilities is now live at 70 BHUs & RHCs, and will be scaled up to over 200 facilities.
Thank you Dean Adil and Aku .A moment of sheer happiness and sense of gratitude and honor Humbled and super excited ! Congratulations to all the faculty awardees
@AKUGlobal
Congratulations to
@SVRaoMD
on winning the best mentor award. Yet again. He introduced me to “The Shining” - that, mind you, is more likely to happen with the femoral approach
#RadialFirst
Professor
@virani_md
about to tell us why ethnicity especially South Asian ethnicity is a risk enhancer for
#CVD
and how do we acheive risk reduction Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
@AKUGlobal
@AdilHaiderMD
Super excited to be partnering with my friend and collaborator
@virani_md
@BCMHeart
@bcmhouston
on understanding and mitigating Cardiometabolic illness in SouthAsians.
Also got to meet my teacher and current Chair of Medicine Dr Kamran Hameed at Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam and tour the beautiful world class facilities
@akhstanzania
@AKUGlobal
So much opportunity to work across sectors to advance human health in Pakistan and beyond -
@AKUGlobal
CITRIC Health Data Science Center team in Islamabad to set up collaborations
We started off the day with our
@akdn
partners 😊
Spent Saturday night fit testing frontline healthcare workers for N95s. Doctor or medical student - do what you can to help out your local hospitals!
#Covid_19
Learning health systems for translating evidence to practice -
@virani_md
back at his Alma mater
@AKUGlobal
giving Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Abdul Hakeem as Professor of Cardiology at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.
#NICVD
#DrAbdulHakeem
@ZainabASamad
recently returned to her alma mater, Aga Khan University Medical College, to become the Chair of Medicine. She shares her inspiring vision, including promotion of research via a vast network of data collection and new opportunities for women in medicine.
First Valve Clinic in Pakistan where patients with complex heart valve problems will see cardiologists, surgeons & cardiac specialists in one setting to make best collaborative decisions for patients. No more multiple appointments & delays. One stop that is all.
#NICVD
@SKhanMHCM
ASE is happy to announce a brand new Twitter Journal Club with the first article, Doppler Echocardiography for the Estimation of LV Filling Pressure in Patients With Mitral Annular Calcification, January 30, 2018, 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM US EST
#ASEchoJC
#NICVD
will hold the "1st Annual Pakistan Heart Valve Summit" on December 17, 2022.
Physical registrations have now closed!
Zoom registration is now available via email heartvalvesummit.nicvd
@gmail
.com
Zoom registrations are open until 8 p.m. tonight (December 15, 2022)
Congratulations to the Internal Medicine team under the leadership of Dr Mehmood Riaz for putting together a great program - 2nd Internal Medicine Symposium
@AKUGlobal
@AimeeZaas
- thank you for joining us - fantastic talk on mentoring
Baba spent almost his entire career at
@nicvd_karachi
- and growing up I spent many hours in the car along with my siblings waiting outside the ER for him :) its a phenomenal place of public service!
@saraheem82
@ahakeem143
@drmhk1
What a singular pleasure it was to meet an absolute powerhouse of women leaders in global health - finally - in person
Harnessing diverse and equitable leadership is necessary to navigate our future challenges and immense opportunities
@AnitaZaidi
@AmieBatson
@HelenClarkNZ
Diverse leadership in global health is vital for improved health outcomes. Our Global Advisory Board is dedicated to empowering talented women, catalyzing systemic change, and achieving gender equality in leadership.
#womenleadershipmatters
Welcome to
@AKUGlobal
Medical College (Pak)- Class of 2023! You are the Chosen 100 (from 4800 applicants). I have no doubt you will be awesome doctors, alleviate human suffering, make great discoveries, teach the next generation, ensure healthcare is equitable &
#makeadifference
!
How can we increase awareness and working towards the SDGs in health and health related domains ? Dr Bhutta launching the 3rd consultation day
@zfrmrza
- our problems live in these two gaps 1)knowledge and policy 2)policy and implementation
PRESS RELEASE -
@AKUGlobal
's first global convocation was live-streamed worldwide today, as 667 students on 3 continents received their degrees & heard speeches by HH the
#AgaKhan
, Chief Guest
@melindagates
, & AKU President Firoz Rasul.
#AKUConvocation
Our alumnus Dr Adil Haider, MBBS ’98, will return to his alma mater as the Dean, Medical College, Pakistan from January 1, 2019. Congratulations and welcome,
@AdilHaiderMD
.
#AKUAlumni
#AKUGlobal
#AKUMC
Congrats to Dr Sara Khan on her new appointment as
#Neurology
head
@AKUGlobal
! She's a proud alumna of our MBBS program and has completed her residency + fellowship from the
@ClevelandClinic
. She is also the first woman to ever occupy this role! Pls join me in congratulating her!
Dr Farooq Oighur of Quetta awarded Taghma e Imtiaz at Governor House Quetta today. He is another graduate of Pulmonology fellowship program of AKUH. Congratulation to all AKU Pulmonary family of two awards in a day.
Learning from Minister
@Jhagra
about Universal Health Coverage at the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
“Simplicity has been one of the bedrocks of success”
Urban planning is at the center of the NCD and climate crisis - no foot path, access to parks, public transport -
@bilalgilani
speaking at a panel discussion on Climate Change and NCDs in Pakistan
@AKUGlobal
2 more days to go for the first of its kind Health Data Science Workshop in Pakistan! So excited to welcome the select few from across Pakistan to experience firsthand the power of data-driven solutions!
@drkhalidrehman
@esepzai
@snadiabokhari
Sindh government. We are partnering with them on an important initiative to provide training and peer-to-peer consultation for critically ill
#COVID19
patients
The early career faculty driving force behind the iMeDCon 2023 👇 -
so great to have Dr Nighat Murad join us from the NIH Pakistan
Conf also featured research training workshop led by our
#Fogarty
fellows
@AnzarFarhala
@drzeerakjarrar
Congrats Dr Mehmood Riaz
Tremendous burden premature CVD in
#Pakistan
, not waiting for others to solve problems ,
#BashirHanif
leading landmark prospective study->addressing national CVD & atherosclerotic dis burden w local/international/industry collaboration
Join us to maximize success
@miguelcainzos23