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AIMCAANAConnectionSummer 2010 Volume 3, Number 1HHHHHHHAllama Iqbal Medical College Alumni Association of North America
AIMCAANAConnectionEDITORShahram Malik, MDCell 423-737-5478shahrammalik@gmail.comPublication CommitteeCHAIRWasique Mirza, MDCOCHAIR &EDITOR URDU SECTIONJaved Akbar, MDMEMBERSTaseer Cheema, MDImran A. Mirza, MDTariq Arshad, MDShazia Farooq Sheikh, MDArticle SubmissionWe encourage all Iqbalians to submitarticles for the next publication thatmay be of interest to our readers.Articles can be submitted electronicallyat webmasteraimcaana@gmail.com orshahrammalik@gmail.com. The editorsreserve the right to edit all submittedmaterial and may accept or reject anysubmission.AdvertisementFor information, rates of ads, and deadlines,please contact webmasteraimcaana@gmail.com or shahrammalik@gmail.comDisclaimerThe views exposed in this magazine arethose of the authors and do not necessarilyrepresent the official position of Allama IqbalMedical College Alumni Association of NorthAmerica (AIMCAANA). Nothing in thispublication shall constitute an endorsementby AIMCAANA. AIMCAANA disclaims anyliability with respect to the use of or relianceupon any such information.About The CoverThe logo of Allama Iqbal Medical Collegecontains Shaheen (Eagle) which representscourage, struggle, and vision. The poetryis by the National poet of Pakistan AllamaMuhammad Iqbal.About The CartoonsThe cartoons are contributed by Dr. MahvashAmir. She graduated from Allama IqbalMedical College in 1996. She is currentlyresiding in Dallas, Texas.PresidentTahir Latif, MD, MBA, FACPHumera QamarFazal AhmadAshar Chanan KhanAziz U KhanMohammad AliPresident ElectKhurram Nazeer, MDELECTION & NOMINATION COMMITTEEAIMCAANAEXECUTIVE COUNCILImmediate Past PresidentRizwan Akhtar, MD, FASNSecretaryAbid Hussain, MDTreasurerImtiaz Khurshid, MDCouncilorsTaseer Cheema, MDAtif Qureshi, MDMuneer Ahmad Khan, MDImran Mirza, MDZeba Ali, MDTariq Javed, MDBoard of TrusteesJalil Khan MDMahmood Alam MDAttiq A Mirza MDMumtaz Alvi MDNaeem Tahirkheli MDEXECUTIVE DIRECTORSajid Chaudhary, MDCommitteesCOMMUNICATION COMMITTEETariq Javed (Chair)Muneer Ahmad KhamMudassar SaleemiMonem GillenAnwar Hasan RandhawaCONSTITUTION & BYLAWS COMMITTEEEhtsham Haq (Chair)Babar CheemaAtique MirzaNaeem TahirkheliHasan JafriSajid ChoudharyEDUCATION & MENTORSHIP COMMITTEEIntekhab Ahmad (Chair)Khurram Nazeer2Atique A. Mirza (Chair)Jalil KhanUmar Asdaq KhanAtif QureshiMuhammad AsadETHICS & GRIEVANCE COMMITTEETaqueer Yasin (chair)Hasan JaffriFazal AhmadNadeem HaiderHOST COMMITTEE FOR SUMMER MEETINGJalil Khan (chair)Omer LatifAsifa MalikMahvash AmirMEMBERSHIP COMMITTEENusrum Iqbal (Chair)Sujood AhmadAsad QamarWaqar SyedAbid HussainHumera QamarPROJECT EVALUATION COMMITTEEBabar Cheema (Chair)Imtiaz KhurshidRaza KhanSajid choudharyKhurram NazirAsifa MalikMuneer A. KhanNasir AhmadBilal AyubImran AmeerRESIDENCY ASSISTANCE COMMITTEEShahram Malik (Chair)Bilal Ayub (Cochair)M. Hassan MajeedTahir LatifImran MirzaBabar CheemaJahanzeb RiazMohammad Tehseen
r-RaheemSpeaking Out: Easier Said Than DoneShahram Malik, MDIt is not the leaders who have gone astray, it is actually us. Weneed to change and inject new life into ourselves by turning toour own beliefs and values. We need to muster again the couragewhich wrested Pakistan from the mighty clutches of the Empireon which the sun never sat. We, not the leaders are responsiblefor the state we are in right now. If we change, the leaders willchange. If we do not bring distinction to what we are, ourchildren and families will be lost as well. In today’s world, thereis more glitter than gold, and chances of deviating from the rightpath and purpose are numerous.What the poet is sayingis exactly what weare doing as a nation. Ourinvolvement in so manyunnecessary things has madeus even forget why we struggledfor Pakistan and how manylives were sacrificed to getit. Our governments, media,political parties, institutionsand the public have become unmindful of the very purpose ofour becoming a distinct and separate nation. There is shoutingeverywhere, but no voice. There are promises everywhere, butno fulfillment of them. The trumpets of “democracy” are beingblown everywhere, but with no tune to them. With loss of oursense of responsibility we have lost respect for our rights. Wehave relinquished even the basic right to speak out. No matterwhat happens to us, we don’t speak out. We are deprived ofelectric power, we stay silent; we are denied water, we stay tightlipped; we are stripped of basic needs of life, we keep our mouthsshut.We must speak out, not just for being identified but also forthe sake of our children, who are in a dire need of seeing thedifference between the right and the wrong.May Allah forgive us and show us the right path . . . Ameen!!This is the third issue of AIMCAANA Connection. Thepositive response which we received from our readers haskept us encouraged to work even harder for the next issue ofAIMCAANA Connection.AIMCAANA Connection is not just a newsletter; it is a journeyto your past, when you were at AIMC (Allama Iqbal MedicalCollege). It is an account of our progress as Alumni, highlightingthe achievements of our colleagues, a platform to find our longlost friends, a forum to unite again and bring about the changeat home, starting with our alma mater. It is a medium throughwhich we can speak out, be heard and identified.I am thankful to Dr. Tahir Latif, the President AIMCAANA,Dr. Babar Cheema and Dr. Rizwan Akhtar, Past PresidentsAIMCAANA for having placed their trust in me to serve asan Editor of this newsletter. I intend to take our newsletter toan even higher level in providing quality and helpful materialto our readers. I request all our readers and colleagues to takeinterest in our newsletter, and send your items for the futureissues of AIMCAANA Connection. One of our goals is topublish your various thoughts, particularly about our Alumniand its activities.A wise scholar once said, “Speak out so that you may beidentified.” Until we speak out, we will not be recognized. Speakout, so you are judged fairly, so that you are not short changedin your measure, so that you are treated with dignity, and so thatyou may get your rights. Speaking out is what will bring a change:a change in the way others think about us, a change in a way thepeople understand our beliefs, a change in the way we lead ourlives, and a change in the way we up bring our next generation.Today, we are looked upon as a failed state. Our nation iswithout a competent and caring leadership. We are in a state ofuncertainty and chaos. Our values are being chipped away, ourculture is losing its clarity, and our society is becoming corruptand faithless. We have reduced to hollow words the motto onPakistan’s National Emblem, “faith, unity, discipline”, whichour religion teaches and which our great leader Quaid-e-AzamMohammad Ali Jinnah proclaimed to the world.Shahram Malik, AIMC 2002, did Family Medicine residency at EastTennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee after doing clinicalresearch in Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He has published his research work invarious peer reviewed journals. He is currently working as a Hospitalistat Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Norton, Virginia and is anAdjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at DeBusk Collegeof Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee.Why is it so?3
AIMCAANAConnectionTahir Latif, MD, MBA, FACPAIMCAANAPresident’s Message V isiting Faculty Program has been launched and isvery well appreciated by all the medical students, housestaff and faculty at AIMC. I will encourage all of you toexperience that by yourself and plan on spending a day atthe college during your next trip to Pakistan.President AIMCAANA 2010It is a great honor for me to serveas President AIMCCANA 2010.It not only provided me with theopportunity to play a decisive andpivotal role in improving the healthcare and education facilities at our alma mater but alsothe fact that we were able to help so many young Iqbaliansstruggling to get on their feet at the individual level wasespecially gratifying. As you all know, our religion has putenormous emphasis on showing good manners and helpingmankind in need. In these testing times it is especiallyimportant for us to show our neighbors and adoptedsociety the true Islamic teachings. We should never let asmall misinterpreted minority defame our religion. Tocombat the extremism we need to focus more on charitableand social welfare projects to decrease poverty and increaseeducation in Pakistan. Educating our impoverished youthis the only long term solution to route out these extremistelements from our society. Let us join hands and startwith one project at a time; we are much more effectiveas a group than on an individual level as we all saw inthe beginning of April when regardless of our alumniaffiliations all of the APPNA community came togetherand made its voice heard against media invasion of Jinnahhospital. I am hopeful that APPNA task force formed asa result of that movement will be instrumental not onlyin developing the code of conducts for the media but alsoformulate recommendations for health reforms in Pakistanto safe guard physician and patient rights. W e continued our commitment to provide rent supportof 1000/month to Iqbalian house since May 2009. C itizens committee has started planning and reviewprocess to deliver 10 Scholarships of 40,000 rupees eachto 10 bright and deserving students for the year 2010 E xecutive committee is diligently working on establishingthe transparent, safe and effective investment strategy forour Endowment Fund which as of May 9 2009 stands at 50,199.49. W e continue to support young Iqbalians in their questto residency by not only offering them mentorship butalso by providing them with financial support as Qarze-hasana. We distributed approximately 8000 amongyoung Iqbalians who needed financial assistance. J innah Allama Iqbal Institute of Diabetes andEndocrinology (JAIDE) inaugurated on November 14,2009 (World Diabetic Day) after a speedy renovationof existing building sponsored by the AIMCAANAmembership. The institute was also recognized as theaccredited endocrinology fellowship site soon after itsinauguration, 2nd such accreditation in Pakistan. A IMCAANA Connection continued to grow in 2010,thanks to the efforts of Publication committee and Dr.Shahram Malik. I am pleased to report that like theprevious two issues this issue is also budget neutral andall the expenses were paid from advertisements.I am pleased to report remarkable progress of AIMCAANAas many new milestones were conquered in the first half of2010.None of this would have been possible without thededication of many volunteers who devoted their visionand energy to make every AIMCAANA project a success.Hats off to the Executive Committee, Councilors,Committee Members and Chairs, Donors and especiallyAIMCAANA membership. Please accept my heartfeltgratitude for your continued support. Please also makeplans to attend summer meeting in Dallas, TX from June30 to July 4th. Hope to see you all there. Iqbalian once,Iqbalian forever. A complete overhaul of AIMCAANA website is inprocess and will include many new features includingonline payment using secure Paypal account fordonations, memberships and document verification fees. B last email system is now reaching more than700 Iqbalians and has played an important role incommunicating with the membership. Our life timemembership is approaching to 50. A IMCAANA face book group membership is nowmore than 900 members. Thanks to the hard work anddedication of Dr. Imran Mirza. This forum is providingIqbalians excellent opportunities to interact with eachother.Tahir, AIMC 1996 Fall, did Internal Medicine and Hematology/MedicalOncology training at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio, afterspending almost six years in private practice at Carlsbad, New Mexico, heis currently serving as Assistant Professor of clinical medicine at Universityof Cincinnati.4
AIMCAANAConnectionProf Javed Akram, MDMessage FromThe Principalcollege has been upgraded. College of Physiotherapy and AlliedHealth Schools have been established. A state-of-the-art forensicdepartment with 4 post mortem tables is fully operational.Liver Transplant center, 1st of its kind in Pakistan, is also beingestablished there.Principal & CEO, Allama Iqbal Medical College& Jinnah Hospital, LahoreIt gives me immense pleasure towrite this message for AIMCAANAconnection. AIMCAANA has alwaysbeen active and at the forefront ofsupporting the students and staff oftheir alma mater. They are always exploring new avenues as towhat they can give back to their institution that empowered themin the first place. You are all aware of the recent strife with mediaintrusion into hospital, violating doctor-patient confidentialityand privacy. With the grace of Allah, the issue has been resolvedamicably. Now by government’s notification, all over Pakistanmedia personnel requiring information about patients andhospital are to contact the nominated media facilitation persononly and no one in the name of information gathering can harassthe doctors and paramedical staff. This indeed is a big featherin the cap for Iqbalians who stood their ground and fought forpatient’s rights and safer working environment for doctors. Inorder to facilitate conflict resolution, grief reaction handlingand communication skills workshop are held weekly at collegeauditorium.Prof Riazuddin Sheikh, a well known molecular biologist, hasbeen appointed the new director of research. He is also headingthe stem cell research lab with 17 new pharmaceutical proteinsidentified. We are manufacturing our own interferon. The specialarea of interest of researchers in the stem cell research includesdevelopment of chondrocytes, corneal and dermal cells.I am pleased to inform you that AIMC is launching the Pakistan’sfirst dedicated journal of endocrinology. JAIDE is in the processof compiling and publishing the first textbook of endocrinologytitled “endocrinology: what a clinician must know”. The aim isto introduce the discipline of endocrinology to postgraduatemedical students and family physicians.The “Reward and Recognition System” of AIMC is operatingwell with monthly cash awards and certificates for 4 categoriesfrom college side and 5 from hospital side. This year AIMCconvocation was held with bestowing awards to medal holdersfrom the previous 9 years. A total of 250 medals were awardedby the Honorable Prime Minister in the presence of the ChiefMinister Punjab.In November last year, college of physicians and surgeons ofPakistan inspected and approved for training in 17 clinicaldisciplines at Allama Iqbal medical college. The disciplinesapproved include endocrinology, nephrology, plastic surgeryetc. JAIDE, a primary initiative of AIMCAANA, has a robustturnover with new facilities being offered for patients on anongoing basis.Jinnah Public school has been upgraded to high school levelwith O and A levels with English being the medium of teaching.Recently an outlet of “The Utility Store” has been opened inthe Jinnah Hospital Colony. A new 3-storied cafeteria is beingdeveloped with separate dining space for doctors. JinnahHospital has now become the first hospital in Pakistan providing100% free food to all patients.Five new lecture theatres have been constructed and furnishedincluding a first of its kind student’s lounge. Girl’s hostel has beenrenovated and a girl’s mosque founded. 11 new extracurricularclubs have been introduced with an enthusiastic responseby students. Medical Education (ME) department is beingstrengthened. In order to make the medical training a wholesomeexperience, we have moved on from teacher-student relationshipto mentor-mentee relationship.We were one of the first responders to IDP crisis in Swat andMalakand and one of the largest single donors amounting toa total cost of more than 8 million rupees. The local alumniof Allama Iqbal medical college have been motivated andmobilized, reaching its zenith of networking last year in the formof annual alumni dinner.An Iqbalian once, an Iqbalian forever. Come back and see whatwe are doing. Your input will help us stay the course and help usachieve our common goal: a better and brighter future for all,especially for our students and deserving patients.AIMC and JHL have become the first public sector institutes inPakistan to be ISO 9002 and 14000 certified and have setup afully functional total quality management (TQM) departmentto maintain the standards. Emergency room has been fullycomputerized. A second angiography machine is being installedfor primary PTCA. We have also started carotid and peripheralarterial angioplasty. Vascular surgery department has beenestablished. Medical genetics department has been established.A second orthopedic unit has been established and Central ICUhas been expanded by 20 beds. The hospital formulary has beenupgraded. A new trauma center has been opened. A solid WasteManagement (SWM) department has been established for safedisposal of potentially infectious waste. Nursing school andProf Javed Akram, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Edinburgh),FRCP (London), FACP (USA), FACC (USA), FASIM (USA) is theyoungest Principal and CEO in the history of Allama Iqbal MedicalCollege/Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. He is a well respected teacher and anaccomplished researcher. He has more than 100 publications in a variety ofhigh impact journals. He has supervised countless postgraduate students,many of them now holding important positions in Pakistan and abroad.When you visit Allama Iqbal Medical College, a spirit of enthusiasticparticipation at every level from a student of 1st year to the senior mostProfessors is evident at a glance. His dynamic personality and clear visionhas ushered in a new vigor and developmental activity at a vibrant pace.5
AIMCAANAFinancial ReportConnectionRizwan Akhtar, MD, FASNhasna program. Audience Response System for 200 wasdelivered to the AIMC.Immediate Past President AIMCAANAAIMCAANA annual summer meeting was anothersuccessful event attended by about 100 Iqbalians andtheir families to share old memories with each other.Everybody there opened their hearts and pledged around 40,000 for different projects. AIMCAANA also arrangedanother successful social forum in collaboration withNMCAANA, featuring Omar Khan, Maleeha Lodhi,Shamila Chaudhry, Anwar Iqbal, Sohail Warraich, andAthar Minallah. I am ecstatic to announce the completionof renovations for Jinnah Allama Iqbal Institute of Diabetesand Endocrinology (JAIDE) which will be a great resourcefor education (already approved for FCPS) and preventionof Diabetes related problems in Pakistan.Iam thankful to AIMCAANAmembership for providing me theopportunity to serve as Presidentin 2009. I am proud to report thatit has been one of the best yearsin the history of AIMCAANA. For example, Scholarshipswere finally awarded to 105 deserving students, Citizen’scommittee was nominated and has done great job inhelping accomplish our goals, AIMCAANA website wasonce again updated, residency assistance committee havealso done a phenomenal job in helping young iqbalians tosecure a residency spot. AIMCAANA continued to supportrent for a house in Philadelphia to meet the lodgingneeds of young Iqbalians who are searching for residencyprograms and many of them also benefited from Qurz-e-Rizwan AIMC 1984 did his residency at Brown affiliated program inRhode Island 1994 and Nephrology fellowship at Yale affiliated programat New Haven, Connecticut. Since then, he is doing solo practice inRichmond, Kentucky.AIMCAANA Financial Report as of May 09, 2010AIMCAANA Endowment 50,199.49AIMCAANA General 14,165.83Income Expense Report For 2009/2010DescriptionExpenseIncomeMoney wired to Pakistan
The logo of Allama Iqbal Medical College contains Shaheen (Eagle) which represents courage, struggle, and vision. The poetry is by the National poet of Pakistan Allama Muhammad Iqbal. About The Cartoons The cartoons are contributed by Dr. Mahvash Amir. She graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical College in 1996. She is currently residing in Dallas .
- Prof. Aamer Ali (UK)- “Navigation to UK” December 22,2018 Thanks to the organizing committed for their hospitality. The faculty enjoyed dinner programs: December 17th thby AIMCAANA, December 18 by JHL GI Unit, and Banquet Dinner December 21st with theme of ISHQ. The Principal Prof. Dr
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