Let us take you through the Dow Time Tunnel! The great site to share your Dow days. From 1945 to 2013 hundreds of Dow Graduates share one common place we call our Dow. From the hallways of anatomy museum to the snack corner we all have lived through a very rich and active student life.Read More
Early History of Dow: The Real Benefactor
By Dr. Sohail Ansari 10th December 1945Dow Medical College75 years – Golden JubileeMost will recognise Sir Hugh Dow and relate him as the founder of Dow Medical College. The medical college in Hyderabad was under threat unless it was improved and transferred to Karachi. The man behind the negotiations and actions for this to happenRead More
Prof. Riaz Qureshi 1966
Event in 1979
The Naughty Dowites of 90s.
LIFE IN DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE, KARACHI 1985: Amin H. Karim MD This was a classic Kodak moment caught by a Dowite showing the mischief of the naughty medical students of the Dow class of 1990 while getting into the DMC bus to take them home. The photo has been posted here before and one ofRead More
Dr. Salim Chowdhrey
June 13 2023 Our member Salim Chowdhrey RIP passed away today On behalf of the ISWMOKB family condolences to all family members and may God give you all the strength to bear this irreplaceable loss Just saw the post below posted by our member Iffat Shah “My good friend and respected senior colleague Dr SalimRead More
Dow Dissection Hall 1980’s
By Dr. Jamshed Bashir DMC Class of 1986 Starting with an old bland vignette reminiscing dissection of cadavers when we started in Dow Medical College. It is part of a series of essays I wrote about my time in the college. Like all new medical students we were excited to go to the ‘dissection hall’,Read More
Prof. Mahmud Ali Shah
By Dr. Sohail Ansari The one name that Dow Medical College can be proud of is Professor Mahmud Ali Shah. It was due to his efforts and his wife’s, Prof Mubarika Shah that the Anatomy department was curated which was one of the preconditions for recognition of the College by Bombay University. He was ProfessorRead More
Dr. Asif Ali Mansuri
Dr. Asif Ali Mansuri was the President of Dow Medical College Students’ Union in 1970-71. His recent photo is below. he graduated in class of 1971.
Pre Medical Students 1953
1953: DJ Science College, Some went on to Dow Class of 1960; This must be when they had just joined the pre med college. Notice Prof. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi. Standing in front of Dr. Rizvi, second from right is Dr. Rahim Khan, a surgeon in UK. Serious people. No one smiling. Can anyone recognize anyoneRead More
1957: Girl Students Strike
Karachi 1957: Dow Medical College Karachi. Girl students went on a hunger strike with the following demands: 1) Better hostel facilities, (2) Better lending library (3) Passing marks should be 50% instead of 60% and other demands. Then Prime Minister of Pakistan Marhoom Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy visited the College and met with the students, reassuringRead More