Professor A. Rahim was born on 1st February, 1915 in Peshawar. In 1941, he graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, and was house surgeon to the Professor of Surgery for one year. He did casualty appointment in Mayo Hospital, Lahore, for 3 months after which he was selected for the Punjab Medical Services andRead More
Category: Dow Faculty
Faculty members of Dow Medical College and later Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
A Popular Professor of Medicine
Professor Khwaja Moin of General Medicine,was popular as a person and as a teacher and is remembered fondly by his students. Sadly died at an early age. Shabbir Jumani I missed my posting there due to my father’s illness and being with him in US for his treatment. I still remember how cooperative and considerate heRead More
Prof. M. H. Shirazi
SURGEON M.R. Shirazi: 1960-70’s: Was a Thoracic Surgeon and was a Professor at Civil Hospital Karachi and a visiting surgeon at the Ojha Sanatorium. Dr. Iqbal Yaad would refer him the ugh advanced TB patients who he first tried to treat with medicines. If they would not respond and develop complications such as a lungRead More
Prof. Abdul Wahid Reciting Some Verses 1985.
This video took many years to be finally traced to Dr. Mohammad Hafeez Rahman MD who graciously gave it to for processing it into a movie. I first heard about the video at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Class of 1960 in Houston in 2010. Prof. Adeeb Rizvi came from Karachi to attend hisRead More
Prof. Habib Patel
Prof. Habib Patel was born in 1912 in India. He was an outstanding student at the Grant Medical College, Bombay and was appointed to the faculty in 1941. He was invited by the Government of Sindh in 1947 to come over to Pakistan which he did and joined Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital KarachiRead More
Dow Medical College Class of 1980 in Medical Unit II
Photo sometimes in 1980. Civil Hospital Karachi Medical Unit 2. Prof. Khwaja Muin was the head of the unit with house officers Dr. Ambo (Registrar), Dr. Nargis Kazi and Dr. Salma Hafiz (both of class of 1977) Please send any corrections and if others can be identified please send it to globelinker@gmail.com. Thanks. Prof. MuinRead More
Prof. Mushtaq Hasan
Prof. Mushtaq Hasan was the Chief of General Medicine in the 1970’s and managed the Ward I of Civil Hospital, Karachi. Here is shown with his house staff in 1978 or so. Photo is courtesy of Dr. Nargis Kazi on the extreme left. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
Prof. Dr. Hussain Ahmed (1923-1976)
Prof. Dr. Hussain Ahmed, M.B.B.S., D.A. (London), D.A. (Copenhagen), F.F.A.R.C.S. (London), F.C.P.S. (Pakistan). Dr. Hussain Ahmed was among the hardworking and dedicated pioneers who established departments of Dow Medical College (DMC) and Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), after partition.Born on 15th Sept. ’23 in Madras, India, Dr. Hussain Ahmed completed his M.B.B.S. at Madras Medical College,Read More
Prof. Mir Abdul Basir
(Photo and text courtesy of Shehla Hussain MD) Prof. Dr. Mir Abdul Basir, M.B.B.S., PhD (London) was the Prof. of Physiology at the Dow Medical College, Karachi, from 1948 to 1951. He then moved to Liaquat Medical College as its founder Principal – cum – Prof. of Physiology where he served until his retirement inRead More
Dow & CHK, Paediatric Ward in 1965
Thanks to Dr. Syed Nasim Hyder, Dow Class of 1965 for providing this picture and information. Here is a picture shot in 1965 showing Paediatric ward. I am interested to know about the dwarf standing in the fore front who was a trade mark of the ward at that time.Please post it at your webRead More