For many of us, AKU has served as the stepping stone to our career. The AKU Alumni Association of North America serves as a vital link in keeping you connected to other alumni, our local opportunities in North America and AKU. An integral part of the Association’s work is its leadership, namely the Executive Council. The Council consists of 4 people: a president, past president, secretary and treasurer.
The Executive Council promotes and supports activities that connect alumni to each other, connect alumni to local opportunities, connect alumni to the University, and connect alumni to the current student body.
Over the years, several alumni have served on the Executive Council and promoted AKUAANA’s mission to connect AKU MC Alumni globally.
We would love to hear your voice / ideas / initiatives / projects and help promote diversity initiatives within the Alumni Association. Your participation strengthens our community and brings value to the Association!
2024 – 25
| Executive Council: 2024 - 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Faisal Wasi Shaikh | 1996 |
| Immediate Past President | Abdul Waheed | 2005 |
| Secretary | Hina Hussain | 1997 |
| Treasurer | Aqueel Hussain Pabaney | 2006 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Manager | Abdul Basit Saeed | 2007 |
Abdul Waheed
Immediate Past President
A graduate of the class of 2005, Dr Abdul Waheed did his residency training in family medicine from Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He is the Family Medicine residency program director at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and Clinical Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine at Penn State University College of Medicine and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a member of Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) Continuous Professional Development Committee. He has special interest in capacity building in research and scholarship as well as faculty and resident academic development in low resource and community hospital settings. Prior to joining WellSpan Health, he successfully developed alternative models and novel approaches towards faculty and resident academic development in collaboration Penn State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr Waheed is a frequent speaker at regional and national forums including the ACGME Annual Educational Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. He has an impressive track record of scholarly activity including over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributions to book chapters.
In his leisure, he loves to write poetry in Urdu and read a range of topics including fiction, poetry, sociology, religion, philosophy, and history. He is also founding Chair of Board Governors for Al-Shaoor Library and Al-Shaoor Forum that strives for positive social change and social justice in Kahna Nau, suburban Lahore, Pakistan where he grew up.
Facebook: Abdul Waheed
Hina Hussain
Secretary
Dr. Hina Hussain is a Family Medicine physician in the Atlanta and Greater Atlanta area. Since 2010, she has successfully operated her independent medical practice, providing medical services to psychiatric facilities while also working in primary care settings.
A graduate of Aga Khan University in 1997, Dr. Hussain pursued post-graduate training at Emory University Family Medicine Department, completing her program in 2004. Early in her career, she dedicated her efforts to traditional outpatient primary care, later transitioning in 2009 to a role as a medical doctor within psychiatric facilities. By 2010, she had fully embraced this role, finding fulfillment in addressing the unique challenges presented by psychiatric patients. Driven by a commitment to streamline healthcare for this population at the community level, she remains actively engaged in this pursuit.
Dr. Hussain’s dedication extends beyond her clinical practice; she assumed a leadership role within AKUANNA, with a strategic focus on fostering camaraderie, cultivating partnerships among alumni, and fortifying the bond between the alumni community and the University.
Abdul Basit Saeed
Web Manager
Abdul Basit Saeed is a graduate from the Class of 2007 and has been associated with AKUAANA since 2012. He took over reins of the challenging AKUAANA Website Redesign Project (initiated by Atif Khan '99) in 2013, and has served as Web and Social Media Manager for the association since. Working closely with the Executive Council, he is the rock around which the technical aspects of AKUAANA's web presence have been built and the organization will always be indebted to him.
He has been involved with community building websites for 16 years, and has experience with websites powered by WordPress, vBulletin and XenForo. He believes in empowering the AKU Alumni community through a web presence that provides robust membership and networking features, and is the founder of the AKU Students and Alumni Network (AKUMC-STAN).
He loves playing table tennis, basketball and running.
Facebook: Abdul Basit Saeed
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2022 – 23
| Executive Council: 2022 - 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Abdul Waheed | 2005 |
| Immediate Past President | Faisal Habib Cheema | 2000 |
| Secretary | Faisal Wasi Shaikh | 1996 |
| Treasurer | Abdul Moiz Khan | 2005 |
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2020 – 21
| Executive Council: 2020 - 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Faisal Habib Cheema | 2000 |
| Immediate Past President | Namirah Jamshed | 1996 |
| Secretary | Abdul Waheed (Nov 2020 - Dec 2021) Haresh Kumar (Jan - Aug, 2020) | 2005 2003 |
| Treasurer | Tauseef-ur-Rehman | 2007 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Manager | Abdul Basit Saeed | 2007 |
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2018 – 19
| Executive Council: 2018 - 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Namirah Jamshed | 1996 |
| Immediate Past President | Habib Ahmed Chotani | 1995 |
| Secretary | Noor Afshan Khan | 1996 |
| Treasurer | Faisal Habib Cheema | 2000 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Manager | Abdul Basit Saeed | 2007 |
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2016 – 17
| Executive Council: 2016 - 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Habib Ahmed Chotani | 1995 |
| Immediate Past President | Faisal Qureshi | 1993 |
| Secretary | Muhammad Rehan Raza Khan | 1994 |
| Treasurer | Amber Hameed Syed | 1994 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Manager | Abdul Basit Saeed | 2007 |
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2014 – 15
| Executive Council: 2014 - 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Faisal Qureshi | 1993 |
| Immediate Past President | Sadaf Khan | 1992 |
| Secretary | Atif Shafqat | 1993 |
| Treasurer | Shazia Hussain | 1990 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Manager | Abdul Basit Saeed | 2007 |
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2011 – 13
| Executive Council: 2011 - 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Sadaf Khan | 1992 |
| Immediate Past President | Faiz Bhora | 1992 |
| Secretary | Amna Iftikhar | 1990 |
| Treasurer | Jawad Sher | 1997 |
| Website Management | ||
| Designation | Name | Class |
| Web Design Lead Project | Atif Jalees Khan | 1999 |
| Administrative Staff | ||
| Designation | Name | |
| Executive Coordinator | Shain Amershi | |
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2009 – 11
| Executive Council: 2009 - 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Faiz Bhora | 1992 |
| Secretary | Faisal Cheema | 2000 |
| Treasurer | Jawad Sher | 1997 |
| Administrative Staff | ||
| Designation | Name | |
| Executive Coordinator | Shain Amershi | |
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2007 – 08
| Executive Council: 2007 - 08 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Muhammad Rizwan Khalid | 1999 |
| Secretary | Atif Jalees Khan | 1999 |
| Treasurer | Talha Malik | 1999 |
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2005 – 06
| Executive Council: 2005 - 06 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| President | Asad Ansari | 1994 |
| Secretary | Naureen Attiullah | 1994 |
| Treasurer | Aniq Shaikh | 1990 |
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| Past Presidents (till 2004) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Term | Class |
| Tahseen Mozaffar | 2003 - 2004 | 1989 |
| Muneer Abidi | 2000 - 2002 | 1992 |
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| Past Executive Council Members (till 2000) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Designation | Name | Class |
| 1999 - 2000 | ||
| Secretary | Fahim Jafary | 1990 |
| Treasurer | Nayyar Iqbal | 1990 |
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Disclaimer: The history above has been compiled with the assistance of many graduates. If something is incomplete or inaccurate, please contact us at .