Leadership

Faisal H. Cheema is a graduate of AKU Class of 2000. He took the road less traveled by and dedicated his entire career to research. At present, he is appointed as an Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and an Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Though he focuses on basic, translational and clinical aspects of research within cardiovascular sciences, he has a particular passion for device innovation. Besides, he provides corporate leadership as the Director of Research in Gulf Coast Division of HCA Healthcare - a role in which he oversees Phase II-IV clinical trials across various disciplines in a consortium of 16 hospitals. In addition, as an entrepreneur he is involved with several startups focused on disruptive healthcare technologies. Dr. Cheema loves to mentor students and young physicians and is actively engaged with various academic, philanthropic and community organizations.

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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.

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