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Dr Abdul Waheed, AKU ’05 elected as Secretary of AKUAANA (2020-21)

November 10, 2020 By Saeed

Dear Fellow Alumni:

The Executive Council of AKUAANA has concluded the process to fill the vacant position of the Secretary. A group of four highly accomplished AKU Alumni, with extremely impressive track records, were nominated for this position. After taking into consideration various factors, the Executive Council voted. Whereas one candidate was chosen, all nominated alumni will be offered other opportunities to closely work with AKUAANA Executive Council in other initiatives.

The Executive Council of AKUAANA takes immense pleasure in introducing the next Secretary, Dr Abdul Waheed. His off-cycle term will start from November 10, 2020 and conclude on December 31, 2021.

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 with 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.

The Executive Council of AKUAANA looks forward to working with Dr Abdul Waheed and benefit from his voluntary services as he is eager to help his fellow alumni and alma mater.

Sincerely,

Faisal Cheema
President | AKUAANA

On behalf of the AKUAANA Executive Council
President: Faisal Cheema | Treasurer: Tauseef ur Rehman | Immediate Past President: Namirah Jamshed

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Posted on November 10, 2020 at 6:19 am

Webinar: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Challenges for the International Medical Graduate

November 9, 2020 By Saeed

Dear friends, we are excited to share that AKUAANA is hosting a webinar on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Challenges for the International Medical Graduate.

The event is scheduled on Saturday, November 28th 2020 at 10 AM Central Standard Time.

The panelists of the webinar include the following alumni:

Academic Success: Lessons learned as a Woman, Mother and Scientist over 30 years

Maliha Zahid MD, AKU ’93
Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh
Chief Scientific Officer & Board Member, Vivasc Therapeutics Inc., Pittsburgh PA

Unboxing Hidden Personal Biases and Continuing Struggles

Faisal G. Qureshi MD, MBA, AKU ’93
Associate Professor, Surgery & Pediatrics
Directory, Surgical Weight Loss Program, UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center

 

Small Town Pakistan to Surgery

Tayyaba M. Malik MD, AKU ’14
4th Year General Surgery Resident, UTSW
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Fellow, 2021

 

 

Moderator

Namirah Jamshed MD, AKU ’96
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine & Family and Community Medicine
Medical Director of the UTSW Care of the Vulnerable Elderly (COVE) Home-Based Primary Care Program UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX

The event will be hosted on Zoom, and is open for colleagues from all institutions. Please register here for the webinar.

Please consider signing up for AKUAANA membership if you aren’t a member already.

Looking forward to your attendance and discussion in this webinar.

AKUAANA Executive Council
Faisal H. Cheema, President | Abdul Waheed, Secretary | Tauseef-Ur-Rehman, Treasurer | Namirah Jamshed, Immediate Past President

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Posted on November 9, 2020 at 3:26 pm

Opening of nominations for AKUAANA Secretary, 2020-21

October 27, 2020 By Saeed

Dear Fellow Alumni:

AKUAANA is currently seeking nominations to fill the vacant position of AKUAANA Secretary. This off-cycle term will start from November 1, 2020 and conclude on December 31, 2021.

Per Article IV, Section F, Sub-Section III of the AKUAANA Constitution and Bylaws, The Executive Council (EC) of AKUAANA has the authority to select any active member to fill the office of Secretary should it become vacant. However, the current AKUAANA EC would like to engage the membership in this process. Therefore, if you desire to contribute to your alma mater and fellow alumni on this wonderful platform, please submit your nominations to president@akuaana.org by 5 PM EST, October 30, 2020. Self-nominations are welcome as well. The AKUAANA EC will announce the new Secretary, after consulting with the AKUAANA Board of Advisors, on November 1, 2020.

All Executive Council members must be Active Annual members or Lifetime members of AKUAANA for at least twelve months prior to initiation of their term and be actively residing in North America for the duration of the office. For further details of eligibility and the process, kindly refer to Article IV (Governance and Structure) Section C of the AKUAANA Constitution and Bylaws. The responsibilities of the Secretary are detailed out in Article IV, Section D, Sub-Section III.

The AKUAANA EC is extremely grateful for the services of our fellow alumnus, Dr Haresh Kumar, who served as Secretary AKUAANA in 2020 and did an excellent job. He expressed his desire to step down in order to concentrate more on his busy Nephrology practice. We wish him the best in his future endeavors and look forward to continuing to benefit from his wisdom and voluntary services.

Sincerely,

Faisal Cheema
President | AKUAANA

On behalf of AKUAANA EC [President: Faisal Cheema | Treasurer: Tauseef ur Rehman | Immediate Past President: Namirah Jamshed]

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Posted on October 27, 2020 at 8:04 pm

Applications for AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship, 2020-21

August 2, 2020 By Saeed

The AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship Fund is the result of a collaboration between AKUAANA and JRM (Jamshed-Rahim-Mannan) Foundation for Humanity, an Idaho based non-profit started by two AKU alumni, Dr. Fahim Rahim, ’97 and Dr. Naeem Rahim, ’98. We created this fund to provide financial relief for medical students pursuing electives in North America. You can find further details for eligibility for the scholarship here.

This year, the AKUAANA-JRM scholarship committee has decided to waive the requirement for an elective in an under-served area for the 2020 application because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applicants can view a sample of the online application here. Please note that only submissions made via the online application portal for the AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship will be accepted.

This year, AKUAANA will be accepting applications from AKUMC Class of 2021 via our online application portal, which opened on August 10th, 2020. The deadline for submission will be 11:59 PM EST, September 30th, 2020.

Please feel free to contact Ammar Javed ’13 at ammar.aku@gmail.com for queries directed to the AKUAANA-JRM committee.

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Posted on August 2, 2020 at 8:05 pm

AKUAANA’s Request for COVID-19 Donations

March 22, 2020 By Saeed

Dear AKUAANA Family:

During these unprecedented times that have engulfed the entire globe, we have entered an ever-changing phase of reality which shall continue to impact all aspects of our lives.

Many of you must already be fighting in the front-lines by taking care of your patients in these trying times. And some of you have been leading from the front within the domains of public health, policy making, social welfare and entrepreneurship. Our alma mater in Pakistan is also leading by example under its dynamic leadership.

Hailing from Pakistan and living in our adopted homeland of USA, our responsibilities are manifold. The needs are acute and the demands are inestimable. We have a sacred duty to rise up and address these challenges head on, together! At AKUAANA, we have identified the following platforms through which donations can be made:

1. AKU Foundation
• Regular donations can be made at AKU Foundation
• For Zakat donations, please donate at The i-Care Foundation (Choose “The Patients Behbud Society for AKUH” and add “COVID-19 Testing” as free text.)

2. Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America [APPNA]

Whereas AKU Foundation is helping with COVID-19 testing kits in Pakistan, APPNA is primarily helping with food pantries across USA as well as other relief efforts in Pakistan including providing PPE gear to the healthcare workers.

On behalf of the Executive Council of AKUAANA, I would like to urge all of you to support these relief efforts to the best of your abilities. Your donations will be of paramount importance in ensuring that all critical relief efforts continue, and that, as the demand grows, the capacity to help also does. All charitable donations will be considered tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

If you or anyone else you know, within AKUAANA family, is in need of help, please immediately inform us so that we can pool resources to help.

Keep working hard and stay safe. You all remain in our prayers and thoughts!

Most Sincerely,

Faisal H. Cheema, AKU ’2000 | President, AKUAANA

Secretary: Haresh Kumar, AKU ’03 | Treasurer: Tauseef-ur-Rehman, AKU ’07 | Immediate Past President: Namirah Jamshed, AKU ’96

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Posted on March 22, 2020 at 8:33 pm

Outgoing AKUAANA President’s Message to Alumni, December 2019

December 27, 2019 By Saeed

Dear Alumni,

2019 is coming to an end and it has been a great year for the AKU Alumni Association of North America (AKUAANA). The last twelve months have been filled with momentous occasions such as the appointment of our alumnus, Adil Haider ’98 as Dean of AKUMC, Karachi to the presentation of Saad Omar (also ’98) to the US Congress. Our alumni have reached heights in academics, private practice, health policy, bioinformatics and as entrepreneurs across this nation.

Unfortunately, we lost three amazing and beloved alumni, Uzma Yunus ’95, Fida Khan ’97 and Asma Saleem ’90. The alumni community feels their loss and prays for their families. As this year ends, we celebrate all our alumni who are with us, and those who are not.

We had our annual Alumni Reunion in Orlando this July. Adil Haider ’98, first alumnus Dean of AKUMC and his family, honored us with their presence. It is these momentous occasions we look forward to as an ultimate way to give back to our alma mater. Thank you for your continued participation and support of this alumni association.

It takes every one of us to make this work, and together we can make sure that AKUAANA is here to grow and make a difference, not only in Pakistan and at AKU but also locally in the United States.

AKUAANA is 100% volunteer-run. As the President, I value every minute that is devoted by our Executive Council and member volunteers to our mission: to establish a platform to promote and facilitate healthcare, educational, social, and philanthropic missions of our community, and to nurture enduring ties with our alma mater.

Every year our volunteer Executive Council, Board of Advisors, and sub-committee members go above and beyond in their commitment and service to the organization, and we celebrate those individuals now: Ammar Javed ’13, Faiz Bhora ’92, Azam Kundi ’92, Nooruddin Punjwani ’92, Adnan Hyder ’90, Saleem Islam ’92, Fahim Rahim ’97 and Naeem Rahim ’98. AKUAANA thanks each and every one of these alumni for their dedication to this organization. We hope that they will continue to share their time and expertise with AKUAANA and look forward to recruiting more people like them!

In fact, everyone can jump in and sign up to become members and volunteer for various committees for the next year. One of the best ways to really get connected with other alumni is to become members of your alumni organization. Join us at our annual Alumni Reunion to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, to find mentors for career and other guidance, and most of all for coming up with ideas to strengthen and grow your alumni organization.

AKUAANA is a young association. We have a long way to go. If we want AKUAANA to be the resource that we think it should be, then there is only one way to do that. Join AKUAANA and participate as a member. Dream a small part of your dreams, through AKUAANA, to make it a household name, that your family and children can be proud of.

To those who have recently graduated; be curious, remain relentless, and don’t give up on your dream and you will reach greatness! And when you have, spread your wisdom and experiences through your alumni association.

I would like to thank our amazing Executive Council for 2018-19, Past President Habib Chotani ’95; Secretary Noor Afshan Khan ’96; Treasurer and President-Elect Faisal Cheema ’00 and Web Manager Abdul Basit Saeed ’07. I have had the privilege to lead our alumni association with such a great team of people for the past two years. That tenure is coming to an end, but not my commitment to advocate for our alumni here in the US. At the end of the year, I pass on the baton to Faisal Cheema ’00; I know that he will take the association in the direction that is best for us and look forward to working with him.

Best regards
Namirah Jamshed ’96
AKUAANA President, 2018-2019

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Posted on December 27, 2019 at 1:52 pm

Recipients of AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship, 2019 announced

October 7, 2019 By Saeed

The Aga Khan University Alumni Association of North America is proud to announce the two recipients of the AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship for the academic year 2019-20.

Congratulations, Mehdia Rajab Ali and Muddassir Ali Aftab for being the recipients of the scholarship for the year 2019-20. Mehdia and Muddassir will spend 8 weeks in the US for electives and receive mentorship from AKUMC Alumni. Prior to these electives, they will spend 4 weeks in an underserved area in Pakistan. Please join us in congratulating these two outstanding students from AKUMC, Karachi, Pakistan.

AKUAANA would also like to recognize our alumni, the selection committee members, for this year’s scholarship. Thank you Faiz Bhora ’92 (Past President, AKUAANA), Fahim Rahim ’97 (JRM), Naeem Rahim ’98 (JRM), and Ammar Javed ’13, for your time and commitment.

Most of all we are grateful to the JRM (Jamshaid-Rahim-Mannan) Family Foundation for the scholarship and for making it possible for these students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and experience during their elective time.

We look forward to receiving applications for the academic year 2020-21.

Namirah Jamshed
President, AKUAANA (2018-19)

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Posted on October 7, 2019 at 1:59 pm

Applications for AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship, 2019

August 1, 2019 By Saeed

The AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship Fund is the result of a collaboration between AKUAANA and JRM (Jamshed-Rahim-Mannan) Foundation for Humanity, an Idaho based non-profit started by two AKU alumni, Dr. Fahim Rahim, ’97 and Dr. Naeem Rahim, ’98. This fund was created to provide financial relief for medical students pursuing electives in North America. Further details for eligibility for the scholarship may be found here.

AKUAANA announced the first two recipients of the scholarship last year, one of whom has completed her electives while the other is currently doing her electives in the US.

A sample of the online application can be viewed here. Please note that only submissions made via the online application portal for the AKUAANA-JRM Scholarship will be accepted.

For queries, please feel free to contact AKUAANA Secretary Dr Noor Afshan, ’96 at secretary@akuaana.org.

Note: Applications for the year 2019-20 were invited from August 1st till September 2nd, 2019, and are now closed. Thank you for your interest.

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Posted on August 1, 2019 at 12:00 am

AKU Alumnus Adnan Hyder (1990) awarded Medal of Distinction by Safe Kids Worldwide for his work to prevent childhood injuries

July 19, 2019 By Saeed

Adnan Hyder, MD, PhD, MPH, received the C. Everett Koop Medal of Distinction from global organization Safe Kids Worldwide for his work to prevent childhood injuries. Hyder, the senior associate dean for research and a professor of global health at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH), was recognized at the Safe Kids Worldwide International Childhood Injury Prevention Convention on July 18. The convention brought together over 500 safety professionals to collaborate on ways to protect children on the road, at home and at play.

Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations, works to prevent unintentional childhood injuries. The C. Everett Koop Medal of Distinction, named after Safe Kids Worldwide founding chairman C. Everett Koop and the organization’s highest honor, recognizes a professional who embodies Koop’s legacy of working to protect all families and children.

For over 20 years, Hyder has worked to improve global health, road safety and children’s health in low- and middle-income countries around the world. He has co-authored over 300 scientific papers and numerous reports on road safety, children’s health and ethics, including a December 2018 commentary in The Lancet Public Health that called on policymakers to make global roads safer. Prior to joining Milken Institute SPH, Hyder founded and directed the International Injury Research Unit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has worked with partner organizations, including the World Health Organization, to avert injuries and related fatalities, serves on the boards of Youth for Road Safety and Health Systems Global, and represents Milken Institute SPH at the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration.

“I am honored to receive this recognition from Safe Kids Worldwide, who are pioneers in the global effort to protect children from preventable injuries around the world,” Hyder said. “We’ve made great progress as a community to make roadways and homes safer for all, including children, but we must continue to push forward and enact worldwide change to prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths.”

Learn more about Hyder’s research here.

Source: Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University

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Posted on July 19, 2019 at 11:46 pm

Nominees for AKUAANA Office, 2020-21

May 17, 2019 By Saeed

AKUAANA offices subject to election in this cycle for a two-year term include:

  • President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer

Given below is a brief profile of the nominations received so far (in no particular order) by the AKUAANA Nominations and Elections Committee for these offices.

President
Faisal H. Cheema
Class of 2000
Email: faisal.cheema@me.com

An AKU graduate of Class of 2000, Dr. Cheema is a prolific physician-scientist who specializes in basic sciences, translational and clinical research.

Dr. Cheema holds a faculty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine where he is the Director of Research and Innovations, in the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation of Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery. Under his leadership, the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support has built a strong program in research. In addition, Dr. Cheema is also the Director Research of a consortium of 18 hospitals in Texas, as part of Gulf Coast Division of HCA which is the world’s largest hospital network. Besides, Dr. Cheema also provides leadership to Aegis Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

Dr. Cheema’s research has focused on all aspects of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery with a special interest in surgical management of end-stage heart failure, in particular, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices. He has been involved in a wide range of clinical trials. Additional areas of interest include stem cell research, biomedical engineering, ex-vivo organ perfusion and resuscitation, and device innovation and in-vivo testing.

Before joining Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Cheema was the Director of Clinical Research and Innovations & an Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at University of Maryland where he oversaw recruitment in ~3 dozen clinical trials.

Dr. Cheema earned his M.B.;B.S. from The Aga Khan University followed by a clinical research fellowship in heart transplantation from the Robert Van Kampen Heart Transplant Resource Center at Loyola University. Later, he moved to Columbia University for additional post-doctoral research fellowships and stayed on as research faculty (Associate Research Scientist) as well as the Director of Cardiopulmonary Tissue Repository. Dr. Cheema was elected as University Senator from 2009-11 and served on several important senate committees during his tenure representing the entire body of researchers of Columbia University.

Dr. Cheema has co-authored over 115 scientific manuscripts and ~300 abstracts. He has presented his research at conferences worldwide. Additionally, he has written several book chapters and secured numerous grants both from private and federal agencies surpassing $6 Million in cumulative funding. His research papers have appeared in high impact journals such as The Lancet, PNAS, JCI, Circulation, BMJ, World Journal of Surgery, JTCVS, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, EJCTS, JHLT, Circulation Heart Failure, and Circulation Research. He serves as a reviewer on several scholarly journals. A proven clinical researcher and academician with ~4750 citations to his published scientific work and an impressive h-index of 31, Dr. Cheema is also a member of numerous professional organizations and is very active in academic, philanthropic and community organizations.

Dr. Cheema has served the Aga Khan University Alumni Association of North America (AKUAANA) as its Secretary in the past and is currently discharging his duties as the Treasurer for the term 2018-19.

He loves to mentor students and young physicians.


Secretary
Haresh Kumar
Class of 2003
Email: hareshkumar22@gmail.com

I was born in Thana Bula Khan, Sindh. We moved to Tando Mohd Khan and then to Hyderabad for higher education. I went to the University of Minnesota for IM residency (2004-2007) and did a Nephrology fellowship (2007-2009) from University of Louisville, Kentucky (2009).

After partnering with another AKU graduate, I started a solo Nephrology practice in Victoria TX that provides services in Victoria and surrounding counties.

I can read, write and speak English, Urdu and Sindhi. And like to read literature and poetry in all 3 languages. I started playing tennis 9 years ago and wish I had started it earlier.

I would like to see more involvement of AKU alumni in Pakistani communities either through electronic media or during their visits in Pakistan. I can partly facilitate that.


Treasurer
Ammar Javed
Class of 2013
Email: ammar.aku@gmail.com

Ammar A. Javed, MD is the lead postdoctoral research fellow, database manager and program coordinator for clinical, translational and molecular research for the Division of Surgical Oncology (Pancreatic Surgery), Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. As an avid researcher, he is involved in both clinical and translational research in the field of pancreatic surgery and pancreatic cancer biology.

His research revolves around improving our understanding of the biology of pancreatic cancer aimed at improving both diagnostic techniques and therapeutics currently being used to treat this lethal disease. Under the mentorship of Dr. Christopher Wolfgang, Dr. Jin He, and Dr. Richard Burkhart, Dr. Javed and his colleagues are currently developing novel techniques to isolate and characterize circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients, as well as techniques to establish tumor-derived organoid. Their goal is to identify subtypes of pancreatic cancer and correlate these findings to the clinicopathological features such as treatment response and long-term outcomes of these patients. Furthermore, with the use of drug-sensitivity testing on tumor-derived organoids they aim to pave a path for precision medicine approaches to patient care in the near future.

On the clinical side, his research focuses on the identification of factors associated with long term outcomes of patients undergoing resection of malignant diseases as well as those associated with increased risk of postoperative complications and higher healthcare costs in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery for all indications. In addition to numerous retrospective studies, he has been responsible for multiple randomized control trials evaluating interventions that can help alleviate the burden of postoperative morbidity and decrease the associated healthcare costs.

Dr. Javed received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University, one of Asia’s leading medical schools. During his time at the Aga Khan University, he was instrumental in several research studies and trained as a visiting research scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital Boston, and The Johns Hopkins school of Medicine to gain expertise in clinical and translational research. After graduating from his medical school he joined his current team at Johns Hopkins. As a hardworking, driven, and passionate individual Dr. Javed aims to pursue a career as a surgeon scientist with a focus on pancreatic diseases and pancreatic surgery.

Dr. Javed associates a majority of his early success to the training he received at AKUMC. In particular, he feels that the mentorship he received from AKUMC graduates in the North Americas in particular Dean Adil Haider, helped him formulate a career plan and execute it. Determined to give back to his home institution, he has been an active member of AKUAANA since he moved to the North Americas having devoted time and effort towards multiple activities related to the association; most recently having served on the selection committee for JRM Scholarship Fund.

He is invested in training students, currently enrolled at AKUMC, who are interested in pursuing a career in academic medicine. As a postdoctoral research fellow, he has mentored over a dozen students, half of whom have visited him to participate in research electives at Johns Hopkins. Being a recent graduate, who has mentored current students, puts him in a unique position where he has a good understanding of the requirements and pathway to becoming a clinician-scientist as well as the problems being faced by students in obtaining and supporting their research endeavors.

If elected to the Executive Council, Dr. Javed would like to focus his efforts towards achieving five goals.

  1. Increasing alumni engagement by arranging numerous small- and large-scale AKUAANA events, which will integrate faculty from AKUMC as well as non-alum Pakistanis in the North Americas, aimed at strengthening AKUAANA’s relationship with the home institution as well as identifying potential donors to support the association’s activities.
  2. Increasing awareness of parallel career pathways amongst students at AKUMC, including those in academic medicine, industry, health policy, biomedical engineering, hospital administration, etc.
  3. Arranging financial opportunities to support activities of students visiting the North Americas.
  4. Moving to the North Americas can be a daunting task for fresh graduates. Therefore, he would like to set up a training course that smoothens this transition with a focus on early financial stability.
  5. Lastly, he is the first one to admit that in his early years one of the biggest challenges he faced was maintaining a healthy work-life balance. He would like to take initiatives to help alumni in North Americas achieve a better work-life balance and avoid burn out, especially in their early careers.

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Posted on May 17, 2019 at 7:58 am

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