Asad Raja

The Quaid-e-Azam Professor and Chairman Professor
Department of Surgery

Chair, Department of Surgery

Telephone: 254 20 3662115

Education

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, Dow Medical College, Dow University, Karachi, Pakistan, 1980

Training

Master of Health Science in Bioethics, University of Toronto Canada, 2002

Current areas of teaching

Principles of Surgery
Surgical Skills
Laparoscopic Skills
Research protocol writing skills
Advance Trauma Life Support
Bioethics

Experience

The Quaid-e-Azam Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University in Nairobi, 2014 to date
The Quaid-e-Azam Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan 2011–2014
Professor of Surgery, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, 2008–2011
The Mohammed Bhai Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, 2003–2008
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, 1998 to 2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, 1996-1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery ,Karachi Medical and Dental College, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 1991-1996
Consultant Surgeon, Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi, Pakistan, 1991-1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Baqai University Karachi, Pakistan, 1989-1991
Consultant Surgeon, King Khalid Hospital, Najran Saudi Arabia, 1988-1989
Senior Registrar, General and Vascular Surgery, St. Hellier Hospital, London, 1987-1988
Registrar General and Vascular Surgery, Walsall General Hospital, Walsall, England, 1985-1987
Senior House Officer in Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England, 1985
Senior House Officer General and Vascular Surgery, Manor Hospital, Walsall, England, 1984-1985
Senior House Officer Orthopaedics, Walsall General Hospital, Walsall, England, 1983-1984
Senior House Officer Accident and Emergency, Walsall General Hospital, Walsall England 1983-1983
Senior House Officer Orthopaedics, Stockport Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England, 1982-1983
House Officer, General Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 1980-1981
House Officer General Medicine, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 1979-1980

Professional associations

Member, Society of Surgeons of Pakistan

Awards and honours

Placed in Top Ten Merit List of Final Professional MBBS, 1979, D0W Medical College Karachi, Pakistan
Best House Surgeon Award, 1980, School of Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi, Kenya
Best Participant award, 1986, Anastomosis Workshop held at Dudley Road Hospital Birmingham, England
Commendation Certificate 1992, Awarded by Hospital Board, Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Outstanding speaker Continuing Medical Education Seminars The Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan 1996
Outstanding Teacher Award 1999 Convocation The Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan

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