Introduction

Dr. Nadeem Ullah Khan is an AKU alumnus class of 1994. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine from University of Illinois Chicago, USA in 1999. He completed certification of American board of Internal Medicine in 1999. He further completed Post-doctoral training in Toxicology from John’s Hopkins School of Public Health in 2010. Dr. Khan was appointed as Senior instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine in November 2001, he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in January 2006 and later as Associate Professor in July 2014. Dr. Khan has also served as Interim Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. 

Education

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, USA, 1999
MBBS, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 1994

Training

Post-doctoral training in Toxicology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, 2008-2010
Residency in Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, USA, 1996-1999

Research interests

• Emergency Medicine
• Injury and trauma
• Clinical Toxicology 

Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, July 2014
Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2011 - 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine,The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2006-2014
Senior Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2001-2005

Professional associations

Awards and honours

Publications

• Feroza Parveen, Asif Khaliq, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Zainab Mazhar, Aisha Akram, Khusro Shamim. Implementation of disease-based standard order sets in emergency department of tertiary care hospital, Pakistan — a novel approach for enhancing patient care. J Pak Med AssocVol. 70, No. 12-A, December 2020, 2159-2163. https://jpma.org.pk/PdfDownload/10256
• Umerdad Khudadad, Wafa Aftab, Asrar Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Junaid Razzak , Sameen Siddiqi. Perception of the healthcare professionals towards the current trauma and emergency care system in Kabul, Afghanistan: A mixed method study" BMC Health Services Research (2020) 20:991 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05845-8
• Noman Ali, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Shahid Waheed, Syed Mustahsan. Etiology of acute undifferentiated fever in patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci September - October 2020 Vol. 36 No.6.  1285 -1290 www.pjms.org.pk
• Khan NU, Ahmed N, Subhani F, Kerai S, Zia N. Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Prevention and Control of Poisoning in Pakistan. Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2019;8(2):39-44, 
• Baig R, Ahmad K, Zafar S, Khan NU, Ashfaq A. Frequency of ocular emergencies in a tertiary care setting in Karachi, Pakistan—It is time to reduce unnecessary visits. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 2018;68(10):1493. IF:0.4, cited by 3.
• Jafri L, Ullah Khan N, Baig MA, Ali N, Majid H, Habib Khan A. The Clinical Spectrum of Plumbism; an Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2017;6(4):118-22.
• Majid H, Khan AH, Khan NU, Siddiqui I, Ghani F, Jafri L. High Burden of Subclinical Lead Toxicity after Phase Out of Lead from Petroleum in Pakistan. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2017;27(12):767-70, cited by 1.
• Ahmed F, Khan NU, Ali N, Feroze A. Methanol poisoning: 27 years experience at a tertiary care hospital. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017;67(11):1751-2. IF:0.4, cited by 1.
• Sheikh S, Baig MA, Ali N, Khan N. Hydrogen sulfide gas poisoning in fish garbage room: A report of a fisherman. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017;67(7):1097-9. Cited by 1
• Khan NU, Khan UR, Feroze A, Khan SA, Ali N, Ejaz K, et al. Trends of acute poisoning: 22 years experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2016;66(10):1237-42. IF:0.4, cited by 7.
• Khan NU, Iqbal A, Sheikh S. Control of poisoning through product labeling of hazardous chemicals. 2016.
• Waheed S, Baig MA, Khan MW, Sheikh FA, Khan NU. Fungal endocarditis presenting with right lumbar pain and femoral artery ischemia - An unusual case report. Turk J Emerg Med. 2016;16(4):173-5. IF:0.4, cited by 1.
• Khan NU, Perez-Nunez R, Shamim N, Khan U, Naseer N, Feroze A, et al. Intentional and unintentional poisoning in Pakistan: a pilot study using the Emergency Departments surveillance project. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S2. IF: 1.78, cited by 12.
• Khan I, Khan NU, Naeem R, Kerai S, Allen K, Zia N, et al. Bomb blast injuries: an exploration of patient characteristics and outcome using Pakistan National Emergency Departments Surveillance (Pak-NEDS) data. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S7. IF: 1.78, cited by 11.
• Waheed S, Sabeen A, Khan NU. New onset refractory status epilepticus as an unusual presentation of a suspected organophosphate poisoning. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2014;2014:676358, cited by 5. 
• Khan NU, Mir MU, Khan UR, Khan AR, Ara J, Raja K, et al. The Current State of Poison Control Centers in Pakistan and the Need for Capacity Building. Asia Pac J Med Toxicol. 2014;3(1):31-5, cited by 14.
• Khan NU, Fayyaz J, Khan UR, Feroze A. Importance of clinical toxicology teaching and its impact in improving knowledge: sharing experience from a workshop. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(11):1379-82. IF:0.4, cited by 12.
• Khan NU, Shakeel N, Makda A, Mallick AS, Ali Memon M, Hashmi SH, et al. Anaphylaxis: incidence, presentation, causes and outcome in patients in a tertiary-care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. QJM. 2013;106(12):1095-101. IF:3.1, cited by 10.
• Khan NU, Khan UR, Ejaz K, Ahmad H, Zia N, Razzak JA. Intubation in emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(3):306-9. IF:0.4, cited by 1
• Khan NU, Patel MJ, Hifath M, Kamal S, Hussain SA. Prolonged intermediate syndrome pue to prganophosphate poisoning. 2012, cited by 3.
• Patel MJ, Khan NU, Furqan M, Awan S, Khan MS, Kashif W, et al. APACHE II scores as predictors of cardio pulmonary resuscitation outcome: Evidence from a tertiary care institute in a low-income country. Saudi J Anaesth. 2012;6(1):31-5, cited by 9.
• Khan NU, Razzak JA, Saleem AF, Khan UR, Mir MU, Aashiq B. Unplanned return visit to emergency department: a descriptive study from a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country. Eur J Emerg Med. 2011;18(5):276-8. IF 2.0, cited by 15.
• Patel MJ, Khan NU, Samdani AJ, Furqan M, Hameed A, Khan MS, et al. Syncope: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Emerg Med. 2008;1(2):79-83. IF:1.03, cited by 48.
• Khan NU, Razzak JA, Ahmed H, Furqan M, Saleem AF, Alam H, et al. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: outcome and its predictors among hospitalized adult patients in Pakistan. Int J Emerg Med. 2008;1(1):27-34. IF:1.03
• Khan NU, Razzak JA, Alam SM, Ahmad H. Emergency department deaths despite active management: experience from a tertiary care centre in a low-income country. Emerg Med Australas. 2007;19(3):213-7. IF: 1.3, cited by 24.
• Khan N, Razzak JA, Sharif H, Qazi SH. Non-traumatic aortic emergencies--experience from a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2005;55(1):6-10. IF:0.4, cited by 4.
• Khan NU-Z, Khan NU, Matin K, Zaidi A. Conjoined twins-a review of literature with two case studies. Pakistan Journal of Surgery. 1994;10(1):11.
• Khan NU, Razzak JA. Abdominal pain with rigidity secondary to the anti-emetic drug metoclopramide. J Emerg Med. 2006;30(4):411-3. IF:2.0, cited by 12.
• Kamal AK, Shaikh Q, Siddiqui S, Ahmed B, Faheem U, Jan M, Khan N et al.  Knowledge of Physicians Regarding Transient Ischemic Attack in a Resource Poor Country. Austin J Cerebrovasc Dis & Stroke. 2015; 2(1):1

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