Education
Master of Health Professions Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, 2002
Fellowship, FCPS Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 1981
MBBS, King Edward Medical College, Punjab University, 1974
Experience
Aga Khan University:
Senior Instructor to Professor, Aga Khan University, Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 1986 to date
Chair of the Committee for Strategic Planning for a Competency-based Curriculum for undergraduate medical education at AKU, 2019 to date
Medical College:
Member of Aga Khan University Ethics Review Board, 2019 to date
Founding Interim Director Center of Innovation in Medical Education (CIME), 2016
Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Health Sciences and Chair Department for Educational Development, 2015
Initiated the Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) Programme, 2012
Initiated Advanced Diploma in Health professions Education, 2007
Chair User Group and the Commissioning Groups for CIME, 2016
Chair Curriculum Committee for Implementation of the Renewed Curriculum, 2005
Chair Task Force for Curricular Renewal, 2002
Chair MBBS Curriculum Committee, 2000
Director Family Medicine Residency Programme, 2002
International:
Member Aspire Board, Aspire-to-Excellence, Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), 2020 to date
Member Aspire to Excellence Panel on Student Assessment – AMEE, 2013 to date
National:
Director Residency Program - South, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, 2019 to date
Member Curriculum Committee CPSP, 2019 to date
Councilor, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan(CPSP), 2019
Director National Residency Programme (South), 2019
Chair, CPSP Curriculum Committee, 2019
Member Examination Committee, 2019
Member Executive Committee, 2019
Member Disciplinary Committee, 2019
Member Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) Curriculum Committee. Conceptualized and documented Competencies of a Seven-Star Doctor, 2011
Chair of the National Curriculum Revision Committee Higher Education Commission, to review and revise the national MBBS curriculum, 2011
Member National Curriculum Revision Committee University Grants Commission, to review and revise the national MBBS curriculum, 2002
Wrote the Proposal for FCPS Family Medicine, approved by CPSP, 1993
Wrote the Proposal for MCPS in Family Medicine, approved by CPSP. This led to Family Medicine being accepted as an academic discipline in Pakistan, 1989
Clinical Training:
Medicine Postgraduate Student, Ward 5, JPMC, Karachi, Pakistan, 1981
House job, Ward 5, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), 1976
House job, South Medical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, 1975
Previous Experience:
Senior Physician Diabetes Research and Rehabilitation Center, with the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA at Ward 5, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), Karachi, Pakistan, 1986
Awards and honours
Professor Emerita, Aga Khan University, 2021
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in Medical Education, Pakistan, 2019
Life Time Achievement Award in Medical Education by the Association of Excellence in Medical Education, Pakistan, 2017
Ambassador, Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), 2014
International Liaison Officer, Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), 2013
The Endowed Noor Mohammad E Mewawalla Professor of Family Medicine, 2016
The Aga Khan University Award of Excellence in Education, 2009
Faculty Development Award, AKU Medical College, 1998
Outstanding Teacher Award, AKU Medical College, 1996
Fellows Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 1992
Jafarey Gold Medal FCPS-I, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, 1978
Silver Medal in Minor Surgery, 1970
National Talent Scholarship, 1974