List of Aga Khan University people

This is a list of notable alumni, professors and staff affiliated with the Aga Khan University.

Government, public service, and public policy

*Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Former chairman of the AKU Board of Trustees, foreign minister of Pakistan from 1982 to 1991, also famous for his refusal to carry out military operation against innocent civilians in former East Pakistan for which he conscientiously resigned as Governor of East Pakistan
* [http://www.aku.edu/university/publications/newsletter7.2/akuiscreative.htm Shams Kassim Lakha] , Former President and the founding trustee of the AKU, appointed, by the President of Pakistan, as Chairman of the Steering Committee on Higher Education with the status of Minister of State to oversee the reforms in Pakistan's higher education
* [http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2594121_1?noconfirm=0 Aamir Rajvi] Lawyer United States District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

Alumni in Academia, science, and technology

Medical College

United States

Public Health

* [http://faculty.jhsph.edu/Default.cfm?faculty_id=330 Adnan Hyder PhD] Associate Professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
* [http://faculty.jhsph.edu/Default.cfm?faculty_id=972 Saad Omer PhD] Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
* [http://www.nacp.gov.pk Ayesha Khan, MBBS, MPH] HIV and Infectious Diseases Specialist, the National AIDS Control Program, Minsitry of Health, Pakistan
* [http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=373 Aamir Javed Khan] Associate Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
* [http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=970&grouped=false&searchText=hamidah&department_id=0&departmentName=International%20Health Hamidah Farid Hussain] Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Clinical

* [http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/faculty/Haider Adil Haider] Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
* [http://www.ctisus.com/fellows/ Atif Zaheer] , Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
* [http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/rheumatology/clinics/faculty_staff/uzma_haque.html Uzma Haque] Assistant Professor Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
* [http://www.massgeneral.org/trauma/page.asp?id=alam Hasan Badre Alam] Associate Professor of Surgery (Trauma/Critical Care), Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
* [http://www.brighamandwomens.org/mdSearch/MedicalProfessionalDetail.aspx?MPR=3912 Abrar A. Qureshi] Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
* [http://www.brighamandwomens.org/gastroenterology/Research/qamar.aspx Amir A. Qamar] Instructor, Department of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
* [http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4612 Tahseen Mozaffar] Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Director Neuromuscular Program, UC Irvine
* [http://www.ucihealth.com/findadoctor/bio.aspx?hsid=99028963 Shermeen Vakharia] Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, UC Irvine
* [http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/professional/0,2356,62070,00.html Shahid Shafi] Assistant Professor Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
* [http://cgi.photobooks.com/scripts/troll.cgi?dbase=wvu&display_on_web=Y&page=2&pict_id=0102825&last=s&setsize=5 Arif R. Sarwari] Associate Professor, Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University
* [http://cgi.photobooks.com/scripts/troll.cgi?dbase=wvu&display_on_web=Y&page=2&pict_id=1797011&last=kar&setsize=5 Kamran Karimi] Assistant Professor Surgery, West Virginia University
* [http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/surgery/faculty/hashmi.asp Syed Hashmi] Assistant Professor Critical care, trauma surgery, West Virginia University
* [http://cgi.photobooks.com/scripts/troll.cgi?dbase=wvu&display_on_web=Y&page=2&pict_id=1487447&last=Janoo&setsize=5 Jabin Janoo] Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia University
* [http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/radio/faculty/aRai.asp Ansar T Rai] Assistant Professor, Department Of Radiology, West Virginia University
* [http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/surgery/faculty/cassim.asp Riaz Cassim] Assistant Professor, Department Of Surgery, Division of Colorectal surgery, West Virginia University
* [http://findadoc.upmc.com/PhysicianBioQuery.aspx?ID=25004870&A= Ghulam Abbas] , Director of Image Guided Thoracic Surgery, Assistant Professor Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
* [http://www.pitt.edu/~disease/faculty/facultybio/butt.html Adeel Butt, MD, MS] Director, International Scholars Program; Director, ID/HIV Clinics VAPHS; Assistant Professor of Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
* [http://www.dept-med.pitt.edu/gi/faculty/faculty_info.asp?id=261&UserLname=Khalid Asif Khalid] , Assistant Professor of Medicine Chief, GI Services - VAMC, University Of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
* [http://www.bcm.edu/physicians/index.cfm?fuseaction=directory.physiciandetail&PhysicianID=712 Mehnaz Shafi] Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine
*Seema Lalani Assistant Professor Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
* [http://www.clevelandclinic.org/staff/getstaff.asp?StaffId=6851 Athar Qureshi] Associate Staff, Pediatric Cardiology/Interventional Pediatric Cardiology,Cleveland Clinic
* [http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_directory/4/Staff_3282.aspx Omar Minai] Cleveland Clinic (Pulmonary)
* [http://www.clevelandclinic.org/staff/getstaff.asp?StaffId=7850 Nadia Waheed] Cleveland Clinic (Ophthalmology)
* [http://hsc.utoledo.edu/depts/neurology/faculty/ali.html Imran I. Ali] Professor of Neurology, Assistant Dean for Clinical Undergraduate Medical Education and Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Medical University of Ohio
* [http://www.slrsurgery.org/profiles/bhora.htm Faiz Y. Bhora, MD.] Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Attending Thoracic Surgeon, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY.
* [http://www.karmanos.org/ps/search.aspx?orig=1&firstname=Muneer&lastname=Abidi&cid=221&fromresults=1 Muneer H Abidi] Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator) Internal Medicine Wayne State University
* [http://www.surgery.ufl.edu/FacultyProfile.asp?FacultyID=1169 Saleem Islam] Associate Professor (Pediatric Surgery), University of Florida, Gainesville
* [http://www.pennhealth.com/Wagform/MainPage.aspx?config=provider&P=PP&ID=1234 Nayyar Iqbal] Assistant Professor of Medicine Endocrinology University of Pennsylvania
* [http://ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu/faculty/bio-Khan-Amir.html Amir M. Khan] Associate Professor Paediatrics University of Texas-Houston Medical School
*Ayesha Ahmad Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Children's Hospital of Michigan
* [http://www.upstate.edu/people.php?EmpID=ChEJKvRyAF Ayesha Aziz] Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine State University of New York Upstate Medical University
* [http://www.umm.edu/doctors/tabassum__ahmad.html Tabassum Ahmad] Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland
* [http://medicine.emory.edu/cardio/profile_highlights.cfm?id=18286 Javed Butler] Associate Professor, Cardiology, Emory University
* [http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/medicine/divisions/hemonc/faculty/chaudhary.htm Uzair B. Chaudhary] Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology Medical University of South Carolina
* [http://www.surg.umn.edu/surgery/Faculty_Alpha/choudry_mohammed.html Umar H. Choudry] Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Minnesota
* [http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/surgery/neurosrg/Staff/Ehtesham/ehteshambio.htm Moneeb Ehtesham] Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center
*Babar, Sardar Assistant Professor, Medicine, The University of Arizona
* [http://www.uams.edu/pediatrics/faculty/Cardiology/Malik,%20Sadia.asp Sadia Malik] Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Section of Cardiology Arkansas Children's Hospital
*Uzma Khan Assistant Professor Endocrinology, University of Missouri-Columbia
*Husain, Asif Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Texas A&M University
* [http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/surgery/weightloss/faculty/jamal.html Mohammad Jamal] Assistant Professor, Surgery, The University of Iowa
*Uzma Malik, Assistant Professor, Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky
* [http://yalemds.org/directory/profile.asp?dbase=dir_main&setsize=20&pict_id=727503 Basmah Safdar] Chest Pain Center Director, Emergency Medicine Yale University School of Medicine
*Mohammad Faisal Jhandir Assistant Professor of Medicine/Vascular Medicine, University of Calgary
* [http://www.ubneurosurgery.com/handler.cfm?event=practice,template&cpid=16169 Adnan Siddiqui, MD PhD] , Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology and Physiology, SUNY Buffalo
* [http://www2.med.umich.edu/departments/mott/index.cfm?fuseaction=peds.facultyBio&individual_id=124606&group_id=HOSP Nadia Sarwar] Lecturer (Pediatrics), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
* [http://www.siumed.edu/surgery/gensurg/faculty/faculty_cv/hassan_cv.html Imran Hassan] Assistant Professor of Surgery (Colorectal), Southern Illinois University
* [http://www.uchc.edu/ocomm/newsreleases06/oct06/mirzajoins.html Firyal Mirza] Assistant Professor of Medicine(Endocrinology] , UConn
* [http://www.umassmemorial.org/MedicalCenteriP.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=3623&action=detail&ref=1629 Khalid Khwaja] Transplant Surgery, [UMass Memorial Medical Center]
* [http://www2.mdanderson.org/app/peoplefinder/details.cfm?emp=19605714 Irfan Lalani] , Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology&Pain Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
* [http://internalmed.slu.edu/nephrology/?D=37 Nadia Wasi] Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Saint Louis University School of Medicine
* [http://cancercenter.templehealth.org/content/team.htm Sheikh Asim Ali] Director G.I Oncology, Assistant Professor, Department Of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Temple University School of Medicine
* [http://www.temple.edu/medicine/faculty/s/hasheikh.asp?pms=(sheikh%20h%5Bau%5D%20AND%20Temple%20University%5Baffiliation%5D)%20OR%20(sheikh%20h%5Bau%5D%20AND%20University%20of%20Pittsburgh%5Baffiliation%5D) Hina .A. Sheikh] Assistant Professor, Department Of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Temple University School of Medicine

United Kingdom and Europe

* [http://www.oblink.com/display.asp?page=bio_khan_COGI2005 Khalid Saeed Khan] Chair and Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Sub-Dean, Women's Hospital, University of Birmingham
*Nadia Khan, Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

AKU, Pakistan, Kenya

* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=10 Azam Ali] Associate Professor and Head of the Ophthalmology Section Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/akuh/hs/prg/Drclinic.asp?physician=Dr.%20Anita%20Zaidi Anita Zaidi] Associate Professor Paediatrics Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=92 Saad Shafqat PhD] Associate Professor Neurology, Department of Medicine Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=51 Fahim H. Jafary] Associate Professor Cardiology, Department of Medicine Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=292 Ayeesha Kamal] Assistant Professor of Neurology, Aga Khan University, Karachi
* [http://www.agakhanhospitals.org/find_doctor1.asp?tri=centre&countrybis=Tanzania&speciality=Family%20Medicine&hospitalbis=The%20Aga%20Khan%20Hospital,%20Dar%20es%20Salaam Riaz Ratansi] Aga Khan University Hospital Kenya
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=266 Sadaf Khan] Assistant Professor, Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=113 Hasnain Zafar] Associate Professor Surgery, Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=265 Mumtaz Khan] Associate Professor, Surgery, Department Head ENT section, Aga Khan University, Karachi
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=90 Nawal Salahuddin] Associate Professor Section of Pulmonology Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=104 Nadir Ali Syed] Associate Dean, Associate Professor and Head of Neurology Section, Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=29 Saulat Hasnain Fatimi] Associate Professor Cardiothoracic Section Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=26 Sajid A. Hameed Dhakam] Associate Professor and Head Cardiology Section Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=50 Tazeen Jafar] Associate Professor Nephrology, Department of Medicine Aga Khan University
* [http://www.nacp.gov.pk Ayesha Khan] , HIV and Infectious Diseases Specialist, [the National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health, Pakistan

chool of Nursing

* [http://www.aku.edu/son/faculty/son-dtlFaculty.asp?id=200 Rozina Karmaliani PhD] , Associate Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
* [http://www.aku.edu/university/publications/newsletter6.1/aaPHD.htm Rafat Jan PhD] Associate Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
* [http://www.sjcd.edu/program/nursing_faculty.html Noorjehan G Abdullah] Professor, San Jacinto College Texas
*Salimah R. Walani, THE NYU COLLEGE OF NURSING
*Seema Rehan Afghani, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
* [https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/edu_profile_salimah.htm Salimah H. Meghani, PhD, MBE, CRNP] Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Pennsylvania.
*Tazeen Saeed Ali, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
*Fauziya Ali, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
*Rubina Barolia, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
*Jacqueline Maria Dias Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Aga Khan University
*Rukhsana Rahemtulla Head AKU-SON programme in Kabul
* [http://www.delcare.com/ Neelam Somani] RN, Cawthra Gardens in Canada

Alumni in Industry

*Nauman G. Rashid Director Clinical Research and Medical Affairs, Middle East and North Africa Region, GlaxoSmithKline. Formerly Therapy Area Director, Neurosciences, GlaxoSmithKline International.

Alumni in literature, arts, music and media

* [http://www.aku.edu/medicalcollege/faculty/dtlFaculty.asp?id=92 Saad Shafqat] Neurologist and author of [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195799186 The Cutting Edge] a biography of cricketer Javed Miandad
* [http://sarangi.info/ Taimur Khan] Sarangi player