Dr. Busharat Ahmad
(Dow 1956)

Ophthalmologist
Legend of Dow

Dr. Teepu Siddique
(Dow 1968)

Professor in Neurology
Legend of Dow

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan
(Dow)

Professor in Cardiologist
Legend of Dow

Prof. Razia Latif Ansari

Professor
Beloved Faculty

Dr. Wajid Baig (Dow 1983)

Cardiologist

Dr. Rizwan Karatela (Dow 1984)

Cardiologist

Dr. Nafis Sadik (Dow 1956)

Dr. Iltafaat Alavi (Dow 1959)

Dr. Sultan Ahmed (Dow 1962)

Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed (Dow 1962)

Dr. Naseem Shekahni (Dow 1982)

Dr. Syed Shershah (Dow 1980)

Dr. Shafi Qureshy (Dow 1972)

Dr. Azra Raza (Dow 1977)

Dr. Shamvil Ashraf (Dow 1984)

Dr. Shahid Qureshi (Dow 1985)

Dr. Busharat Ahmad

  • Ophthalmologist

  • Vice Chair of the State of Michigan Board of Medicine

  • President of the Chamber of Commerce of Marquette, MI

  • Instructor for Dow Medical College

  • Awarded the Benjamin Rush Award

  • Founding Member of APPNA

Few expatriates from Pakistan have benefitted thousands of expatriates from all nations in United States. One individual who has done so is Dr. Busharat Ahmad. A retired ophthalmologist from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. Once he returned to the US after a brief tenure at the Civil Hospital, Karachi as an instructor for Dow Medical College, Karachi he began to improve the civic life of his adopted homeland. Serving in numerous capacities including being the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Marquette, MI he served as acting Mayor of Marquette. The list of his civic achievements is too long to be reproduced here.

His contributions to American medicine in the fair treatment of international medical graduates (IMGs) have benefitted each and every IMG currently in practice in USA irrespective of their country of origin. The IMGs currently enjoy equal practice opportunities to serve their patients. This has been possible in part but largely due to Dr Busharat Ahmad’s efforts in matters of licensing and thus actual practice.

In 2010 he was awarded the Benjamin Rush Award for his exceptional services at the San Diego meeting of the American Medical Association. Dr. Busharat Ahmad has also been one of the founding members of APPNA (Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America) where he has served in numerous capacities over the past 33 years. He has participated in numerous relief camps for eye patients held in Pakistan over the years and has served three US Presidents in an advisory capacity in transplantation policies.

In 2001 he won the George Tarjan Memorial Award from the American Psychiatric Association, in 2002 he received the Citizenship Award from APPNA. His academic appointments, list of awards, papers published and positions held are too numerous to be mentioned. He continues to be involved in civic and professional life. He is the Vice Chair of the State of Michigan Board of Medicine and is the Chair of the Liaison with Organized Medicine Committee of APPNA besides other involvements with AMA, Michigan State Medical Society, The Rotarians and other professional and civic organizations.

Dr. Teepu Siddique

  • Professor in Neurology

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  • 38 years of experience

  • Dow Medical College, Pakistan (1973)

  • Umdnj-University Hospital – 1979

Neurologist Dr. Teepu Siddique, Les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has devoted his career as a clinician-scientist to the study and treatment of neuromuscular diseases, especially amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He has directed the Neuromuscular Disorders Program/Neurogenetics Laboratory and the Les Turner ALS Foundation Laboratory at Northwestern since 1991. Dr. Siddique led an international team that was the first to identify genes responsible for familial (inherited) forms of ALS: the SOD1 gene in 1993 and the ALS2, or alsin, gene in 2001. His laboratory also developed the first successful genetic mouse model of ALS in 1994. In 2008, his lab verified the existence of an X chromosome-linked gene (X-ALS) that may be involved in both ALS and ALS/dementia. For his seminal work in ALS neurogenetics, Dr. Siddique received the first Sheila Essey Award from the American Academy of Neurology. Other honors include the Hope Through Caring Award from the Les Turner ALS Foundation, the Third Annual Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Award from the Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, and the Forbes Norris Award from the International Alliance of ALS/MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Associations.

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan

  • Cardiologist

  • CEO The Indus Hospital

  • Certified MBBS

  • Free Surgery For The Poor

  • Dow Medical College, Pakistan (1986)

  • Volunteer for Patients’ Welfare Association (PWA)

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan, a career cardiologist could have done anything in healthcare professional. He could have worked in any developed country, earn a lot by private practice etc. But he choose a different and difficult path by planning to open a modern healthcare facility for poor people in Karachi.

The Indus Hospital in Korangi area of Karachi speaks of humongous work put in by Dr. Abdul Bari and his colleagues. While Dr. Abdul Bari remains in the forefront, this project is an outcome of dedication of many of his colleagues who must be acknowledged.

Today, The Indus Hospital is not just an ordinary hospital. While it continues to run merely on donations and treats patients for free, it has gone beyond the ordinary healthcare and is harbinger of social change in the area. Using modern technology, the hospital administration has mapped the Korangi area and gathered data of residents to plan their healthcare in a professional manner.

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan, his colleagues and team have proved that if you are sincere in your efforts, you are bound to gain success in your endeavors. They are truly Amazing Pakistanis deserving our tribute and gratitude for their services.

Dr. Wajid Baig

  • Cardiologist

  • Dow Medical College, Pakistan (1983)

  • St. Anne’s Hospital, Fall River, MA
    Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA

  • Volunteer Work for APPNA, DOGANA and APCNA

  • American Board of Internal Medicine. Recertified 2005
    American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases. Recertified 2006
    Certification Council of Nuclear Cardiology, Diplomate
    Fellow, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)

Cardiology Fellowship:

1990 – 1992 The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

1988 – 1990 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

University Hospital, East Orange, VA Hospital

Beth Israel Hospital, Newark NJ

Internship/Residency:

1984 – 1988 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Medical School:

1976 – 1983 Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Post Graduate Experience:

1992 – Present Internal Medicine and Cardiology Associates of Southeastern New England, P.C. 1565 North Main St., Fall River, MA 02720

Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine. Recertified 2005

American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases. Recertified 2006

Certification Council of Nuclear Cardiology, Diplomate

Fellow, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)

Licensure: Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Hospital Affiliations:

1992 – Present St. Anne’s Hospital, Fall River, MA

1992 – Present Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA

Memberships:

* American College of Cardiology

* American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

* Society of Vascular Technology

* Fall River Medical Society

* American Medical Association

* American Society Echocardiography

* Massachusetts Medical Society

* American College of Physician Executives

Appointments:

* President, Medical Staff, Charlton Memorial Hospital

* Trustee, Southcoast Hospitals Group

* Former, Clinical Asst. Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine

* Chairman, Medical Executive Committee, Charlton Memorial Hospital

* Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology, St. Anne’s Hospital

* Credentials Committee, Charlton Memorial Hospital

* Radiation Safety Committee, St. Anne’s Hospital and Charlton Memorial Hospital

APPNA, DOGANA and APCNA work

Dr. Wajid Baig has been instrumental in chairing and participation in various APPNA, DOGANA and APCNA committees at all level. Most importantly in Constitution and Bylaws matters.

* APPNA Constitution and Bylaws Committee

* DOGANA Constitution and Bylaws Committee

* APCNA Constitution and Bylaws Committee

* APCNA President

* APCNA member of Board of Trustees

* APCNA Chairman of Pacemaker Project.

* APCNA Chairman Liaison for the other organization

* Collaboration with Heartbeat International for Pacemaker for Pakistan

* Founding member of APCNA

* American College of Cardiology in Pakistan

* Instrumental in establishing ACC International Chapter in Pakistan

* Chairman CME committee APCNA – organizing CME in Pakistan since 2004

* Chairman Echocardiography Workshops in Pakistan, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar as part of annual APCNA work ships since 2004

* Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) hands on Workshops at Civil Hospital Karachi and NICVD Karachi since 2004

* Train the trainers for BLS program under American Heart Association for BLS training in Pakistan Medical Association – which in turn helped training of health care providers producing more 500 BLS certification.

* Note: The APCNA pacemaker project chaired by Dr. Baig had been the hallmark of the lifetime work in helping deserving patient get free pacemakers who cannot afford to have such lifesaving device. See attached.

Clinical Research:

Clinical Investigator CARS (Coumadin Aspirin Reinfarction Study)

Clinical Investigator PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY of Simvastatin and other Statins in High Risk Patients

Clinical Investigator TIMI – 16.OPUS STUDY (Orbofiban in Patients with Unstable Coronary Syndromes)

Clinical Investigator TIME II STUDY (Comparison of Lanatoplase and Atelase as Thrombolytic Agents)

Clinical Investigator TALENT permanent pacemaker ELA

Clinical Investigator VICTORY TIRAL (Vanlev Investigative Trial for the Reduction of Hypertension)

Clinical Investigator SPORTIF V (Thrombin inhibitor vs. Coumadin for stroke prophylaxis

In atrial fibrillation)

Clinical Investigator PROVE IT STUDY (Pravastatn or Atorvastatin Evaluation and infection therapy in acute coronary syndrome)

Clinical Investigator EXCLAIM (A double blind placebo controlled, parallel multi-center study on extended VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients with prolonged immobilization)

Clinical Investigator VYVA (Vytorin versus Atrovastatin Study)

Principal Investigator CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients

Suppress Adverse Outcomes with early implementation of ACC/AHA guidelines)

Principal Investigator IMPROVE-IT (Improved Reduction of outcomes: Vytorin efficacy International Trial. TIMI group.

Principal Investigator AFFECTS (Atrial Fibrillation, focus on effective clinical treatment strategies)

Principal Investigator ARISTOTLE ( Abixiban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation)

Dr. Rizwan Karatela

  • Cardiologist

  • Dow Medical College, Pakistan (1984)

  • VA Medical Center
    University of Rochester
    Emory University School of Medicine

Practicing Non-Invasive Cardiology in West Palm Beach, Florida. Graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1984. Completed Pediatric Residency in 1990 in the Brooklyn Medical Center. Finished internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in 1992. From 1993 to 1995, Cardiology Research fellow at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, involved in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Database programming. Completed a clinical Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York from 1995 to 1998. Staff Cardiologist for two years at the West Palm Beach V.A. Medical Center, served as the chairman of Institutional Review Board (IRB). Joined Florida Cardiology Group in 2002. Other interests include database programming since 1993, software development since 1995, web-designing since 1994, iPhone and iPad App development since 2009. Special interests in Art Design in Ink & Calligraphy, Digital Publishing & Font Design with various Adobe and Apple applications since 1993. Motion graphic and Final Cut projects since 2009.