ClAss notesCoordinator, Baqai Medical<strong>University</strong>, Karachi.Wais Mohammad Qarani is servingas Technical Advisor and Consultant,Afghanistan Midwifery and NursingEducation Accreditation Board.Medical College1995Saima Khawaja is currently trainingat Institute for FunctionalMedicine in Gig Harbor,Washington. She has successfullycompleted a course in structuralacupuncture for physicians fromHarvard Medical School, training inSomatic Experiencing (a formof trauma therapy) from theFoundation for Human Enrichmentin Colorado and clinical homeopathyfor physicians from ThomasJefferson <strong>University</strong> in Philadelphia.1997Fatima Naqvi is working as a geriatricianin Maryland. She completedher residency in family medicine fromWayne State <strong>University</strong> in Detroit, MIin 2007, where she was honouredwith the Best Intern and OutstandingGraduating Resident awards. Shecompleted her fellowship in geriatricsfrom Stony Brook <strong>University</strong> in 2009.After working for five years as a paediatrichospitalist at Children's MercyHospital in Kansas City, SimiRahman is now moving to LosAngeles and wants to reconnect withAKU colleagues residing or visitingthe Los Angeles area.1998Adil Haider was appointed co-directorof the Trauma Outcomes ResearchGroup at Johns Hopkins School ofMedicine in Baltimore. He also servesthe institution as a trauma surgeonand an assistant professor of surgery.1999Residing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,M. Rizwan Khalid is a consultantcardiologist, and advanced cardiacimaging and interventional cardiologistat the Prince Salman HeartCenter, King Fahad Medical City.2000Ghulam Haider Akhund is servingas an honourary Epidemiologistat the College of Physicians andSurgeons Pakistan, Hyderabad.The <strong>University</strong> of Arkansas forMedical Sciences recognised SaeedMahmood <strong>Khan</strong>, with its Circleof Excellence <strong>2010</strong> award. <strong>Khan</strong>was one of 12 physicians whoreceived the award this year andthe only physician from theDepartment of Internal Medicine.The award recognises compassionatehealth care and respect forpatients and families.2001Imran Ahmad <strong>Khan</strong> is a hospitalistat Lourdes Hospital inBinghamton, New York. He completedhis residency in internalmedicine from Brookdale<strong>University</strong> Hospital and MedicalCenter, Brooklyn NY.2004Shahzad Shah recently attendedthe Association of Physicians ofPakistani Descent of NorthAmerica (APPNA) youth conventionand believes that organisationssuch as APPNA should collaboratewith <strong>Aga</strong> <strong>Khan</strong> <strong>University</strong>alumni to groom new leaders in themedical field.2005After completing a fellowshipin angiogenesis and eye technology,Yureeda Qazi is working as apostdoctoral fellow in retina andrefractive development at EmoryEye Center in Atlanta. She is proudto share her work on modulatingangiogenesis through alternativesplicing at the Association forResearch in Vision andOphthalmology meeting this year.2006Majid Shafiq recently led Emory<strong>University</strong> to win the GeorgiaChapter-American College ofPhysicians Medical JeopardyCompetition. Shafiq and his colleague,Imad Hussain, look forwardto welcoming four AKU graduates inthe incoming PGY1 class at Emory'sinternal medicine programme.2008Tahir Saeed received a Gold Medalin anaesthesiology in the FCPSexamination held in June 2008.2009Sidra Ishaque works as a ResearchMedical Officer in the Departmentof Paediatrics and Child Health atAKUH, Karachi.Institute for EducationalDevelopment1998Dilshad Ashraf has been appointedHead, Research and Policy Studies,AKU-IED. Earlier, he served asChair, Research and Policy StudiesAdvisory Committee.2001At a head teacher conference inReading, UK, Mansoor NazVindhani made a presentation onConnecting Classrooms, a project ofthe British Council.2003Shahid Raza Badami is serving asa head master at Ghulaman-e-AbbasSchool in Karachi.2004Babar <strong>Khan</strong> has recently been promotedas an instructor at <strong>Aga</strong> <strong>Khan</strong><strong>University</strong>, ProfessionalDevelopment Centre North.2005Shahida Sultan is servingUNESCO as an education specialistand consultant for the project:Strengthening Teacher Education in20
ClAss notesPakistan. She believes the researchand analytical skills she gained atAKU-IED, and her job experiencewith <strong>Aga</strong> <strong>Khan</strong> Education Service,Pakistan are the major factors contributingto this career leap.Technology in Ireland and<strong>University</strong> of Malta.Rashida Haji sends her greetings toall former colleagues and alumni.2008Shamsun Nisa is a head teacher atDiamond Jubilee Middle SchoolHyderabad, Hunza. She also sendsher greetings to all colleagues.2007Anthony Gioko is serving asProgramme Coordinator,Professional Development Centre,<strong>Aga</strong> <strong>Khan</strong> Academy, Mombasa.<strong>Khan</strong> Zada got the ErasmusMundus Scholarship from theEuropean Union for a two-yearMaster’s programme in EarlyChildhood Education and Care,offered in collaboration with theOslo <strong>University</strong> College inNorway, Dublin Institute ofRequest for ContributionsThe editors of AKU-NAMA invite you to contribute to the next issue ofthe magazine. Please send your contributions to any of the editors or toyour respective school or programme representative on the editorial board.* Share stories of what you are doing now, and how you link your achievementsback to your experience at AKU.* Send us pictures to accompany your articles. Pictures must be high resolution,A4 size digital images (at least 1 MB in size) which are separateJPEG files, and not embedded in a word or PDF document.* When you send in an article make sure you include your degree informationand year of graduation from AKU.nrmP mAtCh resultsResults for Medical College graduates who applied for residency positions in the <strong>2010</strong> National Residency MatchingProgram (NRMP) in the United States.NAME SPECIALITY PROGRAMME CATEGORYCLASS OF 2003Kamran Mirza Pathology <strong>University</strong> of Chicago, Chicago, IL CSaad Khilji Family Medicine West Virginia <strong>University</strong>, Morgantown, WV CCLASS OF 2004Hiba Arif Neurology Emory <strong>University</strong>, Atlanta, GA CCLASS OF 2005Madiha Koraishy Internal Medicine Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT CCLASS OF 2006Babar Junaidi Internal Medicine William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI CFahd Khalid Syed Internal Medicine Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA CFarooq <strong>Khan</strong> Internal Medicine <strong>University</strong> of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH C*C = Categorial, A = Advanced, P = Preliminary, TY = Transitional Year21