AMAANA opposes CAA, police atrocities on silent student protestors and supports national unity
On behalf of its members across the United States and Canada, the Aligarh Medical Alumni Association of North America (AMAANA) strongly condemns the use of excessive force and brutality against the student demonstrators at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Jamia Milia resulting in serious injuries and causing lifelong disabilities both physically and mentally. We strongly deplore this action by those involved and demand a fair and thorough inquiry and justice for all those who are affected by it. We, the alumni of JN Medical College and AMU, are deeply saddened and disturbed by the current situation at our beloved educational institution and request all cooperation and help from you to bring our alma mater to normalcy. The citizens of India have fundamental right to protest peacefully for any issues including the patently discriminatory law (i.e. the Citizenship Amendment Act-CAA). We want to reiterate that this fundamental right should be respected and upheld by the district and university administration and they should be ensured to have a safe environment within our campus.
We also want to send a message to the students and others who are affected by this situation that all members of AMAANA stand in solidarity with them and will provide all necessary support needed for their treatment, rehabilitation and loss. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Kohkan Shamsi, MD, PhD
President, AMAANA
Dr. Shamsi, MD, PhD, co-founder and principal of RadMD is a radiologist with 25+ years of clinical development experience for drugs and devices.
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1991, MS (General Surgery) 2001
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1990, MD (Pediatrics) 1993. Won 3 Gold Medals and President of India’s Silver Medal during MBBS.
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1976, MD (Medicine)1980
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1992, MD Radiology (1992-95, did not finish, moved to US)
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1995
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1996
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 2002, MD (Radiology) 2007
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 2005, MD (Pathology) 2008
JNMC Year of Graduation: MBBS 1991, MD (Anesthesiology) 1994.
Dr. Ashraf Khan received his medical (MBBS) degree in 1980 from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India following which he did 3-year postgraduate training (MD) in Pathology and then joined as a lecturer in Pathology at the same institution in 1983. In 1985 Dr. Khan moved to England where he trained in Histopathology at Lewisham and Guy’s Hospital of the University of London. This training included experience of working at the Hedley Atkins Breast Unit of the Imperial Cancer Research Foundation at Guy’s Hospital under Dr. Rosemary Millis an internationally recognized breast pathologist who inspired him to become interested in breast pathology. After serving as a senior Registrar in Histopathology for 3 years at Guy’s Hospital and passing the MRCPath examination, Dr. Khan migrated to the United States in 1993 to join as a Surgical Pathology Fellow at University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC). This one-year fellowship was followed by his appointment as an Assistant Professor in Pathology at UMMC in 1994, and worked his way up to his present position as Professor of Pathology (since 2005). He is currently the Director of Surgical Pathology and served as Director of Pathology Residency Program from 2001-08 at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is actively involved in the UMASS medical center and medical school administrative functions serving on the Faculty Council, Medical School Admissions Committee, Cancer Committee, and Director of Clinical Labs at UMASS’s Hahnemann and Memorial campuses and Quality Assurance Coordinator of the Hospital Tumor Registry among others.