International Webinar Series
International Webinar Series; JNMCites’ Experiences from the COVID Frontlines: USA, Canada and India
The Aligs’ Academic Enrichment Programme (AAEP), in association with Aligarh Medical Alumni Association of North America (AMAANA), organized the second session of the international webinar through Zoom on “JNMCites’ Experiences from the COVID frontlines”.
In his opening remarks, Prof R Maheshwari (Dean, Faculty of Medicine) urged all senior and junior members of the medical fraternity to join this series of webinars and interact with frontline COVID warriors at the JNMC and at US hospitals. He said JNMC is playing a significant role in containing COVID-19 pandemic at Aligarh and in nearby areas and it is committed to playing a wider role in collaboration with the central and state governments. He said that JNMC has till so far screened more than 90,000 samples and served a number of COVID patients successfully.
Prof Maheshwari appreciated AMAANA for its role at JNMC and taking the webinar initiative in sharing mutual experience, which would help not only local consultants at JNMC but also graduates practicing elsewhere.
Dr Huma Kazmie (Canada) spoke on “COVID-19 Spectrum in Kids” while Dr Obaid A Siddiqui (India) delineated challenges in Managing Emergency & Trauma Centres ICU during COVID-19. Dr Shams Iqbal (USA) expressed views on the Role of Radiology in COVID-19, Prof M Shameem (India) on Post-COVID Respiratory Sequelae, Dr Ziya Siddiqui (India) on Security Concerns and Management of COVID Isolation Area and Dr Gaurav Gupta and Dr Hina Khan (USA) on COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy: Pathophysiology and Management.
Dr Kohkan Shamsi (President, AMAANA) and Dr Tamkin Rabbani (Chairperson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) moderated the webinar.
Earlier, Prof Syed Ziaur Rahman (Coordinator, AAEP) welcomed the participants while Dr Reshma Mehmood (EC, AMAANA) proposed a vote of thanks.
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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.