Education:
PhD (Anatomy)                   2008                       Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
MBBS                                    1996                       Baqai Medical college, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Professional Training/ Positions:



Assistant Professor


2009-present


Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.




Instructor (Anatomy)


2006-2008


Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.




Doctoral Fellow
 
Instructor (Anatomy)


2002-2008
 
2000-2002


Aga khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad,
Pakistan.




 
Instructor (Anatomy)


 
1998-2000


Islamabad Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan.




 
Senior House Surgeon


 
1997-1998


Surgical Rotations in University and Cen
Hospital – Riyadh




 
Research Interests:


 


 



•      Role of epigenetic mechanisms in development and progression of cancers
•      Utility of epigenetic markers ( DNA methylation and miRNAs) to detect and prognosticate cancers
 Current projects:
•      Using microRNAs as a biomarker to diagnose and prognosticate breast cancer
•   Global methylation profiling in bladder cancer; An approach to discover novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers
•     A novel approach to non invasive prenatal diagnosis feotal Rhesus-D status by isolating cell free feotal DNA in maternal Plasma
Teaching:
•      Teaching Anatomy through lectures, tutorials, lab sessions to Undergraduate medical students, Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad 1998-2000.
•    Teaching Anatomy, through lectures, tutorials, lab sessions to Undergraduate medical students, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, 2000-2002.
•      Teaching Anatomy, through lectures, tutorials, lab sessions to Undergraduate medical students Aga Khan University, Karachi 2002- to-date.
•      Working as Point Person Anatomy with responsibility to manage overall teaching related activities of Anatomy discipline in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the Aga Khan University, Karachi 2008-todate.
•      Co-Chair Year I Curriculum Sub-Committee, Medical College, Aga Khan University, 2009-todate
•      Co-Chair Head &Neck and Special Senses Module, Medical College, Aga Khan University, 2008-to-date
•      Member, Year II Curriculum Sub-Committee, Medical College, Aga Khan University, 2008-to-date