THAT time of year again! A fav part of my job: signing admissions letters to 100 super🌟s who’ll IA be joining
@AKUGlobal
MBBS Class of 2027!Feeling
#thankful
& honoured to deliver such life changing news to so many deserving future
#HealthCareHeroes
Share a pic if you get one 👇
Abdullah Khattak’24
@ak02k_
was a super star! Today a full auditorium came together and remembered his vibrant smile, passion for life and incredible kindness. May Allah welcome him and give all his loved ones strength. Our hearts are so heavy today. We will miss him dearly ….
We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our dear student and friend, Abdullah Khattak (MBBS ‘24), who met with a motorcycle crash earlier today. Our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends.
It’s official!
@JAMASurgery
is now the
#1
Surgical Journal in the World & 1st to ever break the ceiling of 10 Impact Factor! Thank you to our readers, authors and of course Editorial board led
@kibbemr
. Kudos to
@AnnalsofSurgery
for being
#1
for decades before us!
#greatcompany
Had Chills down my spine as I signed Admission offers..... for the next 100 medical students
@AKUGlobal
Will always remember the moment back in 1993 when I got the same letter your receiving this weekend. Each 1 of you is
#incredible
& destined to
#MakeADifference
#AKUClass2024
Today we've lost a very special
@AKUGlobal
family member
@amirshariffmd
, beloved Prog. Director of Surgery, who passed away this morning from natural causes. An exceptional bariatric surgeon, mentor, & alumni beloved by all. May his loved ones find the strength to bear this loss.
Congrats to Dr Sara Khan on her new appointment as
#Neurology
head
@AKUGlobal
! She's a proud alumna of our MBBS program and has completed her residency + fellowship from the
@ClevelandClinic
. She is also the first woman to ever occupy this role! Pls join me in congratulating her!
With profound humility and gratitude, Saima and I embark on this opportunity of a lifetime
@akuglobal
"to use the power of a research university and create a new era where
#Healthcare
is Safe, Optimal, Equitable for all in Pakistan, the region & the world"
The DRUMS R BEATING! As our
@AKUGlobal
MBBS class of 22 steps out of their final final exams; Next stop checking out their results tomorrow and changing their title to: “Dr” … so proud of all their hard work 😓 and can’t wait to see each will serve humanity and
#makeadifference
The moment when I got to pause the convocation for a second on stage while I took a Selfie with
@AKUGlobal
11th Med College - Gold Medalist
@SamrahRazi
🏅super congrats
Just signed Admission offers to the next 100 Medical Students
@AKUGlobal
Med College. Chosen from 4700 applicants - you are the Best of Best. We know you will do amazing things in health care and
#makeadifference
! If able do share a picture when you find out you’re accepted !
Super thrilled to welcome
@virani_md
back
@AKUGlobal
as our 1st ever Vice Provost for Research. A super clinician scientist and the nicest person you will ever meet: defines what it means to be a gentleman and a scholar! Oh & did I mention - we were classmates (and he was
#1
!)
Fascinating Medicine Grand Rounds
@AKUGlobal
with KPK Health-Finance Minister
@Jhagra
on Universal Insurance; 600K citizens /yr are using Sehat card! How is KPK so successful “By Making it Simple and Covering everyone based on their ID card- Simplicity is key”
#makeadifference
Congrats and Welcome
@LukoyeAtwoli
our NEW DEAN
@AKUGlobal
Medical College in East Africa! A Globally known Intellectual, Academic, Humanitarian and Psychiatrist was most recently Dean
@MoiMedicine
- We are all beyond thrilled! Kenyan Medicine will advance leaps & bounds w/ him!
Congrats
@kibbemr
@JAMASurgery
on the New Record Setting Impact Factor 13.625!! Thank you to Readers, Authors, Editorial Board & amazing staff for continuing to make us the highest ranked Surgical Journal ever! So thrilled to be on this awesome team w/
@timpawlik
@TsengJennifer
An indescribable feeling upon signing letters inviting 100 super stars to our MBBS class of 2028
@AKUGlobal
from 7000+ who applied. Emails have just been sent and offers are provisional pending results of MDCAT. My hope is for each one to become great healers & have super impact!
So proud of incredibly resilient students who appeared for
@AKUGlobal
entrance tests Today. Surely there were some challenges due to unprecedented rains but so impressed w/students and our great Examiners & Staff who worked tirelessly to ensure each candidate gets their best shot
The situation regarding today’s Admission test has been brought to our attention. A Taskforce has already been set up to evaluate the matter and urgently take necessary measures
As Dean, I will ensure continued complete fairness in all aspects of the Medical College
@AKUGlobal
What a thrill to join our Class of ‘25 for their T1/2 celebrations; a time honoured tradition of reaching half way through med school! You have earned this and we look forward to other half 💥 Note you might see a glimpse of my class of ‘98 T1/2 shirt from 30 years ago
@AKUGlobal
32 years later ;
@AKUGlobal
FIRST ever Gold Medal 🥇 finally presented !! Dr Wasim Afzal Haq MBBS was supposed to get this first Gold Medal at his convocation in 1991. It was the 1st time someone had scored high enough to actually win a GOLD medal so it hadn’t been struck 1/2
View from stage as Princess Zahra Aga Khan presents the first ever Founders Day Medal
@AKUGlobal
to none other than Distinguished University Prof Camer Vellani - our 1st faculty member 40 yrs ago. An incredible moment - of course the ovation wouldn’t stop
#AKUonwards
#akuat40
Super congrats to our next batch of
#MBBS
grads!
#ClassOf2021
just finished their final exams & celebrated in the quad as per tradition. We are so proud of each one of you & know that you will
#MakeADifference
! Huge congrats to our faculty + parents who made this moment possible
Super congrats
@AKUGlobal
‘97 grad AZ aka “Atif Zaheer” on becoming full Professor at JOHNS HOPKINS
@HopkinsMedicine
- AZ defines Humility and is one of the world’s foremost radiologists. His book is 💯 & he develops training programs in Asia / Africa
#MakeADifference
#akualumni
In 1983 a teenager came to
@AKUGlobal
Med College as a Student. Today he returns as the CEO of its University Hospital
#AKUH
! Welcome & congrats
@shafitx
Its an incredible honor to co-lead our Academic Medical Centre with a fellow alum whose teaches us to
#AchieveTheUnachievable
Of all the honours I get in this job- being asked by the Final Year Class to take a pic with them… as they take their last Professional Exam
@AKUGlobal
is surely amongst the highest ! Thank you for the privilege and loved the Dhol ku Thap celebration after - you def earned it !
A convocation retake! Mehr Murad Musani received MPhil with Distinction on Saturday night..But I didn’t properly announce her distinction while calling out the graduates names… so she was kind enough to come back to
@AKUGlobal
today so I could do it better this time!
#AKUonwards
Just got the most anticipated phone call from a mentee “ I matched !!!” as my kids and I were searching for Ramadan 🌙 To
@Qadeer_Namra
@CherylZoggPhD
and so many in
#Match2024
Super Congrats … May you go on to become amazing surgeons / specialists and healers
#MakeADifference
With a profound sense of gratitude, we are SO excited to welcome our 5th-year
#MBBS
students back to campus
@AKUGlobal
today! We held a socially distanced townhall to talk about
#SOPs
followed by t-shirt giveaways. Here's to a great year!!
Ecstatic to announce that our very own
#AKUAlumni
Dr
@shafitx
(MBBS’88) will be joining us in December as the CEO of Aga Khan University Hospital! Dr Shafi is a trauma surgeon with over 32 years of experience and we are so lucky to have him come back to
#Pakistan
and give back!
#TipsForNewDocs
1. Introduce yourself; use easy language
2. Be kind to nurses, support staff; everyone who works in the hospital. We are all important.
3. Keep educating yourself. Listen and watch every day; ask questions
4. Find time for your family and friends.
5. Breathe.
Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta enlightened us with ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Academicians: a personal perspective!’
1. Lack of Vision – you have to have a vision that spans the lifetime of a university, not your tenure
#DeansLeadershipCourse
Super congrats
@AKUGlobal
MBBS class of 2024 on your T1/2 : a time honoured tradition on your becoming half doctors- your moves (and luckily your grades!) are quite spectacular. So proud of U and 🙏for having me join in for a bit with my ‘98 T1/2 shirt on !
Congrats
@AKUGlobal
MBBS
#Classof2027
on taking your Solemn Oath last night …. Thrilled to finally meet you : the chosen 100 out of so many. My best wishes & 7 traits / things I have noticed to help you achieve your best potential as a Med Student a 🧵
I am thrilled to announce that
@AKUGlobal
has received a grant from the
@gatesfoundtation
for our COVID-19 Tele-ICU initiative! This funding will support education, training, & technical assistance on COVID-19 critical care to healthcare professionals working in the public sector
My off the cuff attempt to explain how to have a purposeful research career - in a minute as a way to congratulate
@srf_aku
@AKUGlobal
4 an incredible Intl Students Conference attended by > 400 in person & 100s more online; U Students have shown us how 2
#MakeADifference
#ISRC23
Super congrats to 10
@AKUGlobal
Faculty🌟 who received the sweet news of promotion to senior ranks today! Each has an incredible story of achievement, excellence, grit and most of all service to humanity….Looking forward to Mithai soon! (Or perhaps an 🍎 - we r docs after all!)
Introducing our new MBBS Class of 2028! Today as the International Day of Education is commemorated globally, we at AKU remain committed to delivering the highest standard of education. We wish our new students the very best for what will be a challenging yet remarkable journey.
We
@AKUGlobal
gratefully accept this year’s Stellar award
@AMEE_community
for excellence in student engagement, assessment & curriculum design for our MBBS program. Congrats to our faculty and students for their everyday excellence! A proud moment for pakistan🇵🇰
#AMEE2023
#MedEd
Best luck to the thousands taking
@AKUGlobal
entrance test tomorrow. Make sure you’re relaxed, well rested & have breakfast/ lunch Then take a deep breath and do your best! Before you know it, YOU might be rounding on patients like these awesome Student Docs
#AgaKhan
#admissions
BEST of Luck to the 1000’s of applicants taking the
@AKUGlobal
admissions tests this weekend 4 Medicine, Nursing, DentaHyg et al. Met many parents /well wishers outside supporting their candidates at the Exam - 🙏 for years of support and guidance to them, is already paying off!
All smiles as Registrar and Vice Provost
#LailaAkberali
is presented the coveted
@AKUGlobal
Award of Distinction - for 35+ years she has kept us on the “straight and narrow” whilst being the most compassionate student advocate. No wonder all Deans+ Chairs jointly nominated her !
Beautiful ceremony As
@AtherEnam
hands over the reins of the Dept of Surgery to
@SaleemIslam
Zoom in to see the Giants who have held this position before them
@AKUGlobal
- All of whom were present and shared tips including this gem: “Managing Surgeons is like weighing 🐸” 🤷♂️🤦♂️
#NavrozMubarak
! Celebrated the first day of spring with our awesome Dean's Office family
@AKUGlobal
.
#Navroz
signifies a time of spiritual renewal, as well as a spirit of gratitude for blessings and an outlook of hope 💕🌺
OMG! We beat our record again. 7500+ applications for the 100 spots in our Medical program (MBBS). 🙏 to our Registrar for expanding access and Awesome Faculty+Staff for keeping us
#1
for many decades - Best of luck to all Candidates - look fwd to meeting many of you
@AKUGlobal
During his final
@AKUGlobal
Univ Assembly outgoing President Rasul shares wisdom: 1) Dream big & shoot for the Stars ⭐️ 2) You only get ONE chance to make 1st Impression 3) Always ask WHY 4) Attention to detail is a MUST 5) Remember to Pass on your Knowledge
#whywewillmisshim
🥲
As we mourn our beloved
@amirshariffmd
untimely passing - it becomes clear that Teaching another person a skill is one of those rare things that lives on far beyond one’s self. The non stop posts by Amir’s trainees are so heartwarming -worth keeping in mind the next time U teach
Super congrats to the inimitable Shagufta Hasan for breaking yet another glass ceiling and becoming the Vice President and CFO
@AKUGlobal
! We are all so lucky to have her in this most important role …from running the hospital to overseeing grants to outreach SH has
#SeenitAll
!
Grateful to report that
@AKUGlobal
has > 10 Medical Relief camps now up & running throughout Sind and South Balouchistsn. Have treated > 7000 patients - many Mom’s and kids who desperately needed care - incredible work by 100s of volunteers responding to
#FloodsInPakistan2022
🙏
Super congrats to
#DrMohdTariq
On winning
@AKUGlobal
University wide Award for excellence in teaching .... I got to tell him today in advance of our upcoming Convocation- where he will receive this honour! He is a super teacher,
#FAIMER
fellow, technically superb physician and 💯
In the true spirit of giving back, this morning, the Classes of 1997 and 2002 each pledged 250K USD Scholarships for deserving MBBS students at
@AKUGlobal
. Their gift exemplifies how our Alumni are completing the circle ⭕️ of academic advancement!
#AKUGivingBack
#AKUAlumni
Our
@AKUGlobal
FamilyMedicine Experts conducting refresher courses for our Doctors moving towards
#FloodsInPakistan
with Mobile medical camps... AllahKiHifazaat to all the brave heroes who are going out to save lives and stem this brewing Med Emergency ....
#AKUFloodResponse2022
Our trailblazing
#AKUAlumni
are making an impact everywhere! Dr Zubaida was in the news last week after her book was picked as 1 of the best optics books of all time! But
#DidYouKnow
? She is also spearheading ophthalmology services in
#Gilgit
&
#Chitral
?
Super thrilled to announce that after an extensive intl search - Prof
@drsyedasad
will be our next chair of the miracle producing Dept of Community Health Sciences
@AKUGlobal
. He is a super “hero” of Public Health who creates Impact through education, science & being awesome
We at
@AKUGlobal
have been preparing and drilling for weeks - so that
#weareReady
for any COVID-19 patients at AKUH. We now have 1 patient- is in isolation, receiving highest standards of care. Currently NO threat to our staff, students or any other patients and we remain open
Fantastic news from
@AKUGlobal
MC, PK’s Community Health Sciences Department! Super proud to announce that the department has been designated as a
@WHO
Collaborating Centre for Research, Policy & Development in Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights!
Welcome to
@AKUGlobal
Medical College (Pak)- Class of 2023! You are the Chosen 100 (from 4800 applicants). I have no doubt you will be awesome doctors, alleviate human suffering, make great discoveries, teach the next generation, ensure healthcare is equitable &
#makeadifference
!
Hugely Condemn this terrible act; thankful he has a good prognosis. As a Trauma Surgeon who has treated countless bullet wounds, grateful to see a well executed evac plan in an emergency. Kudos to all the Rescue / Health personnel who treated the injured
You could hear a pin drop during the
@AKUGlobal
entrance exams for Post Grad trainees and the Re-do for our MBBS program. Best of luck to all appearing today… if any thing all I could hear was the sound of brilliance !
How cool do you have to be to receive a surprise appointment letter from the President? Many congrats to my friend &
#AKUalumni
- a public health maestro & trauma researcher
@ahyder1
for becoming
@AKUGlobal
's 1st endowed visiting prof! Great to have you back, upwards and onwards!
6 years ago, I met a young investigator at Duke who believed that if you had the right leadership, you could
#MakeADifference
. 6 months later, this person was named Dept. Chair of Medicine at
@AKUGlobal
, you are truly an inspiration for putting this together
@ZainabASamad
!
#NCDs
"The difference between a good university and a great university is
#research
". I couldn't agree more, President Sulaiman Shahabuddin
@AKUGlobal
University Assembly
BIG NEWS: AKU has waived the tuition fees for incoming PhD students who do not have outside institutional support. Grateful to all our donors and supporters who have made this possible!!
Admissions open to the PhD in Health Sciences programme at AKU.
Streams:
- Biological Sciences
- Clinical Sciences
- Population and Public Health
- Nursing
Apply by 14 Feb 2020 at
#AKUAdmissions
#HealthSciences
#PhD
#PhDEducation
Best of Luck to the 8000+ candidates taking an
@AKUGlobal
#AKUAdmissions
Test across Pakistan and around the 🌏. True that only 100 of you will become
#AKUMC
MED Students- but the fact that you appeared today means a lot! Even if unsuccessful don’t let an exam ever define you!
Super duper congrats to all of the new docs on
#Matchday
- May you all be great specialists and healers in the best traditions. Thrilled to see the awesome bunch
@BrighamSurgery
and love how so many from
@AKUGlobal
will become surgeons -
@pennsurgery
wow you really lucked out!
Somehow the moment when Dr Kheezran Ahmed got her medical degree wasn’t shown on our live feed, so she was kind enough to go back on stage and recreate it for her Parents and family to see! Super congrats to all of the proud Grads and their families
#AKUConvocation
@AKUGlobal
Trauma surgeons are known to be tough! See how America’s Top Trauma Surgeon
@ACSTrauma
Chair
@bulgercot
who is a former EMT- talk about Micro Aggressions our Female Colleagues face on a daily basis! This has to stop and all of us need to
#BeTheChange
!
#ILookLikeASurgeon
#SPT2018
Our Mom was truly one of a kind! Miss her deeply since her passing last week🙏🏼to the amazing teams
@GoodSamSanJose
@CPMCinSF
for incredible care! So grateful for support of 💯s family+Friends! She would be so proud & full of ❤️ Her legacy will live on 👇
Glad to have experienced again the longstanding tradition of the "Quad Closing" by final-year MBBS students. 🎓
All my best, and Duas for you,
#ClassOf2022
. I will surely miss your tough questions in the wards and your smiling faces sipping chai ☕️ in the quad!
Great see our
#AKUH
CEO
@shafitx
welcoming the new year
@AKUGlobal
by standing out at the entrance and distributing a sweet treat to all of our staff coming in to work on NeW Years day. Don’t worry we won’t tell
@AkuCardiology
what is in the packets....🤫😇
What happens when
@CEO_AKUHPK
challenges you to an Arm Wrestle at the
@AKUGlobal
Olympiad Awards ceremony = Everyone wins a special Biryani treat !!! Congrats to all those who participated in the events - great sportsperson ship throughout and many records broken!
#CovidVaccine
As we had 6000+ applicants- will be conducting a record number of interviews this year to select the incredible 💯 members of our
@AKUGlobal
MBBS class of 2026. It’s a very structured process based on decades of experience. So to all candidates I have just one piece of advice 👇
Thnx to
@AdilHaiderMD
of
#AKU
to help develop a program on my request to strengthen ICUs in the country for
#COVID19
patients. It includes telemed support to staff working in ICUs. This will complement another training program for 5000 frontline workers we have initiated. <281>
As we gathered to collectively grieve our friend & colleague, Dr Amir Shariff, a very special announcement commemorated Amir’s legacy as a brilliant clinician & teacher through the “Amir Shariff Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching”
Inna lilahi wa ina ilahi raji’un 🤲🏽
An incredible ceremony to present
@AKUGlobal
Dept of Surgery - Lifetime achievement award to my amazing predecessor Dr Farhat Abbas and Surgeon of the Year award to Dr Saulat Fatimi - super congrats Dr Ather and all Surgeons, Trainees and Staff - you are truly
#1
@CEO_AKUHPK
Our undergraduate
#MBBS
students
@AKUGlobal
, Daniyal Amir and
@KamleshMaheshB1
have made us proud ONCE AGAIN by winning the All
#Pakistan
Medical Quiz Competition for the second time in a row! Our team edged out students from 30+ teams from universities across Pakistan
Thank you
@lubitz_carrie
for the most important Pres Address of any Surgical Meet ever. You are an Inspiration: “Depression is a disease not a character flaw”; “Fear is a powerful motivator BUT it is Destructive” “Suffering is not a competition” “ Talk to each other”
#ASC2023
A huge congratulations to all our newly inducted awesome Endowed
#AKUFaculty
! These endowed positions are one of the highest honors bestowed upon faculty members. Please join me in congratulating all of them!
All the best to my dear friend & batchmate
@ayesha_mian1
on the next chapter of her life. The impact she has had on mental health & the field of psychiatry as a whole in
#Pakistan
is remarkable. I cannot wait to see what she does next; we
@AKUGlobal
will always be rooting for U!
Thank you Arts & Cultural Committee
@AKUGlobal
for inviting Saima, our kids and I to the wonderful students Grand Iftar! Such a blessing to break fast with all of you - Thank you for the special shout out to “Dr” Amal - our 7 yr old who kept her first full Roza today
#gratitude