The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow, the then Governor of Sindh, in 1945.
Civil Hospital Karachi, officially known as Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, is a 1,900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
The Liaquat National Hospital is located at Stadium Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Dow International Medical College is a government-owned public sector medical college in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, which is recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). Admittance is limited to 150 students per year. It is a constituent college of Dow University of Health Sciences Dow University of Health Sciences,.
Noshad A. Shaikh is the former vice-chancellor of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan, the first public sector medical university of the country.
Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi is a Pakistani philanthropist, doctor, Renal transplant surgeon and founder of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), the largest kidney transplant centre in Pakistan. This institute is affiliated with the nearby Civil Hospital, Karachi.
Dr. Ali Ahmed S Kazi (1896–1970) was one of the few physicians in Sind Province when Sindh was created as a province in British India in 1936.
Jinnah Medical and Dental College was established in 1998 in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan.
Jinnah Sindh Medical University, formerly known as Sindh Medical College, is a medical university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It gained university status in June 2012.
Shoaib Tauheed MBBS, M Phil., MCPS, FCPS (1960–2007) was a professor, medical doctor, researcher and an author from Pakistan. He is widely known for his contributions in the field of Physiology and Medicine. Besides practicing clinical medicine he served as a professor and Head of the Department of Physiology in Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi. Since the establishment of the Dow University of Health Sciences, Prof. Tauheed was appointed chairman of the Physiology Department. He was also one of the members of the Curriculum Revision Committee of the Higher Education Commission, and was involved in expanding and conducting Continuing Medical Education courses at DUHS He also served as the Head of Physiology Department of Sindh Medical College, Karachi. He is still the first and only Pakistani to be a member of the American Physiological Society. Considered by many as the most favorite and popular professor among medical students.
The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) is a public medical university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College or GMMMC in short is the sixth public sector Medical college under the Government of Sindh where 100 students of Sukkur, Khairpur and Ghotki are getting education every year. It is named after Sindh politician Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar.
Asim Hussain, SI, NI is a Pakistani-Canadian, active in the fields of health, education, and Pakistani politics. He is chairman of Ziauddin Group of Hospitals in Karachi, and former Advisor of Prime Minister for Ministry of Oil and Natural Resources, Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan as part of Pakistan Peoples Party from 2009 to 2015.
Shamsuddin Rahimtoola was a Physician based out of Karachi whose area of study included Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Rahimtoola remained the 10th Principal of Dow Medical College Karachi in 1984. He was also Medical Superintendent of the Civil Hospital in Karachi. The Dow University encompasses the Professor Shamsuddin Rahimtoola Digital Library named in his honor.
Shahbudin Rahimtoola was a cardiologist based in Los Angeles, United States. He served as a Distinguished Professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Rahimtoola was credited for his contribution to two clinical syndromes namely the hibernating myocardium and 'prosthetic valve-mismatch'.
Javed Iqbal Kazi (1955–2014) was a Pakistani pathologist specialized in renal pathology, professor and chairman of Histopathology at Karachi Medical and Dental College, Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Dr. Ziauddin Hospitals & National Institute of Blood Diseases, and served as Dean of medicine of University of Karachi. He was also the board member of Journal of Pakistan Medical Association since 2005. He established the department of Histopathology at Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi, in 1995 and is the pioneer of Renal and Transplant Pathology in Pakistan.
