Rawalpindi Medical College Alumni (RMCAANA)

  Executive Council

RMCAANA Executive Council 2012
M. Qasim Hasan, MD

President

Qasim Hasan, MD

M. Qasim Hasna graduated from RMC in 1997. He worked in the Medical and Gastroenterology departments before obtaining his MPH degree from the University of Texas (UT-Houston – School of Public Health).  He worked on various research projects at UT-SPH and UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Hasan trained in Internal Medicine at Forest Park Hospital (St. Louis, MO) and Morristown Memorial Hospital (Morristown, NJ). He then moved to Arizona and has been working as an internist since then. He is currently also the Medical Director for MHC Healthcare.

 
Hina Naushad, MD

President Elect

Hina Naushad, MD

Hina Naushad graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College in 1996. She completed her pathology residency from University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha Nebraska in 2004. She then completed a one year surgical pathology fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO in 2005 followed by a two year fellowship in hematopathology from University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2007. She is an assistant professor/hematopathologist at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE since then
Rummana Aslam

Secretary

Dr. Rummana Aslam
 
Dr Rummana Aslam is a 1985 graduate of Rawalpindi Medical College.  She came to the USA in 1988 and then spent the next few years travelling with her husband and lived in England, Germany and France.  Since returning to the US she has taught and mentored medical and dental students as director of Biomedical Sciences at University of California San Francisco. She has completed residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sinai Hospital Baltimore/University of Maryland and was the recipient of the Resident Excellence Award. She has completed two fellowships including a research fellowship in trauma, burns and wound healing at University of California San Francisco and a clinical fellowship in surgical critical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She continues to be active in wound healing research and ICU rehabilitation research and has presented yearly at national and international conferences since 2004 and has published in several peer reviewed journals.

Treasurer

Sohail Minhas, MD
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Babar Rao

Babar Rao, MD     (1998 to 1999)
Phone: 732-235-7688
Email: raoskin@aol.com 
Web Site: www.dermoncology.com
Dr. Babar Rao is a 1983 graduate of RMC. He has done his training in Dermatology at Institute of Dermatology, University of London, University of Southwestern, Dallas, TX, NYU, Cornell and UMD,  New Jersey. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director Resident Education and Director of Derma pathology at  UMD-Robertwood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJH. He is one of the founding member of RMCAANA.
Sohail Ikram

Sohail Ikram, MD (1999-2000)
 Phone: 502-228-6626
E-mail: Sohailikr@yahoo.com
Dr. Sohail Ikram is a 1984 RMC graduate. He did his Internal Medicine residency at University of Louisville followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at the same institution. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology. Currently, he is in practice in a single specialty group in Jeffersonville, IN. He is also one of the founding member of RMCAANA.
Avais Masud 

Avais Masud, MD  (2000 to 2001)
Phone: 732-500-5949
Email: avaismasud@aol.com
Dr. Avais is a RMC  graduate of 1985. He was an executive member of the students union in 1982-84. He did Internal Medicine residency from North shore University Hospital, NY, and a fellowship in Nephrology from Medical College of Virginia. He did fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at University of MA. He is a Diplomat  in American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care. He is working at a teaching hospital in New Jersey  as an Attending Physician. He is also one of the founding member of RMCAANA.
Nadeem Iqbal

Nadeem Iqbal, MD (2001-2002)
 Tel: 651-221-9051 (W)
Email: nadiqbal@gmail.com
Web Site: www.neurostpaul.com 
Dr. Nadeem Iqbal is a 1984 graduate. He did his residency in Neurology at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, VA. This was followed by a two year fellowship in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at the same institution. He is Board Certified in both Neurology and the sub-specialty of Vascular Neurology. He is also Board Eligible in Clinical Neurophysiology. Currently he is in practice in a single specialty group in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is also one of the founding member of RMCAANA.
Amer Nawaz

Mohammed Aamer Nawaz, MD (2003)
Phone: 813-994-9393
Email:  funmd2@aol.com
Dr Aamer Nawaz is a 1986  RMC graduate. He did a Diploma in Dermatology in 1988 at the University of London  UK. He also served as Head  Dermatology Dept  at Rawalpindi General Hospital from 1989 to 1992. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at  Salem Hospital  Salem  Mass. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Currently he is practicing Internal Medicine  in Tampa, FL.
Amer Akmal

Amer Akmal, MD (2004)
E-mail:  amer.akmal@gmail.com
 Phone:973-422-9496
Dr Amer Akmal is a 1986 RMC graduate. He did Pathology Residency at Monmouth Medical Center, new Jersey. He did Fellowships in Transfusion medicine (University of Alabama) and Cytopathology (louisiana State University). He is  Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Transfusion Medicine and Cytopathology. Currently he is in private practice in Paterson, New Jersey.
Raza Bokhari

Raza Bokhari, MD, MBA (2005)
Phone: 800-736-6216                     
E-Mail:   RBokhari@lakewoodpath.com
Dr. Raza Bokhari graduated from RMC in 1990. While in Medical School in 1989, he was elected to office of the Vice President of Students Union. He currently is the Chief Executive Officer of Lakewood Pathology Associates, multi-specialty Pathology practitioners in the state of New Jersey. Dr. Bokhari is also the Laboratory Director for Princeton Biomedical Laboratories, a high complexity clinical Pathology laboratory located in Philadelphia . He is also affiliated with the Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, as a “Mentor” and was elected as the “Entrepreneur-in-residence” for the academic year 2001-02.
Farhat

Farhat Abbas Khan,MD (2006)       Dr Khan graduated from RMC in 1988. He completed his residency in Internal medicine from Abington memorial hospital of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He is board certified  in Internal medicine. Currently he is working with Dept of Veterans Affairs as federal staff physician and living in Madison, Wisconsin.
Shahid rafiq

Shahid Rafiq (2007)
Tel:301-850-4448(H)
210-382-3451 (C)
E-mail: tabassem@yahoo.com
Shahid Rafiq is a graduate of 1984. He took a detour coming to US. He spent years of Nelson Mandala's presidency in South Africa. He finished his residency in Neurology from Seton Hall University, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Hospital, Edison NJ. He has done a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine from the University of TX Health Science Center in San Antonio TX. He is Board Certified in Neurology and the sub-specialty of Vascular Neurology. Currently, he is practicing in Fredrick, MD
Raheela Raheela Pirzada (2008)
Dr. Raheela Pirzada is 1990 graduate. She completed her Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at University of West Virginia. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care. Currently in clinical practice at a teaching hospital with Temple University. She lives in Pittsburgh.
Tanveer Ahmad, MD

Tanveer Ahmad, MD (2009)

Tel: (815)703-9124
Email: tahmadmd@yahoo.com
Dr Tanveer Ahmad graduated from RMC with the first batch in 1980.
He did his Residency in Internal Medicine at the Grant Hospital Chicago/Rush Presbyterian Saint Luke's Chicago. Currently he is a solo practitioner at Marengo, IL. He has been actively involved in several community organizations for over two decades.
Sophia Janjua Sophia Janjua, MD (2010)
Sophia Janjua graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College in 1988. She completed her Gastroenterology fellowship from Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago in 1999, and has been in private practice with a single specialty group in NW Indiana since then.
Shahia Rehmani MD Shahida Rehmani, MD (2011)
Dr Shahida Rehmani graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College in 1985. She did her residency in Psychiatry from the University of Buffalo. This was followed by a Fellowship in Child Psychiatry from University of Rochester, NY. Currently she is practicing as a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Rochester, NY. She is the medical director of a chemical dependency clinic for adolescent population. She is part time academic faculty at University of Rochester, NY, and is involved with training of Child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and medical students.