Dow Medical College is visited by late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967. Next photo is a press conference or election meeting by the officials of the Dow Medical College Students Union. The days were the tumultuous days of protest against Field Marshall Ayub Khan. More details will be filled in as to the background ofRead More
This is the group photo of the graduating class of 1963-64 Photo is courtesy of Dr. Nisar Ahmed, Gastroenterologist, Houston. Uploaded by Amin H. Karim MD, Houston on November 17 2013
Class of 1960 celebrated their Silver Jubilee in April 2010 in Houston. The class included such icons as Prof. Adeeb Hasan Rizvi, Director of Sindh Institute pf Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Dr Sayeed Ahmed, Pathologist in Houston. In the photo Prof. Abdus Saleem is presenting a plaque to Prof. Rizvi. Dr. Ahmed is inRead More
Dow Medical College Class of 1960. The Following is an account given by Dr. Ali Jumshyd, Class of 1960, who is retired and lives in Houston During the period 1955-60– Principal of the college was Dr. Mahmoud Ali Shah, Eye Surgeon; he also officiated as Secretary Health, Sind for sometime. Other notable teachers were Dr.AbdulRead More
Professors at Dow Picnic. Professor Abdul Wahid, Professor of Anatomy and Principal of Dow Medical College enjoying a picnic in 1958. Photo uploaded by Amin H. Karim MD o November 17 2013. Can someone please help identify others in this memorable photo.
Surgical Unit II Group. Sometimes in 1973. Late Professor Fazle Ilahi was the Head of Surgical Unit II with Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed as Assistant Professor. Standing on left is Dr. Tarig Siddique, ENT Surgeon, Amin H. Karim, Dr. Salma Patel MD, Ophthalmologist in USA, Dr. Nizamuddin (General Surgeon Karachi), Dr. Mohsina Wasim (Director of MaryRead More
Book Review: “A MEDICAL DOCTOR EXAMINES LIFE ON THREE CONTINENTS” BY Dr. Syed Akthar Ehtisham. Dowite Class of 1962. The meeting to ‘launch’ Dr Syed Akhtar Ehtisham’s book, “A Medical Doctor Examines Life on Three Continents- was held by The Pakistan Society of The University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on JanuaryRead More
This article was first written for the first ever Dow Medical College site created in 1994 (read more on this elsewhere on this blog) and subsequently edited with the help of Dr. Shafi Quraishy and Dr. Iqbal Memon on the 50th Anniversary of Dow in 1995. Since then various forms and edited version were used inRead More
Dow Medical College Class of 1977 Get Together in Houston at the APPNA Meeting October 25 2013. From Left Dr. Nayyar Iqbal, Dr. Shahid Rafique, currently practicing Internal Medicine in Georgia, Dr. Salman Faridi, currently Medical Director of the Liaquat National Hospital in Karachi and Dr. Raza Ali Sajanlal practicing Orthopedics in UK. Photo uploadedRead More
Dow Medical College Class of 1977; This is a photo from the farewell party at the end of the Medicine Unit 2 Rotation sometime in 1973. Prof. Colonel Najib Khan (not in this photo) was the Chief of the Ward with the late Prof. Malik Ali Sheikh (one of the few MBBS and PhD onRead More
