From the Archives: page from Dow Magazine 1953 The Victory Day as noted in the Dow Magazine 1953. While the details are not noted this picture gives the glimpse of the student activism in 1950s. Dow had been the institution always in the forefront of national politics and played pivotal role in shaping of theRead More
Month: February 2014
Prof. Javed Iqbal Kazi, DMC Class of 1980
(Photo courtesy of Dr. Ghulam Nabi and possible another website and from Google) Assassinated: FEBRUARY 16 2014 Karachi, Pakistan A graduate of the Dow Medical College Class of 1980, (fraduated in 1981) Dr Kazi has a very bright academic career. He obtained his doctorate from the Royal College of Pathology, London. Thereafter he joinedRead More
Dow Magazine Cover 1953
The Dow Magazine was published by the students of Dow as the representative body supervised by the faculty. This is the cover of that magazine published in 1953. The details of actual working of the Editorial board and articles selection is unclear and may be our senior colleagues can expand on this.
The Dow Editorial Board 1951-52
From the Dow Archives the picture from the Dow Magazine 1951-52 the Editorial Board of Dow. This is a 62 year old picture form the pages of Dow Magazine. When Dow was just graduating its first classes. You will find Dr. A. Wahid sitting in the middle as the President of this Editorial Board.
Class of 1989 Silver Jubilee Project: Pathology Lab
DMC Class of 1989 announced their Silver Jubilee Class Project Project: Pathology Lab in CHK with focus on timely interpretation of frozen sections; with plan to expand the services to include histopathology . Need: Currently there are no arrangements for frozen sections at CHK and patients spent 1-2 hours under anesthesia unnecessarily while the surgeonRead More
Medicos Struggle 1956
Medicos Struggle 1956. Strikes by students of Dow Medical College Karachi to highlight their demands. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sayeed Ahmed MD Houston, Texas. To see more details in the photo please click on it.
The Distinguished Career of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Recognized by Dow Alumni
This article is related to the recognition of Dr. Sultan Ahmed (Dow 1963) for his life long services to Dow and CHK. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 July 2006 S. Sultan Ahmed, MD, SQA, Dr. Sultan Ahmed entered Dow Medical College in 1958 after obtaining B.Sc. from D.J. Science College, Karachi.Read More
Dow Athletes1956
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was an eminent Bengali nationalist, liberal democrat, politician and statesman during the first half of the twentieth century. He served as the Prime Minister of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.[1][1][2] Born into a prominent Bengali Muslim family, Suhrawardy was educated at Oxford, and joined the Swaraj Party of Chittaranjan Das upon returning to India in 1921. He became the Mayor of Calcutta,Read More
Professor Fazal Elahi Remembered
Prof. Fazal Elahi was Prof of Surgery and Head of Department Of Surgery at Dow & CHK. We honoured his memory, with a plenary lecture dedicated to him in Surgicon 2013 conference, organized by the Society of Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi Chapter, in December 2013. Dr. Rizwan Azami, Vice President, College of Physician Surgeon Pakistan, wrote andRead More