Editorial Board Dowlite Magazine 1957. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed, Houston, Dowite 1960.
Dowlite Annual Magazine 1957 Editorial Board
Category: 1950s
Dow Medical College Student’s Union 1957
Photos are courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed DMC 1960 graduate and currently in Houston.
Busharat Ahmad MD
“After passing my Boards in Ophthalmology and doing research and teaching at the Harvard Medical School I decided to return home and joined the teaching faculty at the DOW. in 1969. Prof Mahmood Ali Shah had just retired as Principal and was the Professor of Ophthalmology at the Civil Hospital and really embraced me inRead More
Personal Memories of Dow by Busharat Ahmad MD (Class of 1956)
Personal memories and recollections. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949. I migrated to Pakistan from Delhi India in October 1947 and joined D.J.S.Science College in Karachi and graduated with F.Sc. in 1949.I applied to the Dow and was admitted inRead More
Rest In Peace: Dowites No Longer with Us (Last Name S)
Professor Malik Ali Shaikh, Department of Medicine. Dr. Muhammad Tariq Sethi died December 16 2013. Reported by his classmate Dr. Naseem Shekhani on GlobeMedic Email group. Dr. Habib-ul-Haq Siddiqui: Dr. Siddiqui was a graduate of 1956. He expired in 2011. May Allah almighty give him Maghfira. Worked as anesthetist in Nairobi after doing his postRead More
Professor Hafiz Akthar
Professor Hafiz Akthar is a Cardiologist and was on teaching staff of Dow Medical College in the 1950’s. This was the time when Dow Students went to Jinnah Hospital for clinical teaching. He is currently in Islamabad and practiced as a private cardiologist and taught at the local medical school.
Late Professor A.M. Kassim
Late Professor Kassim served in the Department of Medicine Jinnah Hospital Karachi and was on faculty of Dow Medical College in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Photo taken in 1956. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ali Jumshyd, Dowite 1960.
Dow Medical College Events 1959
Class of 1960: GROUP OF 3RD. YR. MBBS STUDENTS WITH Late PROF A.M. KASSIM IN JINNAH HOSPITAL KARACHI .1959. SITTING LT TO RT :DR.INAM, DR.SAIF, PROF.KASSIM,DR.HAFEEZ AKHTAR. DR.SADIQ , STANDING L TO R. GHAFFAR DADA, SAYEED, JUMSHYD,ABDUL, GHAFFAR, QADIR HASHIMI, GHAFFAR KHAN, ABBAS GHANI Dr. Hafiz Akthar was the President of Pakistan Medical Association and presently lives in Islamabad.Read More
Dow Medical College Events 1956
STUDENTS AND CANDIDATES FOR STUDENTS UNION ELECTION 1956 Sher Afzal Malik was elected to the DMC Student’s Union. STANDING –(L TO RT) SHAMSHAD, RASHID RATHORE,MUSTAFA,EHSAN CHAUDRY, AMIN, AWAN, JUMSHYD, PERVEZ SHAH, ABBAS SITTING —FAZLE RABBI, IJAZ ALI, QADIR HASHMI, FAZLE ILAHI. Photo Courtesy of Dr. Jumshyd Ali, (Dowite 1960) and Dr. Farhat Jamal Jumshyd (DowiteRead More
Professor Shahbuddin Rahimtoola, Class of 1954 – a Distinguished Career
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, M.B., F.R.C.P.,M.A.C.P,,M.A.C.C., D.Sc. (Hon) Dr. Shahbudin Rahimtoola was born in Bombay, India and graduated M.B.B.S from Dow Medical College in 1954. He received the MRCP from the Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh in 1963 and he was awarded the Fellowship in 1972. He came to the United States in 1963 andRead More