The 1970s era was a unique era in Dow and history of Pakistan. From 1970 to 1979, the classes from Dow saw the national elections, promises, disappointments, strikes and students unions …
This is a farewell party given by students of Dow Medical College (of all years) at the Karachi Intercontinental Hotel in 1972 for Professor of Physiology late Prof. Shahinshah Hussain Zaidi (in the center). Seated next to him on his left is Prof. Afaq Ahmed, an Assistant Professor in Physiology and next to him onRead More
Dowite 1977 Dr. Shaukat Malik (Sitting right) at the free Ear Surgery Camp, Sahiwal, November 2013.
Late Professor Manzar Saleem, Department of Surgery was a Dow alumnus, Class of 1974 graduating in 1976. He was a dedicated student always willing to guide and help juniors. On August 17 2008 he died suddenly of a heart attack.
“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
Bees Saal Baad By Dr. Shahid Kamal Dowite 1977. The class of 1977 get together was held, .7 – after a couple of postponements on Sunday March 16 1997 at JPMC. The last one was in April 1994, three years ago. Friends started to arrive by 4 P.M. and most were there by 5 P.M..Read More
This roster was published in 1997 as a second edition. One of the first attempts to get the Dow alumni classes together by finding out where everyone was as a prelude to a grand get together for the Silver Jubilee of the class. This took place five years later at end of 2002 andRead More
This is the list of Dow Medical College Faculty in the late 1970 early 1980’s. Courtesy of Class of 1980 as published on their website. Courtesy of Dr. Abdul Rahman, Class of 1980 who has created the website for his class. Prof. Mohammed Manazirul Hasan, Chairman Academic Council; Prof. Abdul Waheed (Dean Faculty of Medicine)Read More
Elections 1979. Winners with Late Professor M.M. Hassan (Ophthalmology)Principal Abdul Wahid (Anatomy) and Late Professor Razia Latif Ansari.Photo courtesy of Dr. Naseem Shekhani, an Pain Medicine specialist in St. Louis, Missouri andand an activist for humanitarian efforts in Pakistan. Tagged by Amin H. Karim. Please help with therest of the names of standing students.Uploaded byRead More
Student Activism and Politics in a Third-World Medical School: A Truncated Recollection of Events Between 1975 and 1985 Naveed Kamal Shams, MD. Dow Graduate, Class of 1982. Currently, Senior Vice President Research & Development & Chief Medical Officer, OPKO Health, Inc. Miami, Florida Since the creation of Pakistan, student unions have played a pivotal roleRead More
This precious magazine published by the Dow Medical Student’s Union 1979 under the Presidentship of Rana Mehmood Akthar was gifted to Dr. Syed Hamid Zaki by the Magazine Secretary Dr. Humayun Zafar on October 10, 1979. Dr. Zaki in turn gave it to me in 2010. Thanks to both of them. Enjoy the life inRead More
