In December 2004, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) was established due to efforts of a Dow graduate Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan, Governor of Sindh. Another Dowite Dr. Masood Hameed Khan became it’s first Vice Chancellor. To see more on DUHS please visit it’s website at: http://www.duhs.edu.pk/
Category: Dow History
Articles related to the history of Dow. Account of an event, a milestone or an item from the history of great importance …
Dow Medical College Principals
Dow Medical College Principals: The Historical Account 1945 to 2005: While every priniciapls of Dow controbuted in the development of Dow all through the years, the brief infroamtion on some of them is provided here. Dr. Col Aziz, is usually referred to as the First Principal. Tragically died on the day at the inauguration ofRead More
A Medical Doctor Examines Life on Three Continents by Dowite Dr. Syed Akthar Ehtisham
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
Dow History as first Published on Internet in 1994
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
The DMCSU 1952
The DMCSU 1952
Face to Face – Prof Mushtaq Ahmed
Here is the Dow Gazzette article, an interview with Prof Mushtaq
Dow Days -Those Were the Best Days of My Life: Mahjabeen Islam MD
Bryan Adams sang about the summer of ’69 and called them “the best days of my life.” For me, my Dow days were the best days of my life. Even though there were 500 of us and a lot of medicine, it seemed then and more so now, we learned on our own. I cherishRead More
The Cover of Dow Magazine 1952
The Dow Magazine 1952
Inauguration of Snack Corner – 1975
The Class Lists Project
In 2005, we embarked on a project where we wanted to compile the accurate class lists of each graduating class. This turned out to be a challenge because there was no electronic record and class registers were hand written by the clerks over the years since 1950s. We encounters, old dusty registers, broken files, andRead More