Dow Medical College

Dow Medical College
ڈاؤ میڈیکل کالج
	Dow Medical College, Karachi
Type	Public
Established	1945
Principal	Prof. Saba Sohail
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Affiliations	HEC
Website	Official website

Dow Medical College is a public medical school located in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded in 1945 and named after British civil servant Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sindh.^[2]

In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly formed Dow University of Health Sciences.^[3]

History

The Dow Medical College was established in Hyderabad in the 1945. It was relocated to Karachi by Sir Hugh Dow, governor of Sindh. Until 1947, it was an affiliate of University of Bombay. After the independence of India, it was under the University of Sindh. After the University of Karachi was founded, it became its affiliate. It was in 2003 when the Dow University of Health Sciences was established as an independent institution, with Dow Medical College and two other colleges being put under its umbrella.^[4]^[5]

E-CME Program

Dow University of Health Sciences launched its web-based Continuing Medical Education Program named the "e-CME Program for the Family Physicians".^[6]

Social service activities

Notable alumni

Dow Medical college is a large provider of physicians to Pakistan and also to the United States.^[7] It is the Pakistan medical school with the greatest amount of licensed physicians in the United States per the 2108 FSMB Survey with 3,232 licensed physicians.^[7] Its notable graduates include:

Basheer Ahmed - physician and American medical academic
Abdul Bari Khan - Cardiologist, philanthropist and CEO of Indus Hospital and Health Network
Adeebul Hasan Rizvi – Transplant Urologist, philanthropist and head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation.
Sanjay Gangwani - Pakistani Politician
Musarrat Hussain, director of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre and president of the Pakistan Psychiatrists Society.
Rafat Hussain – Deputy Head of the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England, Australia
Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan – Governor of Sindh, Pakistan.
Shabuddin H. Rahimtoola, MBBS, FRCP [Edin], MACP, MACC, D.Sc. (Hon) - Author, Cardiologist at Mayo Clinic best known for his work in valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, results of cardiac surgery, and arrhythmias along with cardio-myopathy and congenital heart disease.
Fahad Mirza - Actor and Model
Azra Raza - Author, Director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University
Javed Iqbal Kazi, Dean of medicine- University of Karachi, Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation
Nausheen Hamid - Pakistani politician and social activist, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Tahir Shamsi - Pakistani hematologist and bone marrow pioneer

References

^ "Welcome to Dow University of Health Sciences". duhs.edu.pk.
^ "Dow Medical College History". Dow Medical College.
^ DMC DUHS website. Retrieved 2 September 2010
^ "Dow Medical College, Here Is Everything You Need To Know About It". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Dow Medical College". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Welcome to Dow University of Health Sciences". duhs.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "FSMB Census of Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2018" (PDF). FSMB. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

External links

[1] "Welcome to Dow University of Health Sciences". duhs.edu.pk.

[2] "Dow Medical College History". Dow Medical College.

[3] DMC DUHS website. Retrieved 2 September 2010

[4] "Dow Medical College, Here Is Everything You Need To Know About It". Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[5] "Dow Medical College". Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[6] "Welcome to Dow University of Health Sciences". duhs.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

[FSMBSurvey-7] "FSMB Census of Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2018" (PDF). FSMB. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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