68 doctors appointed, promoted at Ayub Medical College

ABBOTTABAD: As many as 68 doctors, including two professors, 38 associate and assistant professors and 25 lecturers, were appointed and promoted at the Ayub Medical College (AMC) Abbottabad. 

The recommendations of the selection committee headed by Dean of the AMC were approved by the Board of Governors (BOG) of the institution.  

According to the documents available with The News, 48 new appointments were made, which included 21 assistant professors and 26 lecturers and one security officer. 

The new lecturers included 18 for basic sciences, six for dentistry and one for Islamiyat. 

Besides the lecturers, 21 assistant professors were appointed in different departments against the vacant posts. 

Dr Ehaj Afzal, Dr Afsheen Sidiqui, Dr Salma Bukhari, M Adeel Alam, Dr Shagufta Naeem, Dr Romana Irshad, Dr Shazia and Dr Umair Khan, Dr Zeeshan Haroon, Dr Danish Zafar, Dr Khan Bahadur and Dr Azmat Ali Shah, Dr Mehran Khan and Dr Jawad Hussan were appointed as assistant professors. 

Beside these appointments, four cardiologists and two neuro surgeons were also appointed. 

The BoG approved the promotions of two professors, including Dr Sumbal Tariq Professor of Pharmacology, and Dr Saleem Wazir, Professor of Community Medicines. 

Twelve assistant professors have been promoted as associate professors that included Dr Tauqeer Iqbal ( Biochemistry), Dr Nuzhat Raza and Dr Bibi Munazza ( Physiology), Dr Fatima Shereen ( Anatomy), Dr Nasir Ahmed, Dr Attiqur Rehman and Dr Nasir Hussain Shah Kazmi ( Medicine), Dr, Sajjad Ahmed, Dr Zaheeruddin Qureshi and Dr Haider Kamran ( Surgery), Dr Tahira Sajid ( ENT), Dr Saima Gillani ( Paediatrics). 

Five doctors were promoted as assistant professors. They included Dr Iram Sarwar (Gynaecology), Dr Amir Zeb (Opthalmology), Dr Shehzad Najeeb (Paediatrics), Dr Muhammad Younis ( Orthopedics), and Dr Mattiullah Khan ( Cardialogy). 

Ayub Medical College Dean Dr Shahid Sultan told this correspondent that the BoG had approved the appointments and promotions. 

He said that interviews for the posts were held on 2nd and 27th February. He added that members of the selection committee  included Medical Director, Director Finance, Deputy Director Administration and concerned subject specialists.  Dr Shahid Sultan said the BoG also gave approval to the additional posts for neuro surgeons. 

He maintained that one out of three posts of anesthetists could not be filled out due to objection raised by a doctor who had pointed out anomaly in the advertisement.