Editorial Team
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Prof Dr Naseem Salahuddin
Head of Infectious Disease
Indus Hospital
Head of Infectious Disease
Indus Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Prof Dr Aamer Ikram, HI(M), SI(M)
Excecutive Director
National Institute of Health
Excecutive Director
National Institute of Health
Islamabad Pakistan
Prof Dr. Faisal Sultan
Consultant Infectious Disease
Chief Executive Officer SKM Trust,
Lahore Pakistan
Prof Dr. Irfan Ali Mirza
Professor of Pathology
Consultant Microbiologist
Head Department of Microbiolgy
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Rawalpindi Pakistan
Professor of Pathology
Consultant Microbiologist
Head Department of Microbiolgy
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Rawalpindi Pakistan
Prof Dr Ejaz A Khan
Consultant Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist
Shifa International Hospital
Shifa International Hospital
Islamabad Pakistan
Prof Dr Altaf Ahmed
Head Infection Control and Clinical and Clinical Microbiology
Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Centre
Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Centre
Lahore Pakistan
Prof Dr Afia Zafar
Head of Microbiology Department
Aga Khan University Hospital
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Professor of Microbiology and Virology
Chairman and Dean Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex
Chairman and Dean Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex
Lahore Pakistan
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Editor in Chief
Prof Dr. Bushra Jamil
President Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan
Consultant Infectious Diseases
Aga Khan University Hospital
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Editor
Prof Dr. Luqman Satti
Professor of Pathology
Consultant Medical Microbiologist
PNS Shifa Hospital
PNS Shifa Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Managing Editor
Dr. Wajid Hussain
Associate Professor of Pathology
Consultant Microbiologist
Consultant Microbiologist
Department of Pathology
Combined Military Hospital Malir Cantt
Karachi Pakistan
Associate Editors
Dr. Asma Nasim
Associate Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
Karachi Pakistan
Dr. Nosheen Nasir
Assisant Professor
Section of Adult Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Aga Khan University
Karachi Pakistan
Dr. Sonia Qureshi
Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Paediatric and Child Health
Aga Khan University
Karachi Pakistan
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Faheem Afzal
Department of Pediatrics
Consultant Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Ameer-ud-Din Medical College/ Post-Graduate Medical Institute
Lahore General Hospital
Lahore Pakistan
Bilbliographer
Mr. Luqman Mehmood
`EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS (INTERNATIONAL)
Prof Dr Shahid Hussain
Professor of Medicine
Research Director, Ajmera Transplant Centre
Division of Infectious Diseases
Interim Medical Director
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program SHS-UHN
Univeristy Health Network, University of Toronto
Cananda
Prof Dr Malcolm Richardson
Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology and Professor of Medical Mycology
Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology and Professor of Medical Mycology
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Prof Dr Nick Brown
Consultant Paediatrician and Epidemiologist
International Centre for Maternal and Child Health
Uppsala University
Sweden
Prof Dr Sajjad Hussain Mirza
Consultant Microbiologist and Decontamination Lead
Stepping Hills Hospital, National Health System
Stockport NHS Foudation Trust Hazel Grove Stockport
United Kingdom
Prof Dr Ayesha Mirza
Paeds Infectious Disease Specialist
Professor and Residency Program Director
University of Florida, Jacksonville
United States of America
Prof Dr Imran H Khan
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Davis Health System
United States of America
Prof Dr Muhammad Rizwan Sohail
Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director Infectious Diseases Faculty Group Baylor Medicine
Chief Adult Infectious Diseases, Texas Children’s Hospital
United States of America
Prof Dr Adeel Ajwa Butt
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medical College
Diector of Research in Quality
Senior Consultant Infectious Disease
Hamad Medical Corporation
United States of America
`EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS (NATIONAL)
Prof Dr Nasar Ullah Malik
Consultant Microbiologist
Head Department of Microbiology
Head Department of Microbiology
Shaukat Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
Lahore Pakistan
Prof Dr Gohar Zaman
Consultant Microbiologist
Department of Pathology, KRL Hospital
Department of Pathology, KRL Hospital
Islamabad Pakistan
Professor of Microbiology
Head Department of Pathology,
Shaikh Zayed Bin KRL Hospital
Islamabad Pakistan
Prof Dr Seema Irfan
Consultant Microbiologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Prof Dr Erum Khan
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Prof Dr Kauser Jabeen
Consultant Microbiologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi Pakistan
Assoc Prof Dr Faisal Mahmood
Section of Adult Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Aga Khan University
Karachi Pakistan
Assoc Prof Dr Farah Naz Qamar
Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Paediatric and Child Health
Aga Khan University
Karachi Pakistan
Dr Faisal Hanif
Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Microbiologist
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Army Medical College
Rawalpindi Pakistan
Assoc Prof Dr Fatima Mir
Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Paediatric and Child Health
Aga Khan University
Karachi Pakistan
Assoc Prof Dr Farheen Ali
Section of Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
Karachi Pakistan
Assist Prof Dr Nasim Akhtar
Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Islamabad Pakistan