Family Medicine Specialist, General Physician, Medical Doctor

Dr. Mariam Ghufran

[Specialist Family Medicine]

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Phone: +971*********

Email: *************@*******.***

Skype: mariam.ghufran

Objective

To pursue a career in teaching/ training, research and clinical practice in Family Medicine with special interest in Rheumatology, Geriatrics, Peads and OBGYN.

Strengths

Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a passionate vision to strengthen Family Medicine and patient-centered wholistic care. Trained as a devoted Family Practitioner to provide continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases with emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion.

Career Highlights

Sep 2014- Sept 2016 Specialist Family Physician (Aster Medical Centre- Dubai)

Sep 2013-Aug 2014 Instructor Family Medicine (Clinical and teaching responsibilities - AKUH)

Feb-Aug 2013 Senior Medical Officer Family Medicine (Clinical and teaching responsibilities AKUH)

June 2013 Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons(FCPS-II completed- Family Medicine)

March 2013 MRCGP-UK [Int.]

January 2013 Facilitator (Teaching responsibilities - AKUH)

December 2012 Post Graduation Family Medicine (4 Years training + Teaching undergrads AKUH)

June 2008 FCPS-I (Internal Medicine), College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

July 2004-June 2005 Internship (OBGYN + Medicine)

June 2004 M.B, B.S, Dow Medical College (University of Karachi)

May 1998 Intermediate, St. Joseph’s College for Women, Karachi

June 1996 O' levels, University of Oxford

Registration / Licensure/ Memberships

International Member of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Specialist Family Medicine [Dubai Health Authority] Full time license

MRCGP- UK [Int] Royal College of General Practitioners (94874) Full registration

FCPS [Family Medicine- College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan] Full Registration

MBBS Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (47537-S) Full registration valid till 31st December 2016 Work Experience

Aster Medical Centre-Dubai, UAE (Sept 2014- Sept 2016) Specialist Family Physician (Full Time)

Conduct personal clinics catering to the holistic medical needs of the population living in the community.

Provide cost effective preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative health services to individuals, families and community.

Treatment of all acute and emergency diseases with appropriate treatment and followup.

Treatment of chronic diseases like DM, HTN, IHD, DYSLIPIDEMIA, THYROID problems etc with appropriate management and timely liaison with other Specialities.

Basic and minor surgical procedures (Foreign body removal, repair injured body parts, wart treatments etc.)

Basic treatment for ENT, EYE, Dermatological and Dental infections.

Work up and treatment of arthritis and rheumatological conditions

Basic Gynaecological and Obstetric procedures including treatments for vaginal discharges, pap smears, breast exams, early pregnancy follow-ups and monitoring.

Pediatric health checkups, management of Respiratory Infections, Immunizations, Growth, diet, deworming etc

Appropriate assessment and management of all acute physical or psychological symptoms with continual liaison with other medical Professionals.

Screening for cancers and other acute/chronic/communicable and non-communicable diseases

Provision of all adult and paediatric Immunizations.

Order and decipher medical and radiological diagnostic tests

Health Education and Health Promotion (‘the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health’).

Primary prevention.

The Aga Khan University Hospital (JCIA Accredited Tertiary Hospital) (Sept 2013 – Aug 2014) Instructor (Full Time)

Clinical Responsibilities:

Conduct 7 clinics weekly at community health centre (CHC) which sees a heavy load of men, women and children due to its subsidized doctor rates as compared to other specialist/consultant clinics at AKU. I see both communicable and non communicable diseases and acute and chronic patients with appropriate referral if required.

Pre-employment physicals for companies and do vaccination for men, women especially children

Supervision of approximately 12-13doctors at CHC.

Conduct weekly off campus outpatient primary health care clinics with medical students at a remote area of Karachi which consists of impoverished persons with heavy disease burden of both communicable and non- communicable diseases with high index of Dermatological and infectious diseases. Teaching Responsibilities:

Conduct weekly teaching sessions and problem based learning of Year 3 and Year 5 medical students.

Facilitate final year post graduate trainee weekly sessions for preparation of MRCGP and FCPS.

Teach clinical and consultations skills in Family Medicine Clinics.

Monitor student’s progress and provide appropriate feedback.

Prepare MCQs and OSCE stations for end of clerkship assessment of students.

Conduct and evaluate end of clerkship assessment through OSCE for undergrad students and post graduate trainees.

External examiner for Ziauddin Medical University for OSCE in March 2014.

Assisted a Family Medicine consultant prepare a web based end -of-life course for medical officers and post graduate trainees at AKU.

The Aga Khan University Hospital (Feb 2013 – Aug 2013) Senior Medical Officer

Clinical Responsibilities:

Conduct outpatient clinics and cater to need of patients visiting AKU-CHC (mostly women and children)

Supervision of 14-15 doctors once a week and help resolve administrative and clinical issues

Vaccination of adults and paediatric population

Pre- Employment and Physical Health checkups for Private companies/ AKU Employees/ Medical Students Teaching Responsibilities:

Teaching undergrad medical students and post graduate trainees having attachments with me in clinics.

Conduct undergrad and post grad OSCE exams.

Prepare Short Essay Questions (SEQs) and MCQs/ Best choice for undergrad and post graduate trainees. Facilitator (Part Time) (Jan 2013 - Aug 2013)

Facilitating and Teaching/ group discussions to Medical students the art of “breaking bad news”, communication skills and history taking including longitudinal workshop for 3rd year. The Aga Khan University Hospital (Nov 2008 - Dec 2012) Post Graduate Trainee (4 years training program Department of Family Medicine) The breakdown of this 4 years residency, comprehensively covers GP pre-requisite training/rotations in all disciplines/specialities as well as development of strong administrative and teaching skills. Academic Chief Resident (July 2012 - September 2012)

Make monthly Journal club and core module rotas for residents and attaching them with appropriate Specialist Faculty. Monthly submission of resident’s attendance. Schedule monthly clinical audits of residents by faculty.

Maintain and assign PUNS and DENS to each resident on weekly basis.

Keep updated record of Synopsis and Dissertation status of every resident and assign Year 1 Residents informal and formal protocol presentations.

Arrange and schedule quarterly visit to other hospitals/ health centres to gain knowledge about working conditions outside AKU and how to co-ordinate patient care. Chief Resident (January 2012-June 2012)

Preparing monthly and yearly roster for the residents, under supervision of the residency coordinator.

Role modelling for the junior residents through demonstrating professionalism, honesty, punctuality.

Having a cordial relationship with other fellow residents without having an authoritarian attitude.

Organizing the weekly Resident Management Meeting, quarterly Resident-Resident and Resident-faculty. meeting. Participation in Chief resident forum and putting forward issues of residents and giving suggestions for their solution.

Teaching and Related Activities (November 2008- December 2012)

Both undergraduate and postgraduate through clinical supervision and group discussion at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

Clinical teaching and supervision of medical students in off campus clinics (SINA and EDHI, Sultanabad) and during Geriatric nursing home visit.

Teaching of Nursing staff at rural rotation Aaliyabad (Gilgit) and BACH Christian Hospital (Abbotabad).

Teaching and updating doctors and nursing staff at Aaliyabad on updated guidelines of ACLS and BLS 2010.

Clinical Audit (Jan -Dec 2012) Arranging and doing monthly clinical audits of Residents. I helped a Senior family medicine faculty conduct an audit of files at Community health centre and Malir off-campus clinics

To help improve patient services and for JCIA survey improvement.

Community Health Center Supervision clinics once per week: Supervisors are expected to facilitate the clinicians and staff to provide a smooth flow of services for the patients, and aim at an appropriately balanced distribution of patients for the clinicians.

Organizing committee Member for Whole Person Medicine Conference (March 1st- 3rd 2012) Conducted from at Aga Khan University Hospital, Departments of Continuing Professional Education and Family Medicine in collaboration with Partnerships in International Medical Education (PRIME).

Year 1 MBBS OSCE Exam (18th October 2012) I was chosen as one of the examiners for year 1 OSCE exam, conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

External Review Team Member to meet Dr. Jill Edwards and help improve the Family Medicine Residency training programme (6th November 2012)

Rotations as Post Graduate Trainee (2008-2012):

A four year training program including in-patient rotations in Internal medicine, pediatrics, General surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology for three months each and one month in psychiatry.

One month outpatient rotation each in Cardiology, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Neurology Dermatology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Orthopedics, Internal medicine, Rheumatology.

Two month out-patient rotations in psychiatry.

Three month out-patient rotation in Pediatrics.

Emergency Room (ER) rotation for two months.

Rural rotation for three months (Visit and live in northern poor areas of Pakistan, to gain understanding and problems faced and to be able to work as primary provider with limited resources)

Two week rotation in Family planning and Infertility clinic.

Procedure clinic for two year once per week.

Individual clinics on average two per week (2nd & 3rd year), four to five clinics per week (fourth year)

Elective rotations: Four months in Rheumatology (as special interest) Past Experience

Zubaida Medical & Diabetic Research Centre, Karachi (Jul 2008 – Sept 2008) Medical Officer

As RMO, I was actively involved in outpatient and inpatient management.

I also contributed by delivering power point presentations to clinical groups, conducting and facilitating Diabetes Day and supervising Third Year Medical Students from Aga Khan University Hospital for their mandatory rotations

Safavi Clinic, Karachi (Jan 2006-Nov 2007)

Medical Officer

As MO, I was expected to take detailed history, do physical examination and manage out-patients.

Welfare work.

The Aga Khan University Hospital (Jun 2007 – Dec 2007)

Community Health Centre, Clinical Attachment with Dr. Aziz Jiwani (Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine)

Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi (Nov 2005)

Medical Officer

Inpatient clerking, physical examination and managing patients accordingly. Civil Hospital Karachi (August 2004 To July 2005)

Internship [Gynae/ Obs (6 months)

Internship Medicine (3 months)

Internship Medicine -National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Karachi (3 months) Research: Publications, Oral/ Poster Presentations Publications:

Jan 2017: Paper accepted for publication in JAMC titled “Herpes Zoster during immunosuppressive therapy for autoimmune diseases: a literature review of treatment, antiviral prophylaxis, and the role of vaccination” as 2nd author.

May 2014: Paper published in JPMA titled: "Effectiveness of Behavioural Management on Migraine In Adult Patients Visiting Family Practice Clinics: A Randomized Controlled Trial” as 3rd author

March 2014: Paper published in BJMP titled “Frequency and Severity of depression in mothers having children with cancer” as 1st author.

June 2013: Paper published in BMC notes titled “Hepatocellular carcinoma in Native South Asian Pakistani population; trends, clinico-pathological characteristics & differences in viral marker negative & viral hepatocellular carcinoma” as 4th author.

Oral/Poster presentation

June 2013: Poster presentation at WONCA Conference Prague.

December 2012: Poster presentation at 7th Health Sciences Research Assembly, AKU abstract titled, Severity of Depression amongst mothers of children with cancer.

September 2012 : ORAL and POSTER presentation at AAFP 2012 Family Medicine Global Health Workshop, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA for abstract titled “Frequency, Severity of Depression and it’s Contributing Factors Among Mothers of Children with Cancer”

September 2012: Presentation at ILCA conference held in September in Germany, as co-author Abstract titled “Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Native South Asian Pakistani Population; Trends, Clinico- Pathological Characteristics & Differences In Viral Marker Negative & Viral-Hcc (A 10 Year Experience)”.

Currently working on research project with a Family Medicine faculty and Programme Director FM on

“Attitudes and practices of post graduate trainees” Achievements & Awards

December 2012 BEST RESIDENT Family Medicine (Class of 2012)

July 2012-Sept 2012 Academic Chief Resident at AKUH, Karachi

Jan2012 - Jun 2012 Chief Resident in Family Medicine at AKUH, Karachi.

September 2010 Certificate of Appreciation titled “ Your passion for family Medicine shines through your actions and will take you to great heights” Many awards and certificates during school in curricular and extracurricular activities including highest attendance, highest marks in various subjects, annual sports day and School Debate Competition. Courses, Workshops, Conferences, Seminars & Volunteer Work COURSES

July 2015 to Date 40 Continuing CME hours (as required by Dubai Health Authority) Sept2014-

Jun2015

40 CME hours (as required by Dubai Health Authority) June-Aug 2014 CME course for End of life care

March 2014 BLS provider renewal course

Jan 2014 Workshop on how to make MCQs and SAQs

Dec 2012 ACLS Provider Course at AKUH, Karachi

July 2012 BLS provider renewal course

Mar-May 2012 Rheumatology Course for Primary Care Physicians, Karachi April 2012 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) organized by AKUH in collaboration with American Academy of Family Physicians, Karachi

Sept 2011 Musculoskeletal Problems in Family Practice & Surgical management of End Stage arthritis, AKUH

July 2011 Annual Comprehensive ECG course, Pak Heart Rhythm Society, Karachi July 2011 Reproductive Health and Family Planning (2 week course), Population welfare Department at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi WORKSHOPS

May 2012 Assessment of Competence, 17th Annual Post Graduate Medical Education Conference at AKUH, Karachi

Mar 2012 Whole Person Care of Diabetic Patient at AKUH, Karachi July 2011 Primary Surgical Skills at CPSP, Pakistan Jan 2010 Education in Palliative and End of Life Care EPEC Workshop at AKUH, Karachi Feb 2010 Communication Skills Workshop at CPSP, Pakistan Nov 2009 Research Methodology, Biostatic And Dissertation Writing Workshop at CPSP, Pakistan

April 2009 Synopsis and Dissertation Writing Workshop at AKUH, Karachi Nov 2008 Violence against Healthcare Workers at AKUH, Karachi CONFERENCES

April 2016 International Family Medicine Conference Dubai-UAE March 2015 International Family Medicine Conference Dubai-UAE June 2013 Received Bursary for travel and Poster presentation at WONCA Conference Prague Dec 2012 7th Health Sciences Research Assembly, AKUH, Karachi Sept 2012 Invited to attend AAFP 2012 Family Medicine Global Health Workshop for Oral and Poster presentation held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. May 2012 17th Annual Post Graduate Medical Education Conference, AKUH, Karachi March 2012 Whole Person Medicine Conference at AKUH, Karachi Oct 2009 1st Geriatric Conference “Elderly Health, Common Problems in Practice” AKUH, Karachi

SEMINARS

March 2012 World TB Day at AKUH, Karachi

March 2010 Violence in Health care Settings: Responses & Way Forward at AKUH, Karachi Jan 2010 Education in Palliative & End of Life Care EPEC workshop, AKUH, Karachi April 2008 International Infection Control Symposium on Best Infection Control Practices, AKUH VOLUNTEER WORK

March 2015 Health Awareness Talk on Cardiovascular Diseases and sedentary lifestyle for EROS group, Dubai-UAE

October 2014 Free Labour Camp in Mohisna by Aster Medical Center- Dubai UAE Nov 2012 Osteoporosis Camp at BMH Parsi General Hospital, Karachi May- Aug 2012 Geriatric Home Health Visits

Jan 2000-Feb 2012 Active Member of Patient Welfare Society, Dow Medical College, Karachi Feb 1998 Blood Bank, Patient Aid Foundation, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi REFERENCES: Available on request.

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