Psychiatry, Behavioral Neurology

Qurat ul Ain Khan M.D.

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Phone: +1-630-***-****

Boston, MA

Current Position:

Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Associate Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Maywood, IL

Clinical Assistant Professor (Adjunct Track), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science at Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL

Executive Board Member, Geriatric and Gerontology Stream, Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan

Prior Appointments:

Consultant Psychiatrist at Elgin Mental Health Center, Elgin, IL Jan 2021-Sep 2023

Consultant Psychiatrist, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at Counselling Connections, Libertyville, IL, Telepsychiatry- June 2021- Sep 2023

Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuropsychiatrist at The Recovery House, Caravan of Life Pakistan Trust- Karachi, Pakistan. July 2020 till Dec 2020

Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuropsychiatrist, Assistant Professor, A.Q Khan Behavioral Health Center and Dow Ojha International Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan- Aug 2019 till Jan 2020

Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuropsychiatrist at the Neuro Care Clinic, Karachi- Dec 2018 till Dec 2020

Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuropsychiatrist at Medi Care Clinic, Karachi- Dec 2018 till Dec 2020

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi- Aug 2013 till Nov 2018

Education/Qualification:

Fellowship, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL- August 2011- June 2013

Residency General Psychiatry, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL- Aug 2007 to Aug 2011

Palatucci Advocacy and Leadership Fellowship, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)- July 2019

Visiting Fellowship, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation- Duke University, North Carolina- Sep 2013

Psychoanalysis certificate course, Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis- June 2010- May 2011

Internship, Civil Hospital, Karachi – April 2001- March 2002

M.B.B.S Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan March 1995- November 2000

Licences and Certifications :

Permanent Active License in Illinois- 336.087102

Inactive license, Florida

Certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (General Psychiatry)

Certified by American United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry)

Valid PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council) License 39210-S

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Validation of the Short Version of the 10/66 Dementia Diagnosis in Urdu in Karachi, Pakistan. Qurat Ul Ain Khan, Martin J Prince Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2022 Jan-Mar 01;36(1):89-91. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000467

Assessment of Dementia Caregiver Burden in Karachi, Pakistan using 10/66 Protocol- Khan, Qurat ul ain (2020) Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 15 : Iss. 4, Article 9. https://ecommons.aku.edu/pjns/vol15/iss4/9

Association of bipolar I disorder with conversion disorder and syncope- a retrospective clinical study from Pakistan, Khan, Qurat ul ain; Younus, Sana; Hasan, Hania; and Zaman Khan, Muhammad (2020) Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 15: Iss. 2, Article 5

A roadmap to develop dementia research capacity and capability in Pakistan: A model for low- and middle-income countries. Iracema Leroia, Nasim Chaudhry, Quratulain Khan et al. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 5 (2019) 939-952

Redesigning care for older people to preserve physical and mental capacity: WHO guidelines on community level interventions in integrated care. Thiyagarajan JA, Araujo de Carvalho I, Peña-Rosas JP, Chadha S, Mariotti SP, Dua T, Qurat ul ain Khan et al. (2019) PLoS Med 2019 Oct 18;16(10):e1002948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002948. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Translation and validation of 10/66 Dementia Diagnostic Battery in Urdu in Karachi, Pakistan. Ul ain Khan, Qurat, et al. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 2019, October 22, 2019 doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000359

Diagnostic dilemmas of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Saeed, Humera; Khan, Qurat ul Ain; Jilani, Syeda Masharab; and Batool, Syeda Maheen (2019) Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 14 : Iss. 3, Article 3.

Association of bipolar I disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder: A clinical study from Pakistan. Qurat ul ain Khan. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research 33 (2019) 89-92

Understanding, Beliefs, and Treatment of Dementia in Pakistan: Final Report. Asghar Zaidi, Rosalind Willis, Qurat Khan et al. October 2018 Dementia in Pakistan - Final Report (alz.org.pk)

Profile of dementia patients from a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan. Khan, Qurat ul Ain; Siddiqui, Sana; Zaman, Mohammad; Waqar, Abdullah; and Aziz Ali, Sumera (2018) Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 13 : Iss. 2, Article 8

Stress, Anxiety and Depression in students of a private medical school in Karachi, Pakistan. Rehmani N, Khan QA, Fatima SS. Pak J Med Sci. 2018;34(3)- May June 2018

An Enigma of Female Psychosis: Case Report and Literature Review of Therapeutic Strategies in Paraneoplastic Encephalitis associated with Ovarian Teratoma- Choudry UK, Nisar A, Amin M, Saeed W, Sanober A, Khan, QA. Acta Psychopathol Vol.4 No.S3:16

Dementia survey among Attendees of a Dementia Awareness Event in Karachi, Pakistan. Khan, Qurat ul Ain; Khan, YH; ZK, Mohammad; and N, Shireen (2017). Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 12: Iss. 4 - Dec 2017

Genetic risk factors for the posterior cortical atrophy variant of Alzheimer’s disease. Schott JM, Crutch SJ, Khan Qurat ul Ain et al. J.M. Schott et al. / Alzheimer’s & Dementia - (2016) 1-10

Association of delirious mania with Jinn possession phenomenon- A study from Pakistan. Khan, Qurat ul Ain, Sanober A, Opel M, Zaman M. WCPRR 2016, Vol. 11, No 1/2: 29-37- 2016

Jinn Possession and Delirious Mania in a Pakistani Woman”. Khan Q, Sanober A. Am J Psychiatry. 2016 173:3

Evaluating pathogenic dementia variants in posterior cortical atrophy-Carrasquillo MM, Barber I, Lincoln SJ, Murray ME, Camsari GB, Khan QU et al. Neurobiology of Aging 37 (2016) 38-44- Jan 2016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.09.023

Dementia- Challenges of Practice in Pakistan- Khan, Q Journal of American Academy of Neurology 2014;83;2091-2092

Sporadic CJD and retinitis punctata albescens- a case report and literature review- Khan Q, Y. Hanif- Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences Volume 9, number 3, July-Sep 2014

Late-onset Alzheimer disease genetic variants in posterior cortical atrophy and posterior AD- Carrasquillo, Minerva M, Khan, Qurat ul ain et al. Neurology 2014;82:1455–1462- 2014

History of Head Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology- Camsari GB, Murray ME, Khan Qurat ul Ain et al. July 2014 Alzheimer's & dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer's Association DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.441

Association Study of Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Risk Variants and Risk for Posterior Cortical Atrophy- Krishnan S, Khan Qurat ul Ain, Carrasquillo MM et al March 2013 Alzheimer's and Dementia 9(4) DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1078

Over drainage shunt complications in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and lumbar puncture opening pressure- Khan QU, Wharen RE, Grewal SS et al. J Neurosurg 119:1498–1502, 2013

Lumbar Puncture Opening Pressure and Surgical Risk in NPH. Neurology Feb 2013, 80 (7 Supplement) P07.260

Book Chapters:

Association of Delirious Mania with Jinn Possession Phenomenon- A Study from Pakistan- Khan Q, Sanober, Zaman M, Opel M. Published in “Global Challenges and Cultural Psychiatry”in collaboration with World Psychiatric Association and University of Guadalajara, Mexico- 2017

Alzheimer Disease- Khan QU, Graff-Radford N. Published in. Neurodegeneration. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell; 2017

Co-author of WHO ICOPE (Integrated Care for Older People) Guidelines- 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/258981/978**********-eng.pdf

MCI and Alzheimer’s Disease- Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review: Clinical Neurology for Initial Certification and MOC” (Oxford University Press)- June 2015

Peer Review Work:

Formulating Delirium Management Guidelines in a General Hospital: QI Project- for Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society- May 2022

Screening for depression and anxiety among medical and dental students who are forced into their field of study- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences April 2022

Prolong psychosis preceding cognitive and motor symptoms, an unusual presentation in Huntington’s disease: A case report- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences March 2022

Prevalence of depression in Patient’s diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- December 2021

Suicide, Another Convoluted Challenge in Covid-19 Era! - For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- May 2021

"Criminal Thinking Styles and Criminal Social Identity among Juvenile Delinquents: Moderating Role of Parenting Styles,"- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- March 2021

Prevalence of Depression in Migraine Patients- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- October 2020

Factors Affecting the Treatment Compliance in Psychiatric Setting; Retrospective Study- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- October 2020

Effects of intermittent fasting on cognition and dementias- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- July 2020

Five Ranked Drugs to Treat Bipolar Disorder and Their Limitations- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- July 2020

Prevalence of Paternal Post-Partum Depression- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- June 2020

Dementia Care in Pakistan- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- December 2020

Frequency of Depression in Caregivers of Demented Patients Presented in Neurology Department Punjab Institute of Neurosciences, Lahore- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- March 2020

To study patterns of EEG(Electroencephalogram) in patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- February 2020

Development of Psychosocial Issues Scale in Patients with Myocardial Infarction Survivors- - for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- November 2019

Development of Psychosocial Issues Scale in Patients with Myocardial Infarction Survivors- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- November 2019

Mental Health of University Male Students Viewing Internet Pornography, A Qualitative Study- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- September 2019

Development and Validation of Juvenile Criminal Thinking Styles’ Inventory- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- August 2019

Depression and the use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- July 2019

An overview of Autism: Is it treatable in Pakistan? - For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- July 2019

Science of Lifestyle- For Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- June 2019

Culture Bound Syndromes in Pakistan: Implications and Strategic Vision for Health Management- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- April 2019

Factors Predicting Need for Post-operative Ventilation after Microsurgical Clipping of Cerebral Aneurysms – A Multivariate Analysis- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- Jan 2019 for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences

Problems and actions required for the care of dementia patients with the changing cultural and social dynamics in Pakistan- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- Dec 2018

Humanism and Mental Health of Married Female Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus- for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences- Dec 2018

Management of Non-Epileptic Seizures through Hypnosis: A Case Study- Dec 2018 for Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

Reviewed WHO Guidelines “Prevention of Cognitive Decline and Dementia”- 2018

Submitted and Accepted Manuscripts:

Care assessment and Caregiver Burden for dementia patients in Pakistan

Profile and presentation of patients with Lewy Body Dementia in Karachi, Pakistan

Grants Granted

PI: American Academy of Neurology Palatucci Action Plan Support Grant- 2020

CO-PI: Funded by Age International, Age UK in collaboration with the University of Southampton- “Understanding, Beliefs, and Treatment of Dementia in Pakistan”- 2017, 2018

PI: AKU URC Grant Project ID: 144003PSY- PI “Translation and validation of 10/66 Dementia diagnostic tool, Care assessment and caregiver burden, in Urdu, in Karachi, Pakistan”- 2016- 2017

CO-PI: Prevalence of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) in HIV infected patients in Pakistan- AKU seed grant

Grants Applied:

NIH- D71

HEC TRGP

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges

Helping Hands Grant by APA

PSF

IDFA Bertha Fund

Grant Reviewer

For GRC (Grant Review Committee) for the Aga Khan University Research Council for Seed Grants and URC Grants

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

European Journal of Neurology

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (JPMA)

Psychiatry Research

Khyber Medical Journal

Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences

Member editorial board Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences

Presentations:

Dementia Public Awareness session (virtual) in collaboration with Geriatric and Gerontology Stream, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi and Aga Khan Health Board Karimabad- April 2022

Presented at Grand Rounds, Loyola University, Maywood, IL “Challenges of Managing Dementia Patients in a Forensic UST Setting”- Nov 2021

Presented at Grand Rounds, Elgin Mental Health Center, IL “Traumatic Brain Injury in a Forensic Setting”- September 2021

Presented at the Alzheimers Day Seminar, Department of Neurology, Aga Khan University, Karachi (virtual) “Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease- Updates”- September 2021

Presented at the International Day for Older Persons (virtual), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi- September 2021

Presented at the Grand Rounds, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL “Common Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia and Their Management”- July 2021

Presented for the Neurology Certificate Course (virtual), Department of Neurology, Aga Khan University, Karachi- “Practice Guidelines for Dementia Diagnosis and Management”- March 2021

Presented at the Recovery House, Caravan of Life, Pakistan Trust, “Violence Against Women and Path to Recovery”- October 2020

Presented for Pakistan Medical Association- “Epidemiology and Risk factors of Dementia”- Alzheimers Day September 2020

Presented for Pakistan Association for Mental Health on World Mental Health Day- “Psychosocial Determinants of Mental Health”- Sep 2020

Presented at the Recovery House- “Role of Psychosocial Rehabilitation in the recovery process”- Aug 2020

Presented for the Psychiatry Certificate Course, Aga Khan University, Karachi- “Cultural Psychiatry- Implications for the Clinicians”- Mar 2020

Presented at The Recovery House, Karachi on World Mental Health Day- “Early Warning signs of suicide and identifying people at risk”- October 2019

Oral: “Translation and validation of 10/66 Dementia Diagnostic Battery in Urdu in Karachi, Pakistan”- at the 33rd Alzheimers Disease International (ADI) conference in Chicago, USA- July 2019

Presented at the annual conference, Pakistan association of basic and applied neurosciences, “Challenges of diagnosing dementia in Urdu in Pakistan”- 2019

Panelist and speaker, First Psychiatric Rehabilitation Conference in Pakistan- 2018

Moderated several workshops at the WHO office, Geneva, Switzerland as member of ICOPE and mHealth GDG expert panel- 2017

Presentations at the 21st and 22nd Pakistan National Neurology Conference- 2015, 2016

“Visual problems and dementias”- Annual neuro-ophthalmology conference, AKU- 2016

“Delirious mania and jinn possession- a clinical study from Pakistan”-Presented at the 4th World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Congress 2015- Mexico- 2015

“Profile of Dementia Patients from A Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan”- Presented at the Annual Conference of Pakistan Neurological Society- Dec 2014

“Challenges of practicing Dementia in Pakistan”- Presentation at 17th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Alzheimers Disease International in New Delhi, India- Nov 2014

“Dementia- an emerging field in Pakistan”, Annual conference of American Academy of Neurology- May 2014

“Profile of Dementia Patients in Pakistan”- presentation at the Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International 2014

“Approach to patient with dementia in general practice”- CME lectures, Dept. of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi- Feb 2014, Dow University of Health Sciences- Jan 2014

“Introduction to Behavioral Neurology”- CME lectures at the Dept. of Family Medicine and Dept. Of Neurology at the Aga Khan University- Jan 2014

“CSF opening pressure predicts over drainage complications after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus”- Presentation at the annual AAN meeting 2013

Association Study of Late-Onset Alzheimer’s disease Risk Variants and Risk for Posterior Cortical Atrophy. Discussion Session at the annual AAN meeting 2013

“Dementia in older population”- talk on World Mental Health Day- 2013 AKU

“Dementias in Pakistan”- Presented at the Annual conference of Pakistan Neurology Society- 2013

“Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Neurodegenerative Dementias”- Behavioral Neurology Lecture series, Mayo Clinic, FL- Jan 2012

Sessions for Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver Group- Mayo Clinic FL 2012- 2013

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

Fellow American Psychiatric Association- ID 000*********

Fellow American Academy of Neurology- ID 197216

Active CPSP (College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan) Fellow

Member Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Member Pakistan Society of Neurology

Member Pakistan Association of Basic and Applied Neurosciences

Clinic and Service:

Currently director of 25 bedded inpatient Unfit to Stand Trial psychiatric unit at Elgin Mental Health Center, Elgin, IL

Currently Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuropsychiatrist at Counseling Connections- outpatient private practice- Libertyville, IL

Provide online psychiatric and neuropsychiatric consultations in Pakistan

Started the first Dementia Clinics at The Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi

Conducted General Psychiatry clinics, inpatient work, and consultations at AKU, Karachi

Established the first multidisciplinary Neuropsychiatry clinic in Pakistan at AKU, Karachi

Consultation team member of the first multidisciplinary ALS clinic at AKU, Karachi

Consultation team member of the Stroke Clinic at AKU, Karachi

Consultation team member of the Dementia Palliative Care team at AKU, Karachi

Consultation team member of the Elder Home Health Program at AKU, Karachi

Started the first pilot program for occupational therapy for dementia patients at AKU, Karachi

Started the first Healthy Aging Program for elderly at AKU, Karachi

Proposal for initiating Elder Day Care Center at AKU accepted

Academic activities:

Supervision and teaching of undergraduate and psychiatry post graduate trainees from Loyola University, Maywood, IL and Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL

Supervising psychology undergraduate student, Forman Christian College University, Lahore, thesis titled, “Dementia caregiver burden in Pakistan”.

Supervising undergraduate medical student, Pak international medical college, Peshawar, study titled “Epilepsy caregiver burden in KPK, Pakistan”

Co-supervisor for PhD scholar from Aga Khan University, Karachi, thesis titled “Assessment of the burden of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) and associated biomarkers in HIV-infected patients in Pakistan”

Teach undergraduate and post graduate nursing curriculum (virtual) for the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi

Teach general psychiatry and behavioral neurology curriculum (virtual) to post graduate psychiatry trainees, Aga Khan University, Karachi

CPSP (College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan) approved supervisor for psychiatry post graduate trainees

Taught and supervised undergraduates and post graduate psychiatry trainees at the Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Dow International University, Karachi

Taught undergraduate and post graduate psychiatry trainees at Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi

Fellowship proposal submitted to JSMU educational committee for starting Geriatric Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry fellowship for postgraduates

Co-author of WHO “Be Healthy, Be Mobile” Guidelines

Co-author of WHO ICOPE (Integrated Care for Older People) Guidelines

Taught general psychiatry and behavioral neurology to neurology, internal medicine, and family medicine post graduate trainees, Aga Khan University, Karachi

Taught Neurovascular lecture series course to stroke fellows, neurology, psychiatry, family medicine, and internal medicine residents at AKU

Supervised numerous undergraduate and post graduate students for externships/internships/electives/observer ships from all over Pakistan, Aga Khan University, Karachi

Started a hospital-based dementia registry at AKU, Karachi

Started the first Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship program in Pakistan

Designed neuropsychiatry module for psychiatry virtual and blended learning program for AKU undergraduate students

Taught Neuropsychiatry for AKU undergraduate Neuroscience Module

Examiner for AKU undergraduate OSCE year I, II, and IV

Taught CME sessions for AKU Psychiatry Certificate Course

Taught “How to run clinical trials in basic sciences” to AKU undergraduate students for Basic Neurosciences curriculum

Compiled post graduate exit exam questions for the CPSP and AKU Psychiatry question bank

Taught Neuropsychiatry course to post graduate students and faculty at the French Medical Institute, Kabul, Afghanistan via online teaching

Co-director, Behavioral Neurology Lecture Series-Mayo Clinic, FL

Observer ship with Ehsanur Rahman, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Observer ship with M. Kamali, M.D Orthopedic Surgeon, Newark, DE

Worked at the Center for Biomedical Engineering Research University of Delaware, Newark, DE- To develop methods for quantifying the correlation between muscle fiber pennation angle and EMGs

Compiled two books in medical school- “First Aid for Medical Students-Pathology” and “First Aid for Medical Students- Pharmacology”

Administration/Committees:

Expert member of AKU School of Nursing and Midwifery, Geriatric and Gerontology Stream

Executive member of Karwan e Hayat organizing committee, a nonprofit psychiatric rehabilitation facility in Karachi

Member of AKU Geriatric and Gerontology interest group to formulate clinical guidelines to manage delirium

Served at AKU undergraduate medical education curriculum committee for Neuroscience Module

Member of the Health Sciences Research Symposium Organizing Committee, AKU, Karachi

Participated in AKU Electronic Health Record Management Committee in Tanzania- Nov 2017

Presented the Service Line-7 on AKU HIMS (Health Information Management System) committee

Presented the department of Psychiatry on AKU SL-7 Quality Improvement Committee

Presented psychiatry on AKU JCIA chapter and team

Member of AKU Psychiatry department post graduate recruitment committee

Member of AKU Geriatric Interest Group

Served on AKU Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee

Member of WHO “Be Healthy, Be Mobile” Expert Group

Member of WHO ICOPE (Integrated Care for Older People) Expert Group

Public Service/Community work:

Conducted free neuropsychiatry clinics at Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi

Conducted free mental health camps in remote areas of Pakistan

Secretary, non-profit research organization, Yaad Foundation to promote dementia research in Pakistan Yaad Foundation

Founder of the first Dementia Support Group in Pakistan

Founder of the WhatsApp Dementia Support Group in Pakistan

Run Social Media Awareness Forums: www.facebook.com/dementia.supportgroup.pk, www.facebook.com/metalhealth.supportgroup.pk, www.facebook.com/healthyaging

Worked with World Parkinsons Program for awareness and wellbeing of people with Parkinsons disease

Served on AKU Breast Cancer Support Group

Awareness sessions for Pakistan Parkinsons Society Support Group

Dementia awareness sessions for Aga Khan Health Foundation, Karachi, and for international audience via electronic and print media

Founder of the first mental health support group in Pakistan

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