Assistant Professor and Consultant Anatomic Pathology / Histopathology

A dedicated and experienced

histopathologist with 5 years of post-

fellowship experience as Assistant

Professor and Consultant

Histopathologist.

CARRIER OBJECTIVE

I am deeply committed to enhance

diagnostic precision and quality,

ensuring personalized care for every

patient.

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND

CONTACT

Date of birth: 20-02-1989

Domicile: Khyber Pakhtunkha

(Peshawar)

CNIC:17301-6654755-3

Nationality: PAKISTANI

PHONE: +92-336*******

EMAIL:

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member Asian Society of Digital

Pathology

Member International Academy of

Pathology-Pakistan Division (IAP)

Lifetime member Histopathology and

Cytology Society of Pakistan (HCSP)

DR. MASROOR HASSAN

MBBS, FCPS (HISTOPATHOLOGY), DipRCPath (UK)

SCFHS Licensed Consultant Anatomic Pathologist

DOH (AbuDhabi) qualified Specialist Anatomic Pathologist DHA (DUBAI) qualified Specialist Anatomic Pathologist PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor and Consultant Histopathologist Northwest School of Medicine / Northwest General Hospital and Research Center, Peshawar, Pakistan

November 2021 till date (Currently working)

Assistant Professor and Consultant Histopathologist Khyber Medical College / Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan

March 2020 - November 2021

RESPONSIBILITIES:

My role encompasses signing out complex surgical pathology cases, including those requiring immunohistochemistry; frozen sections, fine needle aspiration cytology, cervical smears, and exfoliative cytology.

I actively contribute to multidisciplinary tumor board meetings in Neuro-oncology, breast oncology, and ENT, collaborating with clinical teams to optimize patient management.

I am also involved in teaching pathology to undergraduate MBBS students, nurturing the next generation of medical professionals.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Recognized Anatomic Pathology section of Northwest General Hospital for residency in Anatomic Pathology by College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.

Recognized Supervisor in Histopathology – College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP)

Officially accredited by CPSP to supervise and mentor postgraduate trainees in Histopathology, demonstrating expertise in diagnostic pathology, academic leadership, and postgraduate medical education.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) November 2007 - August 2013

Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan

Residency in Histopathology / Anatomic Pathology

Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 2015 – June 2016 Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan, July 2016 – July 2019 Fellowship in Histopathology / Anatomic pathology

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, December 2019 DOH (Abu-Dhabi) Specialist Anatomic Pathology exam passed on December 14th 2023 at Cleveland clinic, Abu Dhabi (HPEXMB-2023- 001735)

Diplomate Royal college of Pathologists (UK) - FRCPATH1, June 2024 DHA (Dubai) Specialist Anatomic Pathology exam passed on April 7th 2025 (Document ID 232649).

Achieved SCFHS Consultant Anatomic Pathologist certification – 15 August 2025 (Profile ID: 23567669)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

1. Payenda R, Zubair M, Ahmed N, Khan AM, Dad Khan W, Siddiqui S, Hassan M, Shafiq S, Chaurasia B. Intradiploic epidermoid cyst in a 15-year-old female: a rare case report. Ann Med Surg. 2025 Jan 31;10:10.1097/MS9.0000000000002974. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002974.

2. Sultana N, Ameer MK, Hassan M, Khan A, Ullah N. Multiple Primary Spinal Extradural Hydatid Cysts: A Clinical Case Report. Am J Biomed Sci & Res. June 2024 23(1)

AJBSR.MS.ID.003043,DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2024.23.003043 3. Abdullah HMA, Hassan M, KhanUI,Ellithi M. Primary small cell neuroendocrine cancer of adrenal gland: a rare

extrapulmonary small cell cancer. BMJ Case Rep.2023 Feb 15;16(2):e250828.

4. Khattak MT, Hassan M, Javed S, Hasnain S, Mehmood R, Ali A. Morphologic Spectrum of Breast Carcinoma and Correlation of Hormone Receptors and Her2/Neu Status with Clinic- Pathologic Parameters at a Tertiary Care Hospital. P J M H S Vol. 16 (03), 2022: 258-61

5. Hassan M, Khattak MT, Qamar MA, Javed S, Saeed SU. Frequency of Double expressor lymphoma in a tertiary care hospital. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. Jan-Mar 2021;33(1):44- 48

6. Nasib B, Khattak MT, Mehmood R, Hasnain S, Tariq SF, Hassan M. Expression of p16 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. P J M H S Vol. 16 (01), 2022: 1072-76

7. Khattak MT, Hassan M,Nasib B, Qamar MA, Javed S, Ali N. Frequency of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

(Her2/neu) expression in gastric adenocarcinoma in Rehman Medical Institute Peshawar. J Pak Med Assoc2019. Jun;69(6) 788-93.

8. Khan N, Raza SS, Khan UI, Hafez I, Abdullah MA, Hassan M et al. Plasma Cell Leukaemia: A rare yet aggressive plasma cell dyscrasia with a very poor response to conventional therapy.J Ayub Med CollAbbottabad. 2019 Apr-Jun;31(2):272-75 INTERNSHIPS

Surgery and Allied

Junior House officer

23/09/2013 – 22/3/2014

Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar,

Pakistan

Medicine and Allied

Senior House officer

23/3/2014 - 22/09/2014

Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar,

Pakistan

SUPERVISORY WORKSHOPS

Basic life support. College of Physicians

and Surgeons Pakistan (American

Heart Association). 24 Feb 2023

Research Methodology, Biostatistics &

Medical Writing. 28th - 31st Mar 2022

Educational Planning & Evaluation.

College of Physicians and Surgeons

Pakistan. 7th - 9th Mar 2022

Supervisory Skills. College of Physicians

and Surgeons Pakistan. 10th - 12th Nov

2022

Assessment of Competence. College

of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.

15th - 17th Sep 2022

SKILLS

Surgical pathology

Cytopathology

Fine needle aspiration cytology

(FNAC)

Frozen section

Anatomic Pathology

Immunohistochemistry

Histopathology

9. Tasneem M, Hassan M, Khan A, Arabdin M, Qamar MA. Frequency of human papilloma virus in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa. J Pak Med Assoc.2019 May;69(6):738-40. 10. Hassan M, Abdullah HMA, Wahid A, Qamar MA. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-negative T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma with loss of T-cell lineage-specific marker CD3 at relapse: a rare entity with an aggressive outcome. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 8; 2018

11. Hassan M, Khattak M, Abdullah HMA, Nasib B. Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma presenting as haemoptysis in a 22-year-old patient: an unusual presentation of a rare condition. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 13; 2017.

12. Qureshi A, Hassan M, Mamoon N, Ali Z, Ahmed IN. Sex cord stromal tumours of the ovary, experience at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Jul;67(7):1107-1108. 13. Hassan M, Qureshi A. Incidental Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Renal Pelvis In A Non Functioning Kidney That Was Missed On Two Non-Contrast Ct-Scans. J Ayub Med Coll

Abbottabad.2017 Jul-Sep;29(3):489-492.

14. Hassan M, Qureshi A, Ali Z, Mamoon N. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma presenting as colonic intussusception. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Dec;67(12):1923-1926.

15. Hassan M, Qureshi A, Nasir H. Recurrent verrucous carcinoma of the urinary bladder after transurethral resection followed by intravesical mitomycin, and a review of the literature. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jun 15;2016.

CERTIFICATES

1. The Pathology of Frozen Section: Interpretations and Implications, 2.0 Shifa International hospital Islamabad. May 1-2, 2025 2. The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytology: What’s New? Webinar by Aga Khan University hospital by International Faculty, 30th April 2025.

3. Advanced Cardiac life support Provider Course. College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (American Heart Association). 10TH-11TH July 2024.

4. FCPS / FRCPath Part 2 (Histopathology) Mock Exam at Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad (May 15-16, 2024). 18 CME Hours

5. Medical Renal Biopsy: Pathology Workshop at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (May 18, 2024) POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Three posters presented in 6th annual

meeting of HCSP and 3rd annual

meeting of IAP held on 2-3 April 2016 at

Marriot Hotel Islamabad (8 CME credit

hours)

Two posters presented in 7th annual

meeting of HCSP and 4th annual

meeting of IAP held on 8-9 April 2017 at

PC Hotel Karachi.

One poster presented in International

Pathology conference in Lahore April

12-14 2018.

REFERENCES

Dr Nuzhat S Khattak, MBBS, FCPS, PhD

Professor of Histopathology, Northwest

School of Medicine, Peshawar,

Pakistan

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Dr Iqbal Muhammad Khan, MBBS,

MCPS, FCPS, FCPP, MIAC, FRCP, IFCAP

Professor of Histopathology and HOD

Pathology, Rehman Medical Institute,

Peshawar

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Dr Maria Tasneem Khattak, MBBS, FCPS

Associate Professor Histopathology,

Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar

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6. Surgical Pathology Course at Shaukat Khanum Memorial cancer Hospital and Research center, Lahore, 27th -28th April 2024 7. ‘Fascinating cases in dermatopathology’ as organizer. 7th March 2024 in Northwest School of Medicine.

8. Native Renal Pathology as facilitator. 2nd international basic medical science conference BMedCon’23. 20th to 23rd November 2023 held in Khyber Medical University. 12 CME hours 9. 22nd Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium in Peshawar, Pakistan on November 2-5, 2023. 9.25 Hours of the Category I Credit of the American Association of Continuing Medical Education Designation.

10. Lahore Cytopathology Tutorial. Shaukat Khanum Memorial cancer hospital and research center, Histopathology & Cytology Society of Pakistan (HCSP) and the International Academy of Pathology (IAP). July 14th-15th2023. 16.25 Hours of the Category I Credit of the Association’s Designation.

11. Adult type diffuse Gliomas. Shaukat Khanum Memorial cancer hospital and research center. May 27th2023. 1.5 category I AACME credit hours.

12. Pathology of Frozen Section: Interpretation and implications. Shifa International hospital Islamabad. 19-20 May 2023

13. Self-assessment report writing. Quality enhancement cell. Northwest School of medicine. 5-6 May 2023

14. Surgical Pathology Seminar organized by AFIP Rawalpindi, March 25-26 2019(12 CME credit hours).

15. Bone Tumor Symposium organized by Chughtai Institute of Pathology, April 12-13 2019

16. 9th Annual meeting of Histopathology and Cytology Society of Pakistan and 6th Annual meeting of International Academy of Pathology- Pakistan Division organized by Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, April 20-21 2019(12 CME credit hours). 17. Medical Kidney Disease – Morphology; based approach to renal biopsy organized by Shifa International Hospital, November 8-9 2019(4 CME credit hours).

18. 1st International Basic Medical Sciences conference “Challenges and opportunities” organized by KMU, October 23-25 2018(3 CME credit hours)

19. Pre PAP conference workshop organized by Armed forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi, November 6-8 2018 (12 CME credit hours). 20. 41st Annual conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists and 6th Joint International Conference of Societies of Pathology organized by AFIP Rawalpindi, November 9-10 2018 (12 CME credit hours).

21. FCPS II Histopathology Exam Preparatory Workshop organized by Islamabad Medical and Dental College, October 6th 2018 (6CME credit hours).

22. Bone marrow transplant in haematological disorders, organized by Khyber Medical University Peshawar, February 1 2018. 23. Renal Pathology Workshop organized by KMU Peshawar, March 5 2018(3 CME credit hours).

24. Preconference workshop on Biomarkers of Gastric Cancer organized by University of Lahore, April 10 2018(3 CME credit hours). 25. Preconference workshop on Histopathology and cytology of head and neck tumors organized by University of Lahore, April 10 2018(3 CME credit hours).

26. Seminar on Quality management, accreditation and Ethical challenges in clinical lab organized by Agha Khan Laboratory Hospital, April 11 2018(2 CME credit hours).

27. 14th Health Asia International Pathology conference organized by University of Lahore, April 10-12 2018.

28. 1st International Cytology conference organized by IAP and HCSP, September 8-9 2017(11.50 CME hours).

29. Preconference workshop on Histopathology and gastrointestinal tract and thyroid and oral presentation of case report, organized by KMU Peshawar, January 27 2017(3 CME credit hours). 30. 6th Annual meeting of Histopathology and cytology society of Pakistan and 3rd Annual meeting of International Academy of Pathology-Pakistan Division organized by Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, April 2-3, 2016(12 CME credit hours). 31. Immunohistochemistry update: Technique and applications organized by Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad, October 28-29, 2016(6 CME credit hours). 32. 7th Annual meeting of Histopathology and cytology society of Pakistan and 4th Annual meeting of International Academy of Pathology-Pakistan Division organized by Agha Khan University Hospital in Karachi, April 7-8, 2016 (12 CME credit hours). 33. 39th Annual conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists organized by KMU Peshawar, November 25-27 2016(6 CME credit hours).

34. Pre PAP conference workshop on quality management in histopathology organized by KMU Peshawar, November 24 2016(2 CME credit hours).

35. Pakistan Association of Pathologists local chapter (RWP/ISB) scientific session. December 5 2015(1 CME credit hour) REVIEW OF MANUSCRIPTS

1. Atypical Presentation of Bronchogenic Cyst in the Retroperitoneal Space. Cureus (January 27, 2024)

2. Retrospective analysis of spectrum of soft tissue tumors in a tertiary care center in Pakistan. International Journal of Pathology (January 14, 2024)

3. p16 expression in grading of urothelial cell carcinoma. Journal of Saidu Medical College, Swat (October 22, 2023)

4. Correlation between Bethesda system and ultrasound based TIRADS for reporting thyroid cytopathology. Journal of Medical Sciences (October 15, 2023)

5. Immunohistochemical expression of p53 in low grade and high grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. International Journal of Pathology (March 22, 2023)

6. Her2 overexpression in epithelial ovarian cancers. International Journal of Pathology (January 14, 2023)

7. Study of HER2 expression by immunohistochemistry in papillary urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder and its comparison in low grade and high grade histological subtypes. International Journal of Pathology (December 22, 2022)

8. Correlation of Progesterone Receptor and Ki-67

Immunomarkers with histopathological grades of meningioma. International Journal of Pathology (July 26, 2022) 9. Immunohistochemical Expression of CD10 OR CA19.9 in Urinary Bladder Transitional Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Pathology (May 18, 2022)

10. Histomorphological Differences in Right and Left sided Colon Cancers. International Journal of Pathology (March 15, 2022) 11. Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF in Patients with Tuberculous Lymphadenitis using Fine Needle Aspirate in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Peshawar. International Journal of Pathology (January 31, 2022)

12. Diagnostic utility of CD10, EMA and BCL2 markers in differentiating between squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma of skin. International Journal of Pathology

(November 24, 2021)

13. Genitourinary Anomalies in Patients with Anorectal Malformation. Advances in Basic Medical Sciences

(November 24, 2021)

14. Immunohistochemical expression of p53 in oral squamous cell carcinoma, oral epithelial precursor lesions and normal oral mucosa. Journal of Medical Sciences (October 16, 2021) 15. What about Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma and Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis in the same kidney? A case report of a rare coexistence. Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Urology (January 10, 2021)

16. Thyroid tuberculosis – an unexpected diagnosis. BMJ Case Reports (December 20, 2020)

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