Muhammad Hafizullah

Muhammad Hafizullah (Urdu: محمد حافظ الله‎) is a Pakistani professor of cardiology and the current vice chancellor of Khyber Medical University (KMU) in Peshawar. He is the project director of the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology and has contributed to national guidelines on thrombolysis, acute coronary syndrome, and ST elevation myocardial infarction developed by the Pakistan Cardiac Society.

Hafizullah studied at Cadet College Hasan Abdal, earned his medical degree from Khyber Medical College in 1979, and won a scholarship for higher studies in England.

He joined the cardiology department of the Postgraduate Medical Institute at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar in 1984. Since then, he has held various positions:

• Cardiology examiner for the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP)
• Member of the faculty of cardiology, CPSP
• Supervisor for trainees preparing for the CPSP cardiology exam
• Head of the Department of Cardiology, Lady Reading Hospital
• Head of the Department of Cardiology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar
• Chief executive, Lady Reading Hospital
• Vice dean of research, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital
• Vice chancellor, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
• Project director, Peshawar Institute of Cardiology

Under the umbrella of the Pakistan Cardiac Society, Hafizullah contributed to national guidelines on thrombolysis, acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, stable angina, hypertension, and preventive cardiology. He delivers lectures on preventive cardiology and has written hundreds of articles in leading newspapers and journals.

Hafizullah became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1983, of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1995, and of the American College of Cardiology in 2000. He has also received fellowships from the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, and the American College of Physicians.

Other affiliations and positions include:

• President, Pakistan Cardiac Society
• Ex-Vice President, Pakistan Hypertension League
• Governor, International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
• Ex-Vice President, Asian Pacific Cardiac Society
• Syndicate of the University of Peshawar
• Syndicate of the University of Malakand
• Senator, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University
• Syndicate of the Kohat University of Science and Technology
• Board of Governors, CECOS University
• Board of Governors, Paraplegic Centre, Peshawar
• National Ethical Board, Pakistan Health Research Council
• Editor in Chief, Pakistan Heart Journal, Pakistan Cardiac Society (since 2011)
• Editor in Chief, Journal of the Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital (1993–2009)
• Patron, KMU Journal, Khyber Medical University
• Chairman, Council on Preventive Cardiology, Pakistan Cardiac Society
• Executive Council, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
• Board of Governors, Air University, Islamabad
• Syndicate of King Edward Medical University

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