Illustrious Pakistani doctor
inducted into Medical Hall of Fame
Dr S Amjad Hussain graduated from the
Khyber Medical College.
WASHINGTON: Illustrious Pakistani doctor
S Amjad Hussain, has been inducted into the Medical Mission Hall in Toledo,
Ohio.
Amjad
Hussain is one of 34 individuals
from around the world who are now members of the Medical Mission Hall of
Fame. The MMHOF was created in 2004 to honor those individuals and organisations
who have made significant and substantial contributions to advancing the
medical well-being of people throughout the world.
Last year Dr
Sania Nishtar, Pakistan’s first
female cardiologist and founder of the health policy organisation, Heartfile,
which is recognised as a model for replication in developing nations, was
inducted into the hall of fame.
A native of Peshawar, Dr Hussain has participated
in medical and teaching missions for more than 40 years. He has traveled
to the Dominican Republic, China, Libya, India and Pakistan, where he has
taught a legion of medical students and doctors and has donated tons of
supplies and equipment. Professor emeritus of thoracic cardiovascular surgery
at the University of Toledo, he is a graduate of Khyber Medical College
in Peshawar.
Proclaimed by the Journal of Islamic Medical
Association to be a renaissance Muslim, the writer, photographer and explorer
has treated those in need in foreign countries while making surgical and
travel arrangements for complex procedures to be performed in Toledo.
A member of the University Of Toledo Board
Of Trustees, Dr Hussain has a professorship in thoracic and cardiovascular
surgery named in his honor and also a visiting professorship in the history
of medicine at the University.
The inventor of two surgical devices –
the pleuro-peritoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen
during fiber optic bronchoscopy in awake patients – he was recognized
by the Khyber Medical College with its first lifetime achievement award
during its golden jubilee celebration in 2005.
Dr Hussain is the author of seven Urdu and
six English books on diverse subjects including religion, culture, history
and international relations.
Among the other two honorees, Dr Harvey
Doorenbos devoted 35 years of his life to medical missionary work, 10 years
in the Sultanate of Oman and 25 years in Ethiopia. Dr Lincoln Nelson performed
surgeries for 60 years and helped to start four hospitals in the Philippines.
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