Our superstar #AKUMC 🇵🇰 Dean, Dr Adil Haider, has been awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by his alma mater Johns Hopkins University, for his work in trauma disparities research and his leadership in the immediate aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan. 👏🎖️🎉

AKU found wandering around Boston #ACSCC2023

#ACSCC23 Aga Khan University Adil Haider networking session in Boston on the sidelines of American college of surgeons

Ecstatic to share our recent work focusing on the potential biases & disparities in patient-resident communication through the lens of faculty, residents & med students! Self-awareness of implicit biases➡️improved comm skills & provision of quality care journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

So thrilled to be back in DC for #ASC2024 - Excited for 30+ presentations from Aga Khan University including TWO plenaries !! Of course the best part is meeting up with all our friends from across Assoc4AcademicSurgery Society of University Surgeons (SUS) The inclusivity and support really makes ASC so special

One down, one to go! Back at #ASC2024 with an incredible opportunity to present my work in the upcoming Education plenary session! Excited to represent 🇵🇰 and Aga Khan University amidst 🌍 academic surgeons and delve into diverse clinical & education notions of surgery!

It was amazing to represent AKU(Aga Khan University)and present our abstract, 'Early Onset Rectal cancer in Pakistan', at #ASC2024. All thanks to my mentors Dr. Sadaf Khan, Dr. Zeeshan Riffat and the worlds best Dean Adil Haider, who's supported me all the way through this journey! #AKU

Crowd support for our all🌟 Aga Khan University presentations taking #ASC2024 by storm 🙌🏻 Adil Haider Ronika Devi Ukrani

#AKUrepresent 🇵🇰 🙌🏻 Aga Khan University

Congrats to UAB General Surgery Residency Program resident Dr. Alizeh Abbas (Alizeh Abbas), who has been selected as a recipient of the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship! She will receive $30,000/year for direct costs related to research. bit.ly/3SNvI56Rea.

Met some old friends and made some new, presented our work on gender disparities in surgical outcomes, and proudly represented my alma mater Aga Khan University🇵🇰- ending #ASC2024 on a high and already looking forward to next year! Grateful to my mentor Adil Haider for the opportunity.

I have the BEST mentor ya’ll!! 🥹🥹 Super grateful for your unwavering support and for always pushing me to be my best self!

Just got the most anticipated phone call from a mentee “ I matched !!!” as my kids and I were searching for Ramadan 🌙 To Namra Qadeer Shaikh @CherylZoggPhD and so many in #Match2024 Super Congrats … May you go on to become amazing surgeons / specialists and healers #MakeADifference

I’M GOING TO BE A SURGEON! 🥹🙌🏽 Feels so surreal to see your dreams turning into reality. Filled with so much gratitude for my parents, friends and mentors for getting me through - I owe it all to you! #Match2024 #ILookLikeaSurgeon

I guess it's time to put together an OR playlist. I'm going to be a surgeon! This would not have been possible without my family, friends, and mentors. Let's go!!! Temporarily stunned, perpetually grateful. Alhamdulillah!

UAB Surgery x Aga Khan University The story continues! Incredibly proud of Namra Qadeer Shaikh 🎊 Best of luck for an amazing journey ahead! Adil Haider Daniel I-Hsin Chu | 朱以信 herb chen #Match2024 #GenSurg

Beyond disbelief but SO thrilled to be joining my top choice and super excited to meet my new surgery family 🙌🏽 Grateful to my family, friends and mentor Adil Haider for their support! #Match2024

🌟#ArticleOfTheWeek🌟 “Teaching cultural dexterity in surgical care: As essential to a surgeon's skill set as tying a knot” by Drs. Gezzer Ortega (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Brittany Dacier, MD, MPH, Jorge Zárate, MD, Rhea Udyavar, M.D., Adil Haider, Doug Smink.💫 👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.amjs… 📚 AmJSurgery

The UAB General Surgery Residency Program has named its administrative and education chiefs for the 2024-2025 academic year. Congratulations to Drs. Peter Abraham, Mary Smithson, Clara Hua, and Adam Lucy! 🎉 Read the full announcement here: bit.ly/3U6R8ei.

Fantastic UAB Surgery global surgery journal club tonight! Thank you to everyone who joined. Great discussion over some delicious Pakistani food! Lily Gutnik MD MPH UAB Neurosurgery Beierle Lab