Prof. Dr. Khalid Javaid Abid Professor of Surgery MBBS (Pb), MCPS (Pak), FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Ire)
West Surgery Department Website Lectures can download here

Brief History & Introduction:

This unit was established when mayo hospital was built in 1871.This unit has been headed by many famous surgeons in the pre independence era like Sargood Fry and Colonel Mirajkar. After independence, Prof. Riaz -e -Qadeer took over. After him, many stalwarts of surgery like Prof. Masood Ahmed, Prof. H.H. Mirza and Prof. TA Shah headed this unit. Now this unit is run by Prof. Khalid Javed Abid FRCS (edin), FRCS (glasg.).

The west surgical ward comprises of a twenty-eight bedded male and twenty-four bedded female ward. The high dependency unit consists of ten beds. The ward is equipped with basic facilities as well as special monitors and support machines for critically ill patients. The ward has teaching staff, consultants grade and trainee postgraduate students and house officers as its strength. The unit is run under a highly qualified professor, an associate professor and two assistant professors. Other consultant grade staff includes four senior registrars. The unit currently has 12 trainee registrars for various postgraduate degrees including FCPS and MS and two trainees on rotation who are completing the mandatory rotations in various specialties.

The unit has two out patient department days in a week which is attended by the consultants, where on an average 150 patients are examined per day,. The fourth and the final year students attend the OPDs as the part of their clinical skill enhancing, training programs and are instructed on the patients.

There are two full elective lists per week, which have on average 20-25 cases. These operated upon by senior surgeons and trainees under direct supervision. The final year students attend the operating session s and are demonstrated the operative techniques.

The unit is on call in accident and emergency department 36 hours a week, with an added twenty-four hour special Sunday on call every month. Each call day we receive an average of 250 patients of which usually 30 patients undergo surgery under anesthesia.

The students of third, fourth and final year MBBS are taught in the weekly lectures. These students attend the wards where they are instructed in the art of history taking and physical examination.

The unit has an average of 14 house surgeons per rotations who are trained in the basic and advanced life support , trauma care and emergency surgical management and pre and post operative care of surgical patients. weekly clinical classes for house surgeons are arranged on regular basis.

There are 14 post-graduate students pursuing FCPS and MS degrees. These students are trained on ward rounds, clinicopathological conferences, morbidity and mortality conferences, journal club meetings along with the routine working of the ward. They are also supervised while performing minor and intermediate surgical procedures.

Faculty List:

Sr No. Name Designation Qualification

1. Prof. Khalid Javed Abid Professor of surgery FRCS

2. Dr. Haroon Rafi Ul Islam Associate professor FRCS

3. Dr. Yasin Rafi Assistant professor FCPS

4. Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Assistant professor FCPS

5. Dr. Husnain Haider Senior registrar FCPS

6. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Senior registrar FCPS

7. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Naeem Senior registrar FCPS

8. Dr. Nadia Chaudhry Senior registrar FCPS

Teaching program:

• Post graduate program:

o MS

o FCPS

o MRCS

• Undergraduate programs:

o MBBS

o BDS

o Nursing

o Physiotherapy

LIST OF THE POST GRADUATE TRAINEES IN THE UNIT:

1. Dr. Abdul Rehman MS

2. Dr. Rana Sohail FCPS

3.Dr. Imran Ashraf FCPS

4. Dr. Feroz Anjum MS

5. Dr. Fakhar Irfan FCPS

6. Dr. Fahad Rizvi FCPS

7. Dr. Banira Karki MS

8. Dr. Masood Nawaz FCPS

9. Dr. Wajid Ali FCPS

10. Dr. Shoaib Anjum FCPS

11. Dr. Jalal Khan MS

12. Dr. Tariq Saddique FCPS

13. Dr. Mudassar Bashir FCPS

14. Dr.Muhammad Afzal FCPS

Research Projects:

• Comparative Study Of Tepp Versus Lichenstien Repair For Inguinal Hernia

• Managenment Of Deudenal Injuries In Blunt And Penetrating Injuries.

• Comparison of the outcomes of iliostomy versus primary repair in enteric perforation

• Role of diagnosric peritoneal lavage and FAST in blunt trauma abdomen