KARACHI: Pakistan Civil Awards will be presented to Aga Khan University's Professor Rukhsana Zuberi and Dr Shahid Sami by Governor of Sindh, Imran Ismail during a ceremony at the Governor's House here on Saturday.
Professor Zuberi and Dr Sami are among 127 Pakistani and foreign nationals to receive the awards conferred on the occasion of Pakistan Day 2019.
The two seasoned medical professionals during their decades-long careers have played a key role in raising academic and clinical standards, and in enhancing teaching and learning practices in medicine and education.
Dr Zuberi, being conferred with the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, in a statement here Friday expressed her gratitude to Allah for being honored.
Educating the next generation of caregivers, researchers and leaders to tackle new challenges has been truly inspirational, she said.
Professor Zuberi, a joint appointee in the departments of family medicine and educational development said she was equally grateful for this acknowledgment of her services.
Dr Zuberi began her career at AKU in March 1986 and went on to become the chair of the Department for Educational Development as well as Associate Dean, Education.
She has also held top positions at the Medical College that saw her contributions to improving assessment practices and student engagement recognised by Europe's Association of Medical Education and Pakistan's Association of Excellence in Medical Education.
She has also played a crucial role in planning and commissioning Pakistan's first and only simulation-based healthcare education facility, the Center for Innovation in Medical Education, CIME, and served as its first interim director.
The Sitara-e-Imtiaz will be conferred on Dr Shahid Sami, a senior lecturer in AKU's department of surgery and a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Dr Sami joined the University in 1998 after completing his postgraduate training in the UK. Besides bringing back the expertise to perform complex cardiac operations to Pakistan.
He also established teaching and training programmes that have honed the skills of the current generation of surgeons, nurses, technicians and perfusionists.
Dr Sami also serves as the vice-president of the Pakistan Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons and contributes to national and international societies of cardiothoracic surgeons which work on enhancing and introducing cardiac surgery programmes within and outside Pakistan.
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