| Honorific Prefix: | Dr. |
| Tahir Shamsi | |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1962 |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Education: | MBBS |
| Alma Mater: | Dow Medical College Royal College of Pathologists |
| Occupation: | physician, researcher and hematologist |
| Known For: | Bone marrow transplant |
| Work Institutions: | National Institute for Blood Diseases (founder) |
| Specialism: | hematology |
| Prizes: | Lifetime achievement award (2016) |
Tahir Sultan Shamsi (Urdu: ڈاکٹر طاہر سلطان شمسی; 18 February 1962 – 21 December 2021) was a Pakistani professor of medicine, researcher and pioneer of Bone marrow transplant in Pakistan worked as a clinical hematologist and bone marrow transplant physician. He established the National Institute for Blood Diseases (NIBD).[1] He was the director of the Stem Cell Programme at NIBD as well.[2] [3] [4]
Shamsi was born on 18 February 1962. At the age of eight, he memorized the Quran. He graduated from Dow Medical College in 1988 and received a postgraduate degree from the Royal College of Pathologists.[5] He died from a stroke on 21 December 2021, at the age of 59.[3]
A pioneer of bone marrow transplants in Pakistan,[6] the doctor performed the first transplant in the country in 1995 after returning from the United Kingdom. Shamsi is credited with introducing bone-marrow transplants in Pakistan in 1996. So far, he performed 650 bone-marrow transplants and wrote over 100 research articles.[7]