Wasim Jafri Explained

S. M. Wasim Jafri
Birthname:SM Wasim Jafri
Birth Place:Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Occupation:Gastroenterologist,
Head of the Gastroenterology Section, Aga Khan University
Website:Jafri's Profile at AKU

S. M. Wasim Jafri is a Pakistani gastroenterologist. He serves as a professor of medicine and head of the gastroenterology section at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan.[1] [2] He obtained his high school education at the Don Bosco High School, Lahore. His family moved from Lahore to Karachi where he studied at the D. J. Science College. He later studied medicine at the Dow Medical College, Karachi and obtained his MBBS degree from the University of Karachi.[1]

Jafri received training in general medicine and gastroenterology between 1978 and 1984 from England. He is one of the leading gastroenterologists in his region. He has published more than 70 publications in peer reviewed journals. His main areas of interest are chronic liver diseases from hepatitis B and C.[1]

He is the patron of the Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD).[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S. M. Wasim Jafri . Aga Khan University (AKU) . 23 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Down with sickness: Experts debate risks of hepatitis, claim hepatitis C can be treated . Correspondent . . 28 July 2014 . 23 August 2017.
  3. Web site: 10 Million Hepatitis Positive in Pakistan . Staff report . National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP) . 23 August 2017.