General Medicine

This is one of the busiest units of the hospital with a very rapid turnover. Department is staffed with highly experienced specialists rendering inpatient and outpatient services for a wide range of medical illnesses in a caring and friendly environment.
Regular teaching ward rounds and other academic activities are major features of the department including, Intensive Review and Clinical courses for post graduate examinations. In addition to this, the department is actively involved in arranging seminars and symposia on common and important topics in general medicine involving general practitioners and other medical staff for continuation of medical education.

The Department of Medicine has a structured training program for undergraduate medical students including regular lectures, small group discussion and clinical teaching.

Facilities available at the department include 96 beds, 8 rooms for outdoor patients, consultant rooms, departmental library, tutorial rooms for students, audiovisual system and measures to deal with fire and safety.

Department of internal medicine is recognized by PMDC and CPSP. Currently 34 postgraduate students are under training at the department for FCPS and MD medicine and candidates from other departments also come regularly for training in general medicine on rotational basis. Three batches of Shaikh Khalifa Bin Sultan Medical and Dental Collage have been graduated up till now and new graduates join our department again for completion of their house jobs.



Faculty

Professor & Head of Department (Medicine)
 
Prof. Azeem Taj M.B.B.S, FCPS
Contact:
 
drazeemtaj@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
 
Diabetes, Endocrinology, Infectious diseases, medical research

Associate Professor
 
Dr. Muhammad Uthman Ahmed M.B.B.S, FCPS (Medicine)
Contact:
 
medicalspecialist71@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
 
Endocrinology and infectious diseases

Assistant Professor
 
Dr. Alia Ali Muhammad M.B.B.S, FCPS (Medicine)
Contact:
 
aliaalijoher@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
 
Diabetes

Assistant Professor (Medicine)
 
Dr. Uzma Naseem M.B.B.S, FCPS
Contact:
 
uzmamamoon@gmail.com
Research Interests:
 
Medical education and research, diabetes , HIV