Board-certified in Allergy & Immunology as well as Internal Medicine, licensed in Texas, with over a decade of experience providing comprehensive care for allergic and immunologic disorders. Successfully manages a thriving private practice while contributing to research, education, and innovation in the field. Recognized for leadership, clinical excellence, and dedication to improving patient outcomes. Published author in peer-reviewed journals and honored with prestigious awards, including Fellowships from AAAAI and ACAAI. Adept at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and delivering evidence-based, patient-centered care.

Dr Abolfazl Iranikhah is a Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Specialist previously with the Tehran University Of Medical Sciences with sub speciality in Pediatrics as well as General Medicine. He has also served as the Dean of Emergency Centre as well as Trauma & Surgical Center at Qom University. He has also remained the Vice Chancellor for Health – Qom University of Medical Sciences. He also served as Deputy to The Minister of Health in Headquarters of Inspection in Qom. Currently he is serving as the Chancellor for Qom University of Medical Sciences since 2014. He is a member of Iranian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has also been involved in Teaching at Upstate Medical University, USA as well as various institutes in UK. He has numerous Publications and theses to his credit, across the globe.

Dr. Aftab Husain completed MBBS in 1976 from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University. He did a rotating internship at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital in 1977. Dr. Husain did a Urology Residency from 1979-1984 at University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark NJ. He has been licensed to practice in New Jersey since 1980. He has been board certified by the American Board of Urology in 1986,2006, and 2016. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons . He is also a member of The American Urological Association. Dr Husain has been in private practice of urology since 1984 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Dr. Husain is an attending surgeon at RBMC, JFK, & RWJH

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Dr. Arshed A. Quyyumi, Former Global President of Medics International, has been involved in clinical translational research in cardiovascular diseases for over 25 years. Dr. Quyyumi received his undergraduate degree in Pharmacology and medical degree from the University of London, England. He completed his residency at Guy's and Royal Free Hospitals in London, and cardiology fellowships at National Heart Hospital, London; Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; and the National Institutes of Health. After completion of his residency and fellowship, he served in several capacities in the Cardiology Branch of National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH in Bethesda, MD, including Senior Investigator and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. In 2001 he was appointed Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, and in 2010 he was named Co-Director of the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute (ECCRI). Since 2005, Dr. Quyyumi has been awarded more than $9 million in research funding. He serves on the Editorial Boards of several national journals, is a member on several Scientific Advisory Boards, and is a reviewer for the NIH-NHLBI Study Sections. Dr. Quyyumi has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and has been an invited speaker and session chair at numerous National and International scientific meetings and conferences. Dr. Quyyumi's research focus includes vascular biology, angiogenesis, progenitor and stem cell biology, mechanisms of myocardial ischemia, and the role of genetic and environmental risks on vascular disease. Other interests have spanned the fields of personalized medicine and disparities in cardiovascular diseases. During his academic career, Dr. Quyyumi has carried out more than 50 NIH, industry-funded, or investigator-initiated projects, including numerous clinical trials. In addition to his phenomenal contribution to the profession of Cardiology in particular medicine in general, Dr. Quyyumi has vast contribution to the society in general and Medics International in particular serving at the Global Board of Regents. Dr. Quyyumi lives with his family in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director of the Evans Foundation MDS Center, and Executive Director of The First Cell Coalition for Cancer Survivors at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Raza completed her medical education in Pakistan, training in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland, Franklin Square Hospital and Georgetown/VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and completed her fellowship in Medical Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. She started her research in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in 1984 and moved to Rush University, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, where she was the Charles Arthur Weaver Professor in Oncology and Director, Division of Myeloid Diseases. The MDS program, along with a Tissue Repository containing more than 60,000 samples from MDS and acute leukemia patients was successfully relocated to Columbia University in 2010. Before moving to New York, Dr. Raza was the Chief of Hematology Oncology and the Gladys Smith Martin Professor of Oncology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. She has published the results of her laboratory research and clinical trials in prestigious, peer reviewed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Blood, Cell, Cancer Cell, PNAS, Cancer, Cancer Research, British Journal of Hematology, Leukemia, Leukemia Research. Dr. Raza has mentored hundreds of medical students, residents, oncology fellows, doctoral and post-doctoral students in the last three decades. She serves on numerous National and International panels as a reviewer, consultant and advisor. Raza has collaborated on multiple high yielding large research projects with pharmaceutical companies including Celgene, Novartis, Regeneron and Grail Inc, and serves on the Board of GRAIL Inc. Raza is the recipient of a number of awards including The First Lifetime Achievement Award from APPNA, Award in Academic Excellence twice (2007 and 2010) from Dogana, and Woman of the Year Award from Safeer e Pakistan, CA, The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 (shared with the Nobel Laureate Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn) and the 2016 and 2019 Recognition Award from Developments in Literacy. Dr. Raza has been named as one of the 100 Women Who Matter by Newsweek Pakistan. In 2015, Dr. Raza was a member of the Founder Group at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton. On December 1, 2015, Dr. Raza was part of a core group of cancer researchers who met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative. She is also the co-author of GHALIB: Epistemologies of Elegance, a book on the works of the famous Urdu poet. She believes that the best way to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world” is by promoting and publicizing the achievements of humanity in science, art, and literature. She was married to the late Harvey D. Preisler, Director, Rush University Cancer Center in Chicago and has a daughter Sheherzad Raza Preisler who also lives in New York.

Professor Bagher Larijani was trained as an endocrinologist at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and obtained his Fellowship distinction from the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). He is the Founding President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI), the largest medical research center in Iran with dozens of scientists and hundreds of employees. He is currently Professor of Medicine at TUMS and serves as Deputy Minister of Health. He has served as the Chancellor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, the oldest and most prestigious medical school in Iran, and has held the position of the Chairman of the Policy-making Council at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. In addition to his leadership role in Iranian medicine, Dr. Larijani continues to practice endocrinology and conducts clinical research. He has authored hundreds of journal articles and published several books in the fields of endocrinology, osteoporosis and medical ethics. With more than 16000 citations and an H-index of 68 recorded by Google Scholar in 2019, he is arguably the most prominent physician in Iran. Internationally, he has contributed to several global-scale research and policy-making conventions and assemblies, such as Lancet Commission on Obesity, and has been involved in different capacities in many projects of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, World Health Organization and other global health-related groups. It is noteworthy that during the past two decades, his main interest at the EMRI has been promoting pioneering translational medicine in Iran and bridging the gap between basic and clinical research in diabetes, osteoporosis, and other non-communicable diseases. Recently, as the Deputy-Chair of the National Supreme Committee for Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, Dr. Larijani has made significant contributions to design and development of national-scale, multi-sectoral policies aiming at controlling the rampant nation-wide increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases which is predicted to dramatically inflict the nation in the future.

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Dr Fatima Zahra Aly is a board certified Cytopathologist and Surgical Pathologist with special interest in head and neck pathology as well as pulmonary pathology. She is currently a Professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, USA. She has mentored many graduate students and is actively involved in training residents and fellows in anatomic pathology. Her research interests include refining morphological diagnostic criteria, validation of instruments and immunohisto chemical tests as well as quality assurance as required by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification which is a US federal regulation ensuring the quality of all laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States

Dr. Huma Naqvi, Medics International Global President, is Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director Geriatric Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Naqvi completed her MBBS at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre—Jinnah Sindh Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan, her internal medicine internship at St. Vincent Medical Center and her physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Naqvi’s particular areas of clinical expertise include geriatric rehabilitation, elderly musculoskeletal issues, wound care and alternative and complementary medicine—especially acupuncture for pain management. Dr. Naqvi’s research focus is on global health initiatives in Iraq. Dr. Naqvi started a certification course for Iraqi physicians and therapists on rehabilitation techniques and interventions and spearheads our Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Project in Iraq, in addition to overseeing all activities in her role as Global President.

Dr. Jaffer Syed graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1998. After the completion of residency training and Clinical Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, he has held various consultant and academic positions; currently Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, McMaster University. He is passionate about medical education, and he continues to serve as teaching Faculty at the annual Interventional Cardiology Fellows’ Course, a meeting of national importance organized by the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Syed’s clinical interests include complex/high-risk coronary interventions and trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). He is currently the Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of the Cardiac Program at Waterloo Regional Health Network, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He also regularly volunteers with the IMI Arbaeen medical mission in Iraq.

Dr. Riaz is a Vice President of Architecture and Engineering at Ameriprise Financial in the insurance, finance, HR, and enterprise risk domains. Previously he was the Director of Data Engineering at Securian Financial. At Securian Financial, he was focused on instituting enterprise data strategy and creating data engineering discipline that drove innovative solutions for insurance and financial products. He was also the Director of Architecture and Strategy at Thomson Reuters where he worked on natively built AI solutions and Third-party AI systems like IBM Watson. He has been providing architectural oversight in various industries for more than a decade. He is a science advisor for various AI startups. Kashif specializes in design and architecture of large-scale data analysis and data platforms that focus on Big Data, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and search frameworks in and across multiple domains. He has a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a focus on Machine Learning, information retrieval, and linguistics. He specializes in the intelligent processing of morphologically rich languages with an emphasis on Urdu. He has various peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri is a distinguished ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) surgeon specializing in cochlear implants. With a passion for restoring the gift of sound, Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri is renowned for his expertise in addressing complex auditory conditions with precision and compassion. Throughout his career, Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri has been at the forefront of innovation, embracing the latest advancements in ENT and cochlear implant technology. His commitment to excellence is matched only by his unwavering compassion for his patients, guiding them through every step of their treatment journey with empathy and understanding. Whether it's restoring hearing in infants born with congenital deafness or providing hope to adults experiencing progressive hearing loss, Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri is dedicated to helping his patients reclaim the joy of sound. Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri has served as the Director General of Directorate General of Private Health Establishments, Ministry of Health, Oman. Under his leadership private healthcare has witnessed exceptional transformation. He was spearheading the efforts of private healthcare during the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. He is also: Founder Member of Oman ENT Society Editorial Board Member for Journal of Oman Medical Association Founder Member of GCC ENT Society Founder Member of World Hearing Forum Member British Association of Pediatric Otolaryngologist (BAPO) Member Hearing International Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri has a rich experience of more than 4 decades. He has served as the head of department of ENT at Al Nahda Hospital, Muscat for almost 2 decades. He was advisor for Clinical Affairs to the Minister of Health. He has served as Director General of Directorate General Private Health Establishments for 6 years. Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri also served as Director General of Khoula Hospital, Muscat. He was the President of the Arab Board ENT Program. He has chaired the ENT Residency Training Program for 12 years. He is serving as Senior Clinical Lecturer College of Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University. He has served as World Health Organization consultant for Ear Care Program in developing countries.

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Dr. Sadiq Al-Sakini is a graduate of Baghdad University, Medical college in 1990. Had Master Degree in Pathology from Baghdad in 1995 and the fellowship of The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) in 2007. Currently works as a specialist pathologist in Anatomical Pathology Service in Auckland and an Honorary Senior Lecturer – Molecular Medicine & Pathology, Auckland Medical School, New Zealand. Work includes dealing with histopathology and cytopathology with special interest in gynaecology pathology, including cervical screening cytology.

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Dr. Shahriar Heidary completed an Echocardiography fellowship at Harvard University Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital after he received his general Cardiology training at the University of Southern California. After this, Dr. Heidary finished an advanced cardiac imaging fellowship in Cardiac MRI at Stanford University. He is now a Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine as well as Director of Specialty at Sea Mar Community Health Clinics in Seattle. He is immediate past President of the AHA Board for the Puget Sound Area. He is a long time member of IMI and previously has served 2 terms on the IMI US BOD. He is now serving as a member of the Board of Regents.

Syed F Jafri MD F.A.C.P. is a BC Gastroenterologist that has over 35 years of experience both in academic and private practice arenas . He is currently practicing in the Greater Metropolitan Houston, Texas. He has served as Board Member (2004-2015) Texas Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and a Fellow, American College of Physicians. Member IMI Global Board of Regents, Dr. Syed Jafri has served in IMI conferences held in Houston for the past two decades and being a speaker in other IMI conferences. He has also served in the IMI Texas Advisory Board and will add representative voice from our Southern US membership . In addition to professional work, he has been active in serving multiple Islamic organizations over the past four decades in USA.

Dr. Syed Wajih Rizvi graduated from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. He did his internal medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, and then completed a fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Disorders from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Hahnemann University, and the University of Pennsylvania. For 8 years he headed the Endocrine Division of the Dakota Clinic and Innovis Health Systems in Fargo, ND, and was Associate Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at the University of North Dakota. Currently he is an Associate Professor, Clinical Endocrinology, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Chief of R-Endocrinology and R-Research, in Hamilton, NJ. Dr. Rizvi is one of the founding members of Medics International, and serves as Advisor, International Relations & Affairs and the Permanent Representative to the United Nations and oversees the Global Headquarters. He has an avid interest in philosophy, Urdu poetry, traveling and wild life. He lives with his family in New Jersey.

Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon and owner of Khan Eyelid & Facial Aesthetics in Plano, TX, Dr. Tanya Khan specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive rejuvenation of the eyes and face. She has published and presented extensively on facial fillers, neurotoxins, dark circle treatments, and most recently was the clinical investigator on a novel lash lengthening beauty product. As a member of the SkinCeuticals Physicians Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the RealSelf Doctor Advisory Board, Dr. Khan is a recognized industry expert, featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Allure magazine, and U.S. News & World Report. In her spare time, Dr. Khan enjoys being active at Orange Theory Fitness and spending time with her family and friends.

Dr Zafar Naqvi is a board-certified psychiatrist with subspecialty certifications in Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. With over two decades of experience in academic psychiatry and clinical leadership, he currently leads outpatient services at CONFIDANTE Psychiatry Services and Massachusetts Psychiatry Services. Dr. Naqvi received his medical degree from Dow Medical College and completed his postgraduate training in psychiatry at Aga Khan Medical College in Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He held prominent academic roles including faculty at Harvard Medical School for 10 plus years and Assistant Professor at UMass Medical School, where he also served as co-director and preceptor in addiction psychiatry education. His clinical expertise includes inpatient detox, outpatient psychiatry, and integrated consult-liaison psychiatry across medical, surgical, and critical care settings. He has published on topics such as opioid dependence and chronic pain, contributed to national guidelines on benzodiazepine use, and established innovative treatment clinics including Sublocade and Vivitrol programs. Dr Naqvi is an International Associate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and a founding member of the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School. A frequent presenter at academic forums, Dr. Naqvi has delivered grand rounds and keynote lectures on addiction and mental health and is dedicated to demystifying psychiatry through community outreach and public education - His presentations also includes Psychoanalytic review of Urdu poetry specially Urdu Ghazals from famous poets