Introduction
The Pakistan Society of Hematology (PSH) has been founded to promote and foster the exchange of information relating to blood, blood-forming tissues, and blood diseases. The Society is aimed to serve as a forum for bringing together practitioners and those involved in the practice of Haematology in Pakistan and abroad.
Aims And Objectives
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To Promote the advancement of Haematology, including transfusion medicine, through encouragement of research, improvement of teaching and technical methods, organizations of affiliations with other national and international organizations.
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To provide a forum for persons practicing Haematology and transfusion medicine to discuss problems and to formulate and present agreed viewpoint at national and international forum.
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To offer guidance and training to qualified doctors in order to prepare for postgraduate examinations in the subject of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine.
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To coordinate and standardize the practice of Haematology through expert committees.
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Bushra Moiz
President
Professor of Haematology, Consultant Haematologist
The Aga Khan University, Karachi - Pakistan
Prof. Ayisha Imran
President-Elect
Head of Blood Bank, Transfusion Center & Haematology Dept
Chughtai Institute of Pathology (CIP), Lahore - Pakistan
Dr. Munira Borhany
Secretary / Treasurer
Consultant Haematologist
Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi - Pakistan
Executive Council Members
Armed Forces
- Brig Dr Fahim Akhtar
- Brig Dr Nighat Shahbaz
- Lt Col Dr Rafia Mahmood
Punjab
- Dr Javerai Fatima
- Dr Muhammad Asif Naveed
- Dr Nazish Saqlain
- Dr Irem Iqbal
- Dr Yasmeen Batool
Sindh
- Dr Natasha Ali
- Dr Naila Raza
- Dr Syed Jawad Hassan
- Dr Kiran Aamir
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Dr Shahtaj Khan
- Dr Yasar Mehmood Yousafzai
Baluchistan & Azad Kashmir
- Dr Saima Iram (Baluchistan)
- Dr Zahida Qasim (Azad Kashmir)
National & International Collaborations
Information Update in Progress
PSH actively collaborates with various national and international haematology and pathology societies. A detailed list of our partners and joint initiatives will be updated here shortly.
Our Journey
1991
Pakistan Society of haematology (PSH) was raised as “Pakistan Society of Haematology/Transfusion Medicine (PASHT)” in 1991. A meeting was held at 5 pm Friday, November 22, 1991. Professor Dr Mohammad Khurshid, Brig (later Lt Gen) Muhammad Saleem, Dr Khalid Zafar Hashmi, Dr Nasim Siddiqui, and Dr Abdul Hayee attended the meeting as members in presence of Prof A. V Hoffbrand.
1994 - 1996
In September 1994, it was proposed to meet all PASHT members during the PAP conference at Quetta where a provisional constitution was proposed. Later, Haematologists from all over the country met on Saturday 9th March, 1996 at Hotel Pearl Continental Rawalpindi. It was unanimously agreed that the official name of the society will be “Pakistan Society of Haematology” with the abbreviation “PSH”.
1998
PSH was registered with Govt of Pakistan on 8th August 1998 as a non-political and non-sectarian body. It was decided that the First National Conference will be held on 4th October 1998. Since then, the Annual conference is held regularly in all capital cities of Pakistan.
Past Presidents
- Professor Abdul Hayee
- Professor Abdul Khaliq
- Professor Muhammad Khurshid
- Professor Khalid Zafar Hashmi
- Major General Masood Anwar, HI(M)
- Professor Khalid Hassan
- Major General Suhaib Ahmed
- Professor Samina Naeem
- Major General Muhammad Ayyub, HI(M)
- Professor Nisar Ahmad
- Major Genenal (Retd) Parvez Ahmed, HI(M)
- Professor Salman Naseem Adil
Past Secretaries
- Dr Khalid Zafar Hashmi
- Colonel (Dr) Masood Anwar
- Dr Fazle-e-Raziq
- Dr Salman Naseem Adil
- Dr Shaheen Kauser
- Brigadier (Dr) Nadir Ali
- Brigadier (Dr) Pervez Ahmed
- Dr Nadeem Ikram
- Dr Humera Rafiq
- Brigadier (Dr) Tariq Mahmood Satti
- Dr Saima Farhan
- Colonal (Dr) Mehreen Ali Khan
- Dr Natasha Ali