MAIRA KHAN

PROFILE

Compassionate professional skilled in managing medical emergencies and fostering positive relationships with patients and families. Expert in communicating medical terminology clearly and concisely to patients, families and other healthcare professionals. Highly organized and detail-oriented for accurately completing paperwork and documentation.

M.B.B.S.

Agha Khan Hospital Karachi, Burns and Plastics,

[04-06-23  to  04-9-23]

 Assisted Dr. Zia ul Islam consultant plastic surgery in cleft palate surgery,

Assisted surgery of congenital melanoma, Learned standard operating room protocol, Shadowed consultants during rounds and clinics, Mastered approach to burns patients with proper history examination follow up and their management

 Learned to operate the software that is used at AKUH for data entry and record

• Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, KHI, Surgery Unit 3,

[12-10-21 to  01-01-22,] 

Enhanced approach to surgical patient,

 Mastered skills like passing IV, IM injections, folleys, drawing bloods sending labs learned ABGs and X-ray interpretation,

 assisted  tru cut biopsy of a breast lump under consultant's supervision

• National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD), Learned approach to CVD, learned doing and interpreting ECG
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Housejob at Abbasi shaheed Hospital Karachi

[march2024-april2025]

departments of rotation;

Medicine unit 2 under care of dr aneela altaf

subrotation mecical icu,acident and emergency dermatology,gastro neuromedicine.i learned patient care,counceling basic medical and emergencymanagement ,managing ketoacidosis,ventilator setting abgs bipap cpap running and running opds.

Pediatric unit 2 under care of dr. ibrahim

learned approach to various pediatric illness,rotated in HDU ward ,isolation ,gained command over bacis emergengy and out patient units.

Surgery unit 2 under care of dr.rizwan ahmed khan

major procedures like laprotomy,laproscopic cholecystectomy ,,hernia repair,wound debridement emergency proceedures like thoracotomy,minor procedures like corn removal ,cyst excision,InD,managing patient wound care ,dressing pain management,examination and conducting out patient units independently

Gynecology unit 3 under care of dr.shaista rashid

well trained to perform spontaneous vaginal deiveries,dilatation and curettage'asisted dilation and evacuation hystrectomies ,c-sections,gained command over running antenatal clinics cervical screening and

 secured distinctions in following subjects/modules;

• Hematology
• Infectious diseases
• Head and neck
• Endocrinology

• poster presentation on management of chikungunya virus at medeCon at karachi metropolitan university[ jan 2025]
• Certification for first aid and basic life support training by Pakistan Red Crescent

[jan 5,2020]

• passed levels of First Response Initiative of Pakistan [may ,2022]

• Attended symposium at AKUH on NCDs and their prevalence

• Upgraded level 1 and 2 of Karachi Medical Research Society

• Basic sugical workshop [at dr irfan skill lab abbasi shaheed hospital]

• pediatric resuscitation and intubation workshop[Dr irfan skill lab abbasi shaheed hospital]

• advanced trauma life support [Dr irfan skill lab abbasi shaheed hospital]

• symposium on LANDSCAPE OF RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN at aghakhan university [dec 2022]

• beginner guide to reseach online workshop series by agha khan university [june 2022]

• certification on ATLS and PEARL by NHCPS [IN PROGRESS APRIL 2025]

• Health Care Cost of People with Multiple NCD (Non-communicable diseases), Provider's Perspective, Department of Community Medicine, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Analyzed and calculated the data in this research, Formulated synopsis

• Narrative review on "prevalence of hyperurecemia in patient with HFpEF" still in progress

experienced as co author for writing the paper , litreature search,mesh terms and bollean ,referencing and final reviewing .

• authored a viewpoint on" use of theraputic ultrasound therapy for chronic chickungunys artheritis in karachi"(publication under peer riview) worked as a primary author
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