Prof Aamir Ghafoor Khan
Head of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Medical Director of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar
Pakistan
Biography
Prof. Aamir Ghafoor Khan is Past President of Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology & GI Endoscopy. Currently, he heads GI & Hepatology division at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. He was until recently Medical Director of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, which is one of the largest tertiary care teaching Hospital in Pakistan. Besides being the Focal Person for Hepatology in KPK Province of Pakistan, Prof. Aamir is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is an examiner for MRCP(UK) and FCPS exams. He is currently International Adviser(IA) to Royal College of Physician of London and also Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh. He has a sound academic background with the presence on editorial boards and as the reviewer for various Journals like Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatitis Journal of Iran, and Pakistan Journal of Gastroenterology etc. He is a core committee member of World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) Guidelines Committee and Hepatology Interest Group of WGO. Prof. Aamir is a frequent speaker at various International GI & Hepatology meetings and his unit is actively engaged in clinical research in the field of Gastroenterology, with nearly 40 publications to his credit. Besides his academic & professional commitments, he is a keen Squash and Cricket player and a keen Hunter as well.
Research Interest
clinical research in field of Gastroenterology