Departmental Profile

 1.      Faculty

       Dr. Atif Shehzad        Associate  Professor
       MBBS, FCPS (Derm)             

        Dr. Tahir Kamal       Assistant Professor
       MBBS, FCPS (Derm)          

        Dr. Raafia                  Senior Registrar
        MBBS, FCPS (Derm)          

2.      Teaching Program

·        MD        Recognized by University Of Health Sciences Lhr Pakistan

·        MCPS    Recognized by College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan

·        FCPS     Recognized by College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan

3.      Postgraduate Trainee                            7  (MD Dermatology)

                                                            3  ( FCPS )                                            

                                                            9  ( MCPS )

4.      Departmental Teaching

·        Teaching rounds & Daily Consultant Out patient Clinic

·        Regular Participation in Hospital Clinicopathological conference held twice  a month

·        Weekly Journal club

·        Weekly presentations of PGs & also Guest lectures of Various Consultants

5.      Research Work Published

1.       An Editorial on Skin Aging, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologist, Atif Shehzad, Allauddin Mian, Shazia Shah, Volume 21, Number 2 April-June,2011. (www.jpad.org.pk)

2.      A case report of Cutis laxa with systemic involvement, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologist, Volume 20, Number 4 October-December ,2010.Atif Shehzad, Fareeha Amir, Muhammad Kashif Qaseem (www.jpad.org.pk)

3.      Dermatological manifestationof dengue fever in 2011. www.jpad.org.pk)

4.       An Editorial on SUNSCREENS: SOME PRACTICLE ISSUE, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologist, Atif Shehzad, Sohrab, Ijaz hussain, Volume 24, Number 1 JAN--MARCH,2014. (www.jpad.org.pk)

6.                  On going research by Postgraduate students

5.      Association of Serum ferritin levels with non scarring alopecia in women.

6.      Comparison of efficacy and safety of Long Pulsed Nd:Yag Laser vs. Intense Pulse-Light in Idiopathic Hirsutism.

7.      Efficacy and safety of Leflunomide vs Methotrexate in the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis.

8.      Comparison of hydroquinone 2% with mequinol 2% plus arbutine 2% in epidermal melasma.

9.      Comparision of efficacy of fixed low dose regimen( daily vs alternate day ) of  oral isotretinoin in acne vulgaris.

10.  Dyslipidemia in Psoriasis.

11.  Role of treatment of syphilis on serology.

12.  Dermatological manifestation in CRF.

13.  Dermatoscopic features of non scarring alopecia.

7.      Facilities Available:

·        Electrocautery for warts
·        Cryotherapy
·        Mole Removal
·        Scraping for Fungus & mites
·        Smear for LD bodies
·        Skin biopsy
·        Intralesional injections
·        Slit Skin smear for Lepra Bacillus

8.      Outdoor and indoor facility

·        Department of Dermatology is providing treatment to about 200-250 patients daily, six days a week.

·        Department of Dermatology having  the 20  bedded Indoor facility.

9.      Future  Planning 

a)       PHOTOTHERAPY: for vitiligo,eczema ,psoriasis.etc
b)      LASER: for patient of hirsutism
c)      IONTOPHORESIS: for hyperhidrosis.
d)      MYCOLOGY LAB: for culture and diagnosis of fungal infections.
e)      TEACHING MICROSCOPY: for teaching purposes , histopathology  and immunoflourescense.
f)        PATCH TESTING