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Name:              DR. MOHAMMAD OSMAN YUSUF

 

ADDRESSES:

HEAD OFFICE:

The Allergy and Asthma Institute, Pakistan.

No. 275, Gomal Road, Sector E-7, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. 44000.

Tel: 00-9251-2827077. Fax: 00-9251-2273669

Email:                         osman_allergy@yahoo.com,             osmanallergy@yahoo.com,

                                                mail@allergypakistan.com

 

CLINICS:                                                    

ISLAMABAD:

No. 275, Gomal Road, Sector E-7, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. 44000.

Tel: 051-2827077. Fax: 051-2273669

 

LAHORE:                                         

Masood Hospital, Ferozepur Road, Lahore.

Tel. (042) 5881961 to 3, 111-627-663.

 

KARACHI:

Hill Park General Hospital, Shaheed-e-Millat Rd., Karachi.

Tel. (021) 4537491, 4538560 - 3.

 

The Asthma and Allergy Institute,

108, First Floor, Clifton Centre, Schon Circle, Karachi.

Tel. (021) 5821075-6, 0333-2174212.

 

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Belhoul European Hospital, Diyafah Street, Satwa, Bur Dubai.

Tel. (00971-4) 3454000

 

 

SATELLITE CLINICS:

HYDERABAD:

Dr Iqbal Hazik, Dr Irum Iqbal,

The Allergy & Asthma Clinic, Red Crescent General Hospital, Latifabad No. 6, Hyderabad.

Tel. (0221) 811859, 0320-

 

COLLABORATING CLINICS:

MIRPUR

Tariq Labs, Opp Civil Hospital, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

 

FAISALABAD

Dr Tallat Mehmood, Consultant Chest Specialist,

The Allergy Clinic, Jaranwala Road, near Rana Velvet Showroom, Faisalabad.

 

 

 

 


CURRENT POSITIONS

 

1.            Consultant Allergy and Asthma Specialist, Clinical Immunologist,

            The Allergy and Asthma Clinics, Pakistan, and the

            Pakistan Institute of Asthma and Allergy.

            www.allergypakistan.com

 

 

2.         Faculty Member and Country Expert,

            World Allergy Organisation GLORIA (Global Resources in Allergy) Programme.

            www.worldallergy.org

 

3.            Member, Advisory Committee,

            World Health Organisation and World Allergy Organistion Joint ARIA Programme

            (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma).

            www.whiar.org

 

 

4.             President and Chief Organiser,

            International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) for Pakistan.

            www.ipcrg.org

 

 

5.            Regional Collaborator,

            International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Children (The ISAAC Study).

            www.isaac.org

 

6.            Regional Consultant, The UCB Institute of Allergy for Pakistan and Middle East.

            www.theucbinstituteofallergy.ucb.be

 

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

1.         Free Lance International Consultant on Allergy, Asthma, Immunology and AIDS.

02 July, 1996 to date. Consultant to United Nationas Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS.

 

4.            Immunologist and Allergy Specialist,

Founder & Head of Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology,

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad. 20 April 1993 to 01 July, 1996.

 

5.            Scientific Officer, Department of Immunology,

(Regional W.H.O. and National Reference Centre for AIDS), National Institute of Health,

Islamabad. January 1987 to June 1990 and July 1991 to April 1993.

 

6.            Founding Assistant Manager, National AIDS Control Programme,

Government of Pakistan and W.H.O. Short Term Plan for AIDS. 1989 - 1990.

 

7.            Immunologist, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. June 1990 to July 1991.

 

8.            Residency in General Medicine and General Surgery, D.H.Q. Hospital, Rawalpindi.

 


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

 

1.            Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.). October 1981.

University of the Punjab, in Medical Science subjects.

 

2.            Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.).

July 1985. University of the Punjab, Lahore.

 

3.            Membership of College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.C.P.S.)

in Clinical Pathology. May 1991.

 

4.            Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Immunology. September 1992.

Subject of thesis and research: Mast Cell Tryptase and Eosinophil Cationic Protein in Allergic Reactions. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.

 

5.            Diploma in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Member of the European Academy of  Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Sweden. 1999

 

 

6.         Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Clinical Sciences. 2001.

Subject of thesis and research: The Efficacy of Specific Allergen Immunotherapy (Allergy Vaccination) in Aeroinhalant (respiratory) allergy in Islamabad.

 

7.         Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2002.

 

8.         Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2003.

 


WORK EXPERIENCE (in Related Fields)

 

1.            Allergy and asthma:

            Established first full fledged allergy diagnostic, research and therapeutic laboratory and clinic in Pakistan. Developed indigenous allergens for diagnosis and therapy. Clinical management of all types of allergy patients. Established and evaluated new treatment protocols for the treatment of urticaria. Studying the effects of reproductive hormones on different types of allergies.

 

2.            Clinical Immunology:

            Extensive experience in all aspects of diagnostic and research immunology and serology, using all sorts of conventional and advanced techniques like radio immuno assay, enzyme immuno assay (ELISA), immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry etc. for both routine as well as specialised tests. In addition established several immunodiagnostic techniques for the first time in Pakistan.

 

3.            HIV/AIDS: 

            Screening and confirmatory testing, by Western blotting, immunofluorescence etc. including evaluation and testing of immunodiagnostic kits. Counselling for HIV/AIDS patients. Programme management. Epidemiological surveillance and screening programmes.

 

4.            Specialised in Quality Control in Medical / Diagnostic Laboratories.

 

5.            Experience in all disciplines of clinical pathology, including:

i.          Haematology

ii.          Chemical pathology (clinical chemistry)

iii.         Microbiology

 

 


CONSULTANCIES

 

1.            Consultant to UNAIDS/Pakistan. UNAIDS/Pakistan Review Mission

First ever Review of the UNAIDS System in any country. May to June 1998

 

2.            Consultant on AIDS to ACTIONAID, Pakistan. December 1997.

 

3.            Consultant to The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) for Developing a Support Project to the Government of Pakistan. December 1994.

 

4.            Consultant to the UNIFEM and UNESCO for developing educational support material for HIV/AIDS. 1993 - 1995.

 

5.            Consultant for The United Nations (UNAIDS Asia Pacific Intercountry Team). Listed in the Inventory of HIV/AIDS Information Sources in the Asia Pacific Region.

 

6.            Consultant to UNESCAP and CEC for organising and conducting a

National Training Workshop on Community Based Drug Demand Reduction and AIDS/HIV Prevention. Islamabad, December 1995.

 

7.            Consultant to the Health Services Academy, Ministry of Health,

for National Workshop on the Aspects and Management of AIDS.

Health Services Academy, Ministry of Health, Islamabad. 26 to 30 March 1994.

 

8.            Consultant to the University of Karachi, for the First and Second National Workshops on Immunology, Immunodiagnostics, AIDS and Flow Cytometry,

Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Karachi, Karachi.

 

9.            Consultant to the National AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health, for

WHO/National Workshop on Clinical Management and Counselling of AIDS,

for Senior Clinicians and Health-care Personnel. 1993 in Karachi and Islamabad.

 

10.            Consultant to KZR Human Resource Development Organisation, for developing a Workshop on Development of Media Campaign For AIDS.

Islamabad. 3 to 4 December 1994.

 

11.            Consultant to National Health Education, Research and Referral Institute (NHERRI) on developing a community based AIDS prevention plan, as part of an overall rural health uplift  and support programme.

 

12.            Consultant to various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working on AIDS, including Pakistan AIDS Prevention Society (PAPS), Karachi, AIDS Information & Diagnosis Services (AIDS), Karachi, Imran Drug Detoxification Centre, Rawalpindi, etc.

 


TEACHING

 

1.            Nation-wide lecture series

 

            i.            ARIA Programme of World Allergy Organisation & World Health             Organisation.

 

            ii.            GLORIA (Global Resources in Allergy) Programme of World Allergy                                     Organisation.

 

            iii.            Diagnosis and Management of Allergic Diseases. 1995 to date.

 

 

2.            Teaching Immunology at Post Graduate level for D.C.P., M.Phil., and F.C.P.S. students, Quaid-e-Azam Post Graduate Medical Institute, Islamabad.

 

 

3.         Post Graduate Research co-supervised on Immunology related research of students at Quaid-e-Azam Post Graduate Medical Institute, Islamabad, and Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad. Two students for M. Phil (Pathology) and one for M.D.S.

 

 

4.            Examiner for M.Phil. (Immunology / Microbiology), University of Karachi, Karachi.

 

 

5.            National Wellcome Lecture Series on the Management of Viral and Retroviral Infections for Wellcome Pharmaceuticals.

 

 

6.            General Lectures on various aspects of Immunology, Allergy, Clinical Pathology and AIDS, to doctors, pathologists, technologists and health care workers, at local and regional levels.

 

 

7.         Author of several informative booklets, handouts and notes on immunology, allergy, quality control and AIDS.

 


WORKSHOPS ORGANISED AND CONDUCTED

 

1.            WHO/UNDP Workshop on Immunohistochemical Techniques.

National Institute of Health, Islamabad. September 1987.

Consultant: Mr. M. Khan, University of Birmingham, U.K.

 

2.            National Workshops on the Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection/AIDS.

i.            N.I.H., Islamabad. August 1987.

ii.            N.I.H., Islamabad. 27 Jan. to 1 Feb. 1988.

iii.            N.I.H., Islamabad. 18-22 June 1989.

iv.            N.I.H., Islamabad. 2-6 July 1989.       

 

3.            International WHO/EMRO Workshop on Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection/AIDS. National Institute of Health, Islamabad. 22-26 November 1987.

Visiting Consultants: Dr. Richard George and Dr. Craig Lyerla, C.D.C., Atlanta, Georgia.

 

4.         Fifth National Workshop on AIDS/HIV Infection.

Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. 29 July to 2 August 1989.

 

5.         WHO International Workshop on the Laboratory Proficiency and Quality Control of the Diagnosis of HIV Infection/AIDS. National Institute of Health, Islamabad.

5-9 Nov. 1989. Visiting Consultant: Dr. Niel T. Constantine, Director of Immunology,  University of Maryland, U.S.A. and Consultant to the Global Programme on AIDS.

 

6.         WHO International Workshop on the Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection/AIDS. National Institute of Health, Islamabad. 7-11 Nov. 1990.

Visiting Consultant: Dr. Wanda K. Jones, C.D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

 

7.         WHO National Workshop on the Quality Control and Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection. National Institute of Health, Islamabad. 14-18 July 1991.

 

8.         WHO National Workshop on Psychosocial Counselling for AIDS and related diseases. National Institute of Health, Islamabad. 3-5 September 1991.

 

9.         WHO Seminars on AIDS for Teachers, at Islamabad and Karachi.

August to September 1991.

 

10.       WHO Seminars on the Clinical Management and Counselling of AIDS Patients, at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. August to September 1991.

 

11.            WHO/National Workshop on Clinical Management and Counselling of AIDS, for Senior Clinicians and Health-care Personnel.

i.            Karachi,                       24-27 October 1993

ii.            Islamabad,                   30 Oct. to 1 Nov. 1993.

 

12.            National Workshop on the Aspects and Management of AIDS

Health Services Academy, Ministry of Health, Islamabad. 26 to 30 March 1994.

 

13.       First National Workshop on Immunology, Immunodiagnostics, AIDS and Flow Cytometry, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, I.I.D.R.L.,

University of Karachi, Karachi. 1 to 10 July 1994.

 

14.            Workshop on Development of Media Campaign For AIDS

Organised by KZR Human Resource Development Organisation, Islamabad.

            3 to 4 December 1994.

 

15.            National Training Workshop on Community Based Drug Demand Reduction and AIDS/HIV Prevention. Organised by UNESCAP and CEC. Islamabad, December 1995.

 

16.            National Training Workshop & Seminar on AIDS: A Developmental Issue.

Organised by ACTIONAID, Pakistan. Islamabad. 1st December, 1997.


RESEARCH

 

1.         Special interest in modifying immuno-diagnostic techniques for application in developing countries. Establishment of immuno-diagnostic techniques not routinely carried out in Pakistan.

 

2.         Early diagnosis and monitoring of acute allergic reactions, using different enzymes as markers, including mast cell tryptase and eosinophil cationic protein (M.Sc. Research).

 

3.            Preparation, purification and evaluation (clinical and laboratory) of allergenic extracts for use as diagnostic agents and immunotherapy extracts (allergy vaccines). Evaluation of efficacy of immunotherapy in respiratory allergies. Research on indigenous allergies.

 

4.            Established immunofluorescence staining on human renal tissues for the first time in Pakistan. Co-supervised an M.Phil. thesis at the Quaid-e-Azam Post Graduate Medical Institute, Islamabad (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad) in this subject.

 

5          Study on the incidence of Oestrogen Receptors in human breast tissue by immuno-peroxidase staining technique. Co-investigator in a PMRC Research Project on this subject and Co-supervised an M.Phil. thesis at the Quaid-e-Azam Post Graduate Medical Institute, Islamabad (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad) in this subject.

 

6.             Evaluation of different commercial diagnostic kits, including testing for AIDS and HIV infection, for use in Pakistan.

 

7.         The humoral immune response in Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF). Co-supervised an M.D.S. research thesis on this subject at the Quaid-e-Azam Post-graduate Medical Institute, Islamabad, (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad).

 

8.            Research in the efficacy of traditional medicines for the treatment of AIDS/HIV infection.

 


EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

 

1.            Collaborator, The International Study on Allergy and Asthma in Childhood. (The    ISAAC Study). Surveyed over 10,000 school children for allergy and asthma.

 

 

2            Principal Investigator, Pakistan Medical Research Council Project on The Prevalence of Respiratory Allergies in Islamabad.

 

 

3.         Field investigations for outbreaks of

            i.            Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers including Congo virus, in Karachi (Jan. 1988),                          Hyderabad and interior Sindh province (Dist. Tharparker), Feb. 1988.,

            ii.            Meningitis, in Interior Sind (Mar. 1988),

            iii.            Diarrhoeal Diseases including cholera, in Northern Areas of Pakistan.                 

 


TRAININGS RECEIVED / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

 

1.            Training in Radio Immuno Assay (RIA).

Consultant: Professor S.M.Amir, Beth Israel Hospital,

Harvard University, U.S.A. One month - March 1987.

 

2.         WHO International Workshop on the Laboratory Diagnosis of AIDS/HIV Infection. Cairo, Egypt. 26 June to 02 July 1987.

Consultants: Dr. Richard George and Dr. Dan F. Palmer,

Centres for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

 

3.            Training in Immunohistochemical Techniques.

Consultant: Mr. Mehmood Khan, University of Birmingham, U.K.

One month - August to September 1987.

 

4.         Second International Symposium on Genetic Engineering, Lahore.

18 - 22 October 1987. Organised by the Centre for Advanced Molecular Biology, Punjab University, Lahore and the John Hopkins University, U.S.A.

 

5.         WHO International Workshop on Psychosocial Counselling for AIDS and Related Diseases. Cairo, Egypt. 25 - 29 June 1989.

            Experts: Dr. M. H. Wahdan, Dr. Hind Khattab, Dr. David Miller.

 

6.         WHO International Workshop on Quality Control of the Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection/AIDS. Kuwait. 7 - 11 October 1989.

 

7.            Specialised Training in Clinical Laboratory Immunology, Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of AIDS and HLA Typing.

Regional Department of Immunology, East Birmingham Hospital, and at National Blood Transfusion Centre, Birmingham, U.K. January - April 1990.

 

8.            Workshop on Medical Microbiology.

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. August 1991.

 

9.         Course on Community Based AIDS Prevention Strategies.

Bangkok, Thailand. 15 - 28 June 1991.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS

 

             STATE OF THE ART LECTURES

 

1.         AIDS - CURRENT CONCEPTS

            Third Annual Symposium, Pakistan Society for Microbiology, University of Karachi & Karachi Infectious Disease Society. Bhurban. 11-13 September, 1997.

 

2.            LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF AIDS AND HIV INFECTION.

Second Annual Symposium, Pakistan Society for Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi. 1-11 July 1995.

 

3.         THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTIONS AND ITS DIAGNOSIS

First Annual Symposium, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory (IIDRL), University of Karachi, Karachi. 11 February 1994.

 

4.            POLLEN ALLERGIES OF ISLAMABAD.

IEP International Seminar on Environment Protection, Islamabad. May 1995.

 

5.            DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COMMON ALLERGIES.

Second Annual Symposium, Pakistan Society for Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi. 1-11 July 1995.

 

GUEST LECTURE

6.         THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HIV INFECTION and AIDS.

National Symposium on Microbiology, Tropical Diseases and Infection, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. 17 September 1995.

 

GUEST LECTURE

7.            Current and Local Trends in Respiratory Allergies

Second National Symposium on Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. 27 - 28 March, 1998.

 

8.         AIDS and Its Issues

First International Congress on Medical Ethics, Teheran, Iran.  14-16 July 1993.

 

9.            Trouble-shooting and Quality Control in Enzyme Immuno Assays (EIA/ELISA), with special reference to AIDS/HIV Testing.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf, J. Iqbal, F. Anwer, S. Yusuf. XVII Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologists, Rawalpindi, November 9-11, 1993.

 

10.       The ELISA Technique - Common Pitfalls. The AIDS Test.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf

1st Annual Symposium, IIDRL, University of Karachi, Karachi. 8-11 February 1994.

 

11.       Mast Cell Tryptase and Eosinophil Cationic Protein in Allergic Reactions.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf and R.A. Thompson. XVII Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologists, Rawalpindi, November 9-11, 1993.

 

12.            Diagnosis and Immunotherapy (Hyposensitisation) in Immediate (Type I) Hypersensitivity.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf, R. A. Thompson and Surraya W. Latif. XVII Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologists, Rawalpindi, November 9-11, 1993.

 

13.       An Investigation into the Immunological Aetiology of Aplastic Anaemia in Spindle Cell Thymoma. Mohammad Osman Yusuf, Zaheer H.A., Ahmed M., Yusuf S.O.

XVIII Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologists, Quetta, 1994.

 

 

14.            RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES IN ISLAMABAD.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf. XVIV Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologists,  Lahore. November 10-12, 1995.

 

15.            POLLEN ALLERGIES IN ISLAMABAD.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf

First Annual Conference, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi. 01 May, 1997.

 


PUBLICATIONS

 

16.            TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF AIDS and HIV INFECTION. Authors M. Osman Yusuf and Jamshaid Iqbal.

Published by the Ministry of Health, Govt. of Pakistan.

 

17.            FACTS ABOUT AIDS.

Mohammad Osman Yusuf. Published by Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan.

 

18.       HIV-CHEK SYSTEM. A RAPID TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF HIV

antibodies. Anwer F., Yusuf M.O., Ahmed M. JPMA 40:256,1990.

 

19.            TESTING OF HLA ANTISERA FOR HIV ANTIBODIES.

Anwer F., Ghafoor A., Yusuf S., Yusuf M.O., Ahmed T. Pak. J. Med. Res. 31 (4), 1992.

 

20.            Outbreak of Gastro-enteritis in Different Areas of Pakistan.

Khan MMA, Ara F, Yusuf M.O., Ghafoor A. JPMA 39;151,1989.

 

21.            Prevalence of Cryptosporidium in Rawalpindi-Islamabad. A Comparison of Saline, Iodine and Stained Preparations.   

            Anwer F., Khan I.A., Munir M.A., Yusuf M.O., Asghar H.

JPMA 40: 219. 1990.

 

23.            Possible Interaction Between Toxoplasma gondii infection and the Prevalence of Auto-immune Disorders.

Anwer F., Ghafoor A., Sadaruddin A., Yusuf M.O. Pak. J. Med. Res. 30 (2):101,1991.

 

24.            Westergren ESR - a safer approach.

Yusuf M.O., Ahmed K., Anwer F. J.P.I.M.S. 4 (1 & 2):218, 1994.

 

25.       An Investigation into the Possible Role of the Humoral Immune System in the Pathogenesis of Aplastic Anaemia associated with Spindle Cell Thymoma.

Yusuf M.O., Zaheer H.A., Ahmed M., Hussain A., Afzal M., Zafar J., Abbas S., Saeed, K., Yusuf S.O., Anwer F. J.P.I.M.S. 4 (3), 1994

 

26.            Brochure of Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) Programme on Health in Pakistan (APPNA-SEHAT).

 

27.            SEASONAL RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN.

XVII International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology,

Sydney, Australia. 15 - 20 October, 2000.

 

28.             SEASONAL RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN.

Journal Allergy and Clinical Immunology International, Suppl. 2, 2000, page 183.

(Official Journal of the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology and Official Organ of Interasma). ISBN 0-88937-231-4.

 


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

1.            Founder General Secretary,

Pakistan Society for Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

 

2.         Fellow, American Academy for Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI).

 

3.         Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI).

 

4.            Member, British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI), London, U.K.

 

5.            Member, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).

 

6.             Member, Pakistan Association of Pathologists.

 

7.            Founder Member, Pakistan Medical Association, Federal Branch, Islamabad.       

 

8.            Member, Pakistan Society for Microbiology, Karachi, Pakistan.

 

 

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

 

1.         F.C.O. Scholar Award of H.M. The Queen of Britain.

Awarded by the High Commissioner of Britain on OPEN MERIT out of 7000 applicants from all over Pakistan.

 

2.            Founding Vice President, Britannia Alumni Association of Pakistan.

 

3.         Quaid-e-Azam Scout. (Highest Award/Degree of Boy Scouting in Pakistan). Awarded by Mr. Fazal Elahi Chaudhry, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

 

4.            Interviewed by BBC World Service as a SPECIALIST (Radio and Television) and CNN programmes on :

i.          AIDS in Pakistan.

ii.          Professional Blood Donors and Private Blood Banking.

iii.          Allergy in Pakistan

 

5.         Several Interviews on Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan and both English and Urdu national press as a Specialist on Allergy and also on AIDS.

 

6.            Independently established a full-fledged CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND  ALLERGY LABORATORY AND CLINIC at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.

 

Head Office:Islamabad 
 
E-7, Islamabad,Pakistan  Phone: +92 051  2654445

info@allergypakistan.com, osman_allergy@yahoo.com