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| Type | Public coeducational |
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| Established | 2012 (gained University status) Sindh Medical College established in April 7, 1973 |
| Chancellor | Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Tariq Rafi |
| Location | , , |
| Affiliations | HEC, UGC |
Sindh Medical University (Urdu: سندھ میڈیکل یونیورسٹی) formerly known as Sindh Medical College, is a third medical university after Dow University of Health Sciences and Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences located near to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[1].
History
Sindh Medical University formerly known as Sindh Medical College (SMC), which was started functioning on April 7, 1973 after the final decision of a committee constituted by the Government of Sindh. Its first group of students, numbering about two hundred, was admitted to its first year MBBS class in the college for the 1972-1973 session, with the late Professor Dr. Khawaja Moin Ahmed as first principal.[2]
The College was operated in a building of the pediatrics ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. This building was actually an army barracks constructed in the year 1865 and transferred to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in 1959. It was started with only three departmentsanatomy (including histology), physiology, and biochemistry. In later years, a new academic block was constructed to house the departments of pathology, pharmacology, forensic medicine, and community medicine. This complex was equipped with modern audiovisual technology. Now it also housed new laboratories and museums, as well as administrative offices.[3]
Affiliations
The university is fully affiliated and accredited with given below accrediting bodies of Pakistan.
University is also associated with other medical institutions such as the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre[4], the National Institute of Child Health[5] and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.[6]
Merger
In 2003, Sindh Medical Collage became a part of the Dow University of Health Sciences. It also shares the curriculum, faculty, and other certain resources with the other affiliated institutions of DUHS, such as DMC (Dow Medical College) and Dow International Medical College.[7] Later in 2010, It was merged with Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre[8][9]
Granted university status
The Sindh medical collage achieve university status on June 2, 2012 and became third medical university in city of Karachi, with ordinance signed by Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan which was witnessed by President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House Karachi.[10][11][12][13]
Notable Alumni's
The list of notable graduates of the Sindh medical collage now university is given below:[14]
- Dr. Shahid Sami (renowned cardiac surgeon)
- Dr. Javed Suleman (philanthropist and cardiac surgeon in the US),
- Professor Dr. Altaf Hashmi (Senior professor SIUT)
- Professor Dr. Naushad A. Shaikh (Vice Chancellor LUMHS)
- Dr. Arbab Ghulam Raheem (Former chief minister Sindh)
- Dr. Imran Farooq (Pakistani politician)
- Dr. Farooq Sattar (Pakistani politician)
- Dr. Huma Mir (renowned TV figure in Pakistan)
- Dr. Shaista Wahidi (renowned TV figure in Pakistan)
- Dr. Inam Danish (author of many books on cardiac surgery).
Reference
- ^ Sindh Medical University Profile as SMC Health Department Government of Sindh Pakistan
- ^ History of Sindh Medical University
- ^ History of SMU
- ^ Association with SMC now SMU
- ^ National Institute of Child Health
- ^ National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
- ^ SMC as a part of DUHS
- ^ JPMC to merge with Sindh Medical College Pak Express Tribune Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Three hospitals and medical college to put up a fight against merger Pak Express Tribune, Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ University status: Karachi gets its third medical university with SMC upgrade Pak Express Tribune, Retrieved June 2, 2012
- ^ President witnesses signing of ordinance Pakistan Today, Retrieved June 2, 2012 on 2:33 AM
- ^ SMC made university The News International, Retrieved Saturday, June 02, 2012
- ^ President witnesses signing of Ordinance to set up SMU Pakistan Observer, Retrieved June 2, 2012
- ^ Notable Alumni's Full List SMC Alumni Association Database List
See also
- Dow University of Health Sciences
- List of Affiliated Institutes and Colleges with University of Karachi