Department of Cardiology

DR. SHOUKAT ALI RAO

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Establishment:

District Head Quarter (DHQ) Hospital Rahim Yar Khan was established in 1950 and department of cardiology came into existence in 1985.

Head Of The Department:

  • 1st HOD Dr. Syed Faiz-ul-Hassan Rizvi, MBBS, Dip-Card, MD (Cardiology)
  • 2nd HOD Dr. Muhammad Naeem Aslam F.R.C.P. (G), F.C.P.S. (Cardiology), F.E.S.C (EU), F.A.C.C. (USA)
  • 3rd  HOD Dr. Saqib Shafi F.C.P.S. (Cardiology)
  • 4TH HOD is Dr. Syed Faiz-ul-Hassan Rizvi, MBBS, Dip-Card, MD (Cardiology)
  • Present HOD is Dr. Shoukat Ali Rao  MBBS, Dip-Card, MD (Cardiology)

Newly Construction Projects:

  1. 20 bedded CCU including 05 Private Rooms with Central monitoring, suction and O2 facilities.
  2. Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiographic Lab

Achievements:

  • Original research Award (1st Price cash Rs. 50,000) by 19th biennial international conference of cardiology 11th to 13th December, 2009, a pearl continental Hotel, Lahore
  • Distinguished Research Award by Pakistan Cardiac Society at 19th Annual Conference 01 to 03 December2006, convention Center Islamabad.
  • Winning Publication Award 2005 (gold Medal by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences (Convocation of PAMC held at Army Medical College Rawalpindi (December 2005).
  • Top Ten Best Paper Award by Pakistan Cardiac Society (17th International Congress of Cardiology 16-18 December 2005, at Pearl Continental Karachi).