Leadership
Ammer Shah, MD
PresidentSyed Ammer Shah M. Sc, M.D, F.A.C.S. is an Asst. Prof of Surgery in Div. of Surgical Oncology at Virginia CommonWealth University. His areas of focus include GI malignancies, including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, Melanoma, Sarcomas and Endocrine Malignancies. His Lab focuses on T cell based treatment of solid tumors.
“My vision of KASHMER is to see it become an independent healthcare system in J&K to support the needs of the people who are unable to afford specialized healthcare, impact areas of public health and screening programs’.
Zubair Syed, MD
SecretaryZubair A. Syed, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Family and Community Medicine at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, where he also serves as the Residency Program Director and the University Hospitals’ Chief of Service for Family Medicine. Dr. Syed earned his medical degree at Al-Ameen Medical College in Bijapur, India. He completed a residency in Family Medicine at the Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program in Kingston, New York. He specializes in preventive primary care, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
Dr.Syed brings a full commitment to Kashmer’s long-term vision to improve access to quality healthcare to the underserved areas of the valley, and educate our population in preventive care
Imran Nazir Mir, MD
TreasurerImran Nazir is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, where he also serves as the Program Director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program. A graduate of GMC Srinagar. having completed his internship and pediatric residency at the Oklahoma University Children’s Hospital, Oklahoma City(2009-2012). He then obtained his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at UT Southwestern (2012-2015).
Shuja Yousuf, MD
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY LEAD
Nahida Nazir, MD
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY CO-LEAD
Omar Baqal, MD
EDUCATION COMMITTEE LEADDr. Omar Baqal is a Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, where he also completed Internal Medicine residency (2021-2024). Dr. Baqal served as Chair of the Resident Committee for the American College of Physicians (ACP) Arizona Chapter during residency. He earned his medical degree from Alfaisal University College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia, during which he completed research internships at Mayo Clinic and Columbia University Medical Center, NY. His interests include cardiac electrophysiology, healthcare leadership, and professional mentorship.
Adam Manzoor Qazi, MD
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LEADDr. Adam Manzoor Qazi, an alumnus of ASCOMS & Hospital, Jammu, is presently undertaking his residency training in Internal Medicine at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. His expertise in conducting research spans across the Adult and Pediatric demographic.
Tariq Muzzafar, MD
MEMBER AT LARGEDr. Tariq Muzzafar is a Professor at the Department of Hematopathology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. He completed his medical education at Government Medical College Srinagar, Kashmir, and his residency and fellowship training at University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, and SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, respectively. He specializes in diagnosing malignant neoplasms of the hematopoietic system. Dr. Muzzafar aims to establish a collaborative program, KASHMER, with medical institutions in Kashmir to improve medical practice by implementing international guidelines such as the latest WHO tumor classification systems and National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines. Additionally, he plans to introduce new techniques for psychological trauma treatment and advance educational standards in post-graduate medical training and nursing care by collaborating with international organizations to set standards for certification and continuing education.
Arshad Wani, MD
MEMBER AT LARGE
Arif Jan, MD
PAST PRESIDENTDr. Jan is a Graduate of Govt. Medical College, Srinagar with further training in Internal Medicine in the United Kingdom and at Drexel University in USA. He currently works as Faculty in General Internal Medicine at Tower Health.
Dr.Jan is is excited to be part of the wonderful and dedicated Board at KASHMER where we all aim to fulfill our dream of improving healthcare and education of trainees in Kashmir.
Hakim Azfar Ali, MD
PAST PRESIDENTDr Ali serves as Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division of Duke University, North Carolina.He graduated from Govt. Medical College, Srinagar and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri. He did fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Albert Einstein Medical Center and in Lung Transplant medicine at Duke University.
His research interests include advanced lung disease, sarcoidosis and lung transplant.
Dr.Ali’s goal is to get KASHMER to a stage where it can bring together local and international talent to set up a state of art medical facility for the people of Kashmir