Muhammad Hafizullah | |
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Vice chancellor of Khyber Medical University |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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Personal details | |
Residence | Peshawar |
Alma mater | Cadet College Hasan Abdal |
Profession | Cardiologist/Physician |
Religion | Islam |
Website | www |
Muhammad Hafizullah (Urdu: محمد حافظ الله) is a Pakistani professor of cardiology and the current vice chancellor of Khyber Medical University (KMU) in Peshawar. He is the project director of the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology and has contributed to national guidelines on thrombolysis, acute coronary syndrome, and ST elevation myocardial infarction developed by the Pakistan Cardiac Society.
Hafizullah studied at Cadet College Hasan Abdal, earned his medical degree from Khyber Medical College in 1979, and won a scholarship for higher studies in England.
He joined the cardiology department of the Postgraduate Medical Institute at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar in 1984. Since then, he has held various positions:
Under the umbrella of the Pakistan Cardiac Society, Hafizullah contributed to national guidelines on thrombolysis, acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, stable angina,hypertension, and preventive cardiology. He delivers lectures on preventive cardiology and has written hundreds of articles in leading newspapers and journals.
Hafizullah is the author of eight books in English:
."woes of Heart" (2013 Ferozsons) . RuminationS of Heart (2015 Ferozsons) He has also written three books in Urdu:
In addition, he has published more than 450 articles as part of regular newspaper columns: "Know Your Heart" in The Frontier Post, "From the Core of My Heart" in The News International, "Heart to Heart" in The Statesman, "Dil ka Maamla" in Daily Mashriq, and "Dil ki Batain" in Daily Aaj.