DR. RIAZ AHMAD

Phone: 517-980-0371 • Email: riazbhutta@shahablab.com

INTERESTS

Research, Music and Sports

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Diplomat Board in Clinical and Histopathology 1976 – 1980

Pahlavi University, Medical School, Shiraz, Iran

Diploma in Clinical Pathology (D. C. P.) 1975 – 1976

Punjab University, Post Graduate Institute, Lahore Pakistan

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M. B. B. S.) 1965 – 1970

Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) 1963 – 1965

Government Degree College, Multan, Pakistan

Faculty of Science (F. Sc.) 1961 – 1963

Government Degree College, Multan, Pakistan

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Degree College Multan, Pakistan

• Football Color & Team Captain

Nishtar Medical College, Multan Pakistan

• Football Color, Best Athlete

• Best Athlete 1967 - 1970

• Best performance in athletics 1969-1970

• Captain of athletics club 1967-1970

• College color in football in 1968-1969

Punjab University, Lahore Pakistan

• Honor certificate in football

Organizing Secretary

• 9th Annual Pakistan Association of Pathology Conference

• 6th Annual Scientific Seminar 25th December, 1988

• 22nd National Conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists 27th, 28th November 1998

• National Conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists

President, Pakistan Medical Association, Multan (Local Chapter)

EMPLOYMENT

Professor of Pathology & Head of Pathology Department September, 2006 – Present

Multan Medical and Dental College, Multan, Pakistan

Professor of Pathology March, 2003 – September, 2006

Independent Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Associate Professor of Pathology September, 1989 – January, 2003

Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan

Asst. Professor of Pathology March, 1982 – September, 1989

Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan

Faculty Member, Asst. Prof of Pathology March, 1981 – January, 1982

Medical School Fassa (Affiliated with Shiraz University)

Supervisor in Anatomical Pathology September, 1980 – March, 1981

Shiraz University (Former Pahlavi University)

Resident in Pathology Department July, 1976 – September, 1980

Shiraz University, Shiraz Iran

Clinical Pathologist (Supervisor) February, 1976 – July, 1976

Lahore, Pakistan

Resident Medical Officer May, 1974 – February, 1975

Chest & Tuberculosis Hospital, Lahore Pakistan

Residency in Pediatric Surgery March, 1971 – November, 1971

PROMINENT EXPERIENCES

• Extensive experience in Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA). Presently doing three to ten FNA procedures daily.

• Practical experience in teaching and surgical pathology since 1982.

LANGUAGES

• English

• Urdu

• Persian

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Pakistan Medical Association

• Pakistan Pathologist Association

• Iranian Pathology Society

BOOK AUTHORED

“Elementary Immunology” Published in 2006, ISBN 969-9016-00-0.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Idiopathic Subclinical Enteropathy in Southern Iran, Haghighi P. Riaz A. Bhutta and Nasr, K; ISRAEL

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, Vol. 15(4) Page 263 - April, 1979

2. Gastric Carcinoma in Southern Iran, Comparative Study: A. R. Riaz R. Karjoo, Haghigh, P. Vol. (2) No. 1 -

4, Page 77, 1979 IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

3. Pathology of Tonsils and Ademoids; Danishbud, K. and Riaz A. Bhutta; JOURNAL OF EAR, NOSE AND

THROAT, Vol. 59 (ii) Page 466 - 67, November, 1980

4. Giant Hyperthropic Gastropathy (Menetries Disease); Riaz A. Bhutta and Naheed R., IRANIAN JOURNAL

OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 13, No. 1, January, 1986

5. Breast Cancer in Multan, Pakistan; JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Vol. 27, November 3, 1988

6. Clinico Patological Exercise (What is your diagnosis), Riaz Ahmad Bhutta, Abrar Ahmed Javed and Iffat

Shamsi, PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1993, Page 247-248

7. Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer in Pakistan, Riaz Ahmad Bhutta, Abrar Ahmed Javed and

Naheed Afroz, PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Vol 32, No. 9, 1993. Page 297-299

8. Male Breast Cancer in Southern Punjab, Abrar Ahmed Javed, Baqa Jillani, Riaz Ahmad Bhutta et all.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1992

9. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: iso-enzyme characteristics of Leishmania Tropica. THE JOURNAL OF

PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. 47, 11th November, 1997, Page 270-273

10. Carcinoma Cervix: A retrospective study, Riaz Ahmad Bhutta, Umar Ali Khan, M. Ali Chaudhry and Asad

Riaz, JOURNAL OF PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol 49, No. 2, February, 1999.

11. Chemical Composition of Upper Renal Tract Calculi in Multan, Muhammad Rafiq Anjum, Riaz Ahmad

Bhutta et all. JOURNAL OF PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. 50, No. 5, May 2000.

12. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Multan, Sarwat Ayub, Khalid Mahmood and Riaz Ahmad Bhutta, Accepted

for publication in JPMA, 2001, vol. 51

PRESENTATIONS

1. Light Microscopic Appearance of Small Intestinal Mucosa in Prenatal Period - Presented in 9th Pahlavi

Medical Congress in Shiraz, Iran, May, 1978.

2. Idiopathic/Sub Clinical Entropathy in Southern Iran - Presented at the 12th Congress of International

Academy of Pathology, Jeruselum, Israel; September, 1978 in co-operation with Dr. P. Haghighi and Dr.

K. Nasr.

3. Incidence of Breast Neoplasia in Surgical Biopsies - 4th Annual Scientific Seminar, December 17 - 18,

1986 - Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan.

4. Breast Neoplasia in Multan (Revision of 249 cases) - 2nd All Pakistan Cancer Conference, Lahore

Pakistan, March 30 - 31, 1987.

5. Cancer cases in Multan, 9th Annual Conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologist, September,

1987.

6. Cancer cases in Multan - 5th Annual Scientific Seminar, Nishtar Medical College, Multan. December 24

- 25, 1987.

7. Cancer in Multan Pakistan, comparison with Shiraz, Iran - 10th Annual Pakistan Association of

Pathologist, Abbottabad Pakistan, October 1987.

8. Pediatric Age Group Cancers - 4th National Conference Pediatric Surgery, February 26 - 27, 1988.

9. Natural History of Breast Neoplasia in Multan - 12th Asia Pacific Pathologist Association and Pakistan

Association of Pathologist, Quaid-E-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur Pakistan. December 23 - 27,

1988.

10. Breast Neoplasia and Risk Factors, Asian Pacific Federation of Organization for Cancer Research and

Control (AP FOCC), Lahore Pakistan, December, 1989.

11. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, XIV Annual Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologist, Quaid-E-

Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur Pakistan, November, 1990.

12. Fine Needle Aspiration of Liver, 10th International Conference of Gastrocuterology, Lahore Pakistan,

February 4 - 6, 1993.

13. Fine Needle Aspiration of Liver, 3rd International Conference, Pakistan Association of Pathologist,

Lahore Pakistan, November 22 - 25, 1991.

14. Fine Needle Aspiration of Cutaneous Leishmaneasis, XVI Annual Conference of Pakistan Association of

Pathologist, Karachi Pakistan, December 12 - 14, 1992.

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

1. Two weeks workshop on Tissues typing and Monoclonal Antibodies with collaboration of

UNDP/WHO/ODA, 26th April - 7th May, 1986, NIH Islamabad, Pakistan.

2. Workshop on diagnosis of AIDS with collaboration of WHO at NIH Islamabad, Pakistan, 22nd - 26th

November, 1987.

3. Two weeks workshop on Fine Needle Aspiration, Biopsy, Cytology and GYN-Cytology by Prof. Qizalbash

Manchester University, Canada at Postgraduate Institute, Lahore, Pakistan, 23rd December, 1986.

4. Workshop on FNA Cytology, 26 - 27 November, 1991, in the department of Pathology, King Edward

Medical College, Lahore, (Coordinator - Dr. Ashraf Ali and M. Akhtar. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and

Research Centre-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia).

5. Workshop on Bone Tumours and Related Conditions concluded by Dr. Jean Pringle, Head of the

Department of Morbid Anatomy Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, London and Dr. Robin Reed

(Glasgow). The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, 1st - 7th February,

1992.

6. Lymph Node Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi Pakistan, 4th - 7th July, 1992.

7. WHO workshop on AIDS - NIH Islamabad, Pakistan, December, 1993.

8. Workshop on Neuropathology - 2nd - 7th January, 1993 by assistance of National Talent Pool,

Government of Pakistan in College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.

9. Workshop on Education Planning and Evaluation, 5th - 7th March, 1996 by College of Physicians and

Surgeons Pakistan.

10. Workshop on Evaluation of Clinical Competence, 5th - 29th November, 1996. King Faisal Specialist

Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.

11. Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology, Symposium 28th - 29th November, 1996. King Faisal Specialist

Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.

12. Completed 14 hours of CME Category I credit, The Ohio State University Office of Health Sciences and

its Centre for Continuing Medical Education at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 1995 to June 1996.