- GAR Surgical Research Fellowship from the Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratory of the Massachusetts General Hospital
- Bayer Scholarship for Academic Excellence in 1992
- Research Grant: Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy (CIMIT) of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School- “ Development of an Intratracheal Pulmonary Ventilator” (1997)
- Davis and Geck award (highest ABSITE score) from the University of Massachusetts, Department of Surgery (1998)
- Wyeth-Ayerst award (highest ABSITE score) from the University of Massachusetts, Department of Surgery (2000)
- Resident Teacher of the year award (Medical Students), University of Massachusetts Medical School (2000)
- Resident Teacher of the year award (Surgery Residents), University of Massachusetts Medical School (2001)
- All Star Clinician Teacher Award – top 4 clinical teachers. University of Mississippi Medical School (2006)
- 2004 Medical Director of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) program, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
- 2004 Director of Medical Student Clerkship in Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical School
- 2004 Member Pharmacy and Therapeautics Committee, University of Mississippi Medical Center
- 2004 Member Curriculum Committee, University of Mississippi Medical School
- 2005 Member Clinical Sciences Promotion Committee (Students), University of Mississippi Medical School
- 2007 - present. Director of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
| Education |
| 1987-1992 | MD from the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Postdoctoral Training |
| 1996-1998 | Research Fellow in Pediatric Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 1994-1996 | PGY1 & 2 Surgical training at University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA |
| 1998-2000 | PGY 3-4 Surgical training at University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA |
| 2000-2001 | Chief Resident in Surgery at University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA |
| 2001-2003 | Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2004-2006 | Masters in Public Health (MPH), School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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| Academic Appointments |
| 2003-2006 | Assistant Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery), Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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| 2003-2006 | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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| 2003-2006 | Assistant Professor, Graduate Faculty, School of Graduate Studies in the
Health Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, MS
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| 2007-present | Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 2007 - present | Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL |
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