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Dr. Muhammad ZafarDr. Muhammad Zafar
Associate Professor of Anatomy/Skill Lab
Director Phase-I
College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: mzafar@alfaisal.edu
Tel : +(966-1) 215-7687 office

 

Education:
Ph.D. (ANATOMY) 2002-03 Baqai Medical University, Karachi.
M. Phil. (ANATOMY) 1994 Basic Medical Sciences Institute,(BMSI)
Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre,
(JPMC), Karachi, Pakistan.
M.B; B.S. 1989 Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro,
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
     

Appointments/position Held

  • Associate Professor of Anatomy/Skill Lab: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Al-Faisal University Riyadh from September10 - present
  • Professor of Anatomy & Histology in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, K.S.A., from June26, 2007 to July 12, 2011
  • Director of Clinical Skills Center, Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, K.S.A., from 04-10-2008 to July 12, 2011
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy & Histology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Qasim University, K.S.A., from September 2003 to June 2007
  • Vice Principal, Baqai Medical College, Karachi from 14/03/2002 to August 2003
  • Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, Baqai Medical College, Karachi from 01/03/2002 to August 2003
  • Vice Dean, Postgraduate Medical Institute (P.G.M.I.), Baqai Medical University, Karachi from 14/04/2001 to August 2003
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Baqai Medical College, Karachi from 01/04/1999 to 28/02/2002
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Baqai Medical College, Karachi from January 1995 to 31/03/1999

Distinctions & Honors:

  • “TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD”; 2009 - 2010. At Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh.
  • “BEST TEACHER EVALUATION” : Department of Continuing Medical Education (CME), College of Physicians & Surgeon, Pakistan (CPSP) 1998-2003
  • Position holder in M. Phil. examination

Recent Publications:

  •  Zafar, M., Mughal, I.A.Distribution of cell types of islets of Langerhans in the pancreas of albino rats. The Professional vol.09(01):71-77, 2002
  • Kaimkhani, Z. A., Zafar, M., Khan, M. M., Al-Fayz, M. Absence of Musculocutaneous Nerve and Distribution of Median Nerve to Muscles of the Anterior Compartment of the arm. P.M.J. 2006-vol-No.2:121-122
  • Zafar, M., Naqvi, N. H., Ahmed, M., Kaimkhani, Z. A. Altered Liver Morphology and Enzymes in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats. Int. J. Morphol., 27(3): 719-25, 2009
  • Zafar, M., Naqvi, N. H., Ahmed, M., Kaimkhani, Z. A. Altered Kidney Morphology and Enzymes in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats. Int. J. Morphol., 27(3): 783-90, 2009
  • Shaikh, M. A., Naqvi, S. N. H, Chaudhry, M. Z. Effect of neem oil on the structure and functions of the mature male albino rat testes. Braz. J. Morpholol. Sci., vol.26, no. 1, p.49-54, 2009
  • Kaimkhani, Z. A., Ahmed, M., Al-Fayz, M., Zafar, M., Javaid, A. Does the existing Traditional Undergraduate Anatomy Curriculum Satisfy The Senior Medical Students? A retrospective Evaluation. Einstein.2009; 7(3 Pt 1):341-6
  • Zafar, M., N. H. Naqvi Effect of STZ-Induced diabetes on the relative weights of kidney, liver and pancreas of albino rats. A comparative study. Int. J. Morphol., 28(1): 135-142, 2010
  • Al-Fayez, M. A., Kaimkhani, Z. A., Zafar, M., Darwish, H., Aldahmash, A., Al-Ahaideb, A.A. Multiple Arterial Variations in the Right Upper Limb of a Caucasian Male Cadaver. Int. J. Morphol., 28(3): 659-65, 2010

Oral Presentations and Published Abstracts:

  • 32nd Annual Medical Symposium of J.P.M.C. (1994)
  • 1st Annual Symposium of Baqai Medical University ( 1998)
  • Zafar, M. Evaluation of Implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) at Faculty of Medicine, KFMC, RIYADH at IMEC 2010, Kualalumpur, Malaysia
  • Zafar, M. Innovation in Teaching and Learning Clinical Skills at Faculty of Medicine, FOM, KFMC, RIYADH at the 6th Congress of the Asian Medical Association (AMEA), held on 23-26th March 2011 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Booklets Published;

  • Physiology of Cardiovascular system for undergraduate students. Published in 1984
  • Histology- Lecture notes and Review; Published in 2000

Research Interest:

  • Curriculum Development
  • Innovation in Teaching

 

 

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