Faculty

Dr. Shoukat Ali Arain
Senior Lecturer (Pathology)
College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: shali@alfaisal.edu
Tel : +(966-1) 215-7677 office

Education:
Ph.D. (Pathology)	2011	Ziauddin University, Karachi
M. Phil. (Histopathology)	2000	Karachi University, Karachi
MCPS (Clinical Pathology)	1996	College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
MBBS	1991	Islamia University, Bahawalpur

Academic Experience:
Senior Lecturer (Pathology)	2010 till date	Alfaisal University, Riyadh
Associate Prof. (Pathology)	2008 – 10	Ziauddin University, Karachi
Assistant Prof. (Pathology)	2002 – 08	Ziauddin University, Karachi

Clinical Experience:
Clinical Pathologist	2000 – 04	Ziauddin University Hospital
Clinical Pathologist	2000 – 02	Fauji Foundation Hospital, Karachi
Clinical Pathologist	1996 – 98	Civil Hospital Karachi

Research Interests

Predictive value of noninvasive biochemical markers for the assessment of liver fibrosis and inflammation
Student-centered vs. teacher-centered learning strategies – challenges, opportunities and impact in health sciences education

Current projects and grants

Evaluation of liver fibrosis and activity in chronic hepatitis C – Significance of biochemical markers
Received grant for this project from Pakistan Medical Research Council and Ziauddin University

Publications

Meo SA, Azeem MA, Arian SA, Subhan MM. Hematological Changes in Cement Mill Workers. Saudi Med J 2002; vol 23(11): 1386-89.
Arain SA, Shah MH, Meo SA, Jamal Q. Estrogen Receptors in Human Thyroid Gland – An Immuno-histochemical Study. Saudi Med J 2003; vol 24(2):174-8.
Memon GR, Arain SA, Jamal Q, Ansari T. Immunohistochemical Study of Progesterone Receptors in Thyroid Gland. JPMA, 2005; vol 55(8):321-4.
Siddiqui MM, Arain SA, Yaeesh S, Huda N. A PBL Based Undergraduate Genetics Curriculum (abstract). Proceedings of National Health Sciences Research Symposium, “Health Sciences Education – Trends, Opportunities and Challenges” 2005.
Arain SA, Jamal Q, Khan MA, Ahmed W. Pattern of histological findings in chronic hepatitis C with alanine transaminase levels below twice the normal value. J Pak Med Assoc. 2011 Mar;61(3):264-7.
Arain SA, Jamal Q, Omair A. “Liverscore” is predictive of both liver fibrosis and activity in chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol, 2011, in press.
Arain SA, Yaeesh S, Jamal Q. Predictive value of serum alanine transaminase levels for the identification of liver histology in chronic hepatitis C. JAMC, 2011, in press.

Seminars

Oral presentation of a case report “Brown Tumor of Hyperparathyroidism” in the scientific session at the 36th Annual Medical Symposium, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, in 1999.
Oral presentation on “A PBL based genetics curriculum – Ziauddin experience” in National Health Sciences Research Symposium at Aga Khan University in 2005.
Coordinated a course on Medical Education at Ziauddin University in October 2009. Workshop included curriculum design, objective writing, principles in adult learning with student centered learning strategies, assessment tools and program evaluation tools.

Academic activities at Ziauddin University

Educational Planning
Formulate learning objectives and learning strategies and preparation of teaching and assessment materials for MBBS and BDS courses
Teaching Activities
Facilitate PBL sessions, conduct programmed lectures and lectures, conduct practical classes (histopathology slides) and write MCQs

Courses taught:

General Pathology
Systemic Pathology
Genetics
Infectious diseases

Administrative Activities:

Coordinator of Postgraduate Program and Secretary of Postgraduate Committee
Semester and course coordinator in various modules

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