Pakistan Cardiac Society was established in 1966 by Col. M. H. Shah with the help of Dr. AH Muhammad, Prof. Rauf Yusuf and other cardiac physicians and surgeons at that time. Dr. Ali Mohammad Chaudhry started publishing Pakistan Heart Journal in 1968. The Society was active till 1971 and the Journal was regularly published, however, after Indian aggression against. East Pakistan the activities of the Cardiac Society ceased as well the publication of the Journal was disrupted.

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Dr. Hafeez Akhtar, Chairman Department of Internal Medicine, Rawalpindi General Hospital, took it upon him self to revive the activities of the cardiac society and personally went several times around the country to organize the 3rd All Pakistan Biennial Congress at Rawalpindi. This was the 1st Biennial Congress after the East Pakistan debacle.

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Pakistan Heart Journal was restarted in 1975 by Dr. Abdus Samad and he was elected as the Editor of Pakistan Heart Journal. Since then the activities of Cardiac Society has increased as well as the number of members has more than tripled. At the present time there are 134 members & 36 Associate members. Almost all physicians in Pakistan devoted to the Cardiovascular field are active members of the Society.

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BIENNIAL CONGRESSES

Annual Meetings

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Prof. William B. Kannel Chief investigator Framingham study visited Pakistan on the invitation of Pakistan Cardiac Society in December, 1992. In addition to his formal presentations group discussions were held with leading Cardiologists on the preventive aspects of Cardiovascular diseases.

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Prof. Jamil a. Tajik, Chairman Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (USA) visited Pakistan on the invitation of Pakistan Cardiac Society in December 1993. In addition to his formal presentations workshops on echo. Doppler were organized at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Large number of Cardiologists attended this Workshop.

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The 12th A.P.C.C. was held at Lahore on October 17-21, 1999. 1500 registered delegates & 153 speakers attended the scientific sessions. Prof. David Kelly, from Australia, Prof. Sindney Gold Stein from USA, Richard NG from Singapur, Prof. Siddiqui from India, Sjukri Karim from Indonesia, Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes from New Zealand and Prof. Graeme Sloman from Australia were among the distinguished guests. According to many delegates who attended many previous Asian Pacific Congresses of Cardiology (APCC), this was the most successful congress both scientifically & socially. Live demonstrations from the cath lab were seen at the congress venue with interactive sessions. Dr. Arjumand Hashmi & Dr. Mubbashar Chaudhry presented stat of art technologies.
The WHF Publication “Heart beat” was regularly received and distributed to the members.

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The Cardiac Society is thankful to its senior members for actively participating and organizing these symposia. Prof. Syed Hamid Shafqat, Prof.Rauf Yusuf, Prof. Nasiruddin Azam Khan, Prof. Waheed a. Sahibzada, Prof, Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Prof. Mohammad Zubair, Prof. M. Afzal Najeeb, Maj. Gen. M. R. Kiani Prof. M. Afzal Mattu and Dr. Kiramat Ali Shah deserve our special thanks for organizing the Biennial Congresses. Prof. A. K. Abbasi, Dr. Abubakr Shaikh, Maj. Gen. M. R. Kiani, Brig. Hamid Butt, Dr. Abu Wafa Khan, Dr. Zafar Ahmed, Dr. Ehsanul Haq, Prof. Munaf Tareen and Prof. Farooq Nazir Prof. Nazir Memon & Dr. Ehsanul Haq for the Annual Symposia, I am personally thankful to Dr. M. Afzal Mattu, Prof. Shareef Chaudhry. Prof. M. Ishaque, Dr. Hafeezullah

Prof. Shahryar A. Shaikh, Prof. N. M. Ansari, Prof. M. Rehman, Prof. Humayun Maqsood for their interest and help in all the above activities. I want to bring on record our sincere thanks to Professor Lawson Medonald, Professor Paneth, Christopher Lincoln, Dr. Celia oakley, Dr. Kim Fox. Dr. Peter Mills, of U.K., Professor O’ neal Humphries, Prof. Van Praagh, Prof. A. Jamil Tajik & Prof. Bunyad Haider, from USA and other foreign dignitaries for sparing their valuable time and participating in our activities. The pharmaceutical industry and Pakistan International Airlines have co-operated with Pakistan Cardiac Society in holding the Symposia and Seminars, M/s. Atco Lab, Novartis, efroze, Servier, Parke Davis and many .others have been available to the Cardiac Society in helping in its humanitarian effort of fight against CVD, the biggest killer of the human race in our time.

This is the 17th Edition of the directory. We have compiled information from the members of Pakistan Cardiac Society which is being included in this Directory. If there are any omissions or mistakes we offer our apologies. They will be corrected in the next edition.