Background
Cheema, Faisal Habib was born on March 26, 1977 in Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Habib Ullah and Safia Begum Cheema.
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Faisal Habib Cheema
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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2000.
Career
Extern in histopathology Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, 1996. Extern in general surgery and urology Mansoorah Hospital, 1997. Extern in general surgery King Edward Medical College and Mayo Hospital, 1997.
Extern in cardiac surgery Punjab Institute Cardiology, 1999. Extern in cardiothoracic surgery St. Joseph Medical Center and Loyola University, Chicago, 2000. Extern in pediatric trauma surgery Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, 2000.
Research associate in heart transplantation Department Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surgery and Robert Van Kampen Heart Transplant Resource Center Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, 2001. Postdoctoral research fellow in surgery Division Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Surgery College Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University - New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 2002—2005, assistant surgical fellow Cardiopulmonary Procurement Team Heart and Lung Transplant Program, since 2002, preceptor gross anatomy Department Anatomy, since 2004, associate research scientist Division Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Surgery, since 2005.
Reviewer Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Blackwell Synergy Publications, Journal Heart and Lung Transplantation. Member organizing committee 14th Biennial Asian Congress on Cardiothoracic Surgery. Founder Young Pakistani Physicians Resource Center, 2004.
Achievements
Membership
Coordinator Sponsor A Child's Mind Project, Karachi, Pakistan, 1998—2000. Member of American Medical Association, Islamic Medical Association North America, Association Physicians Pakistani Descent of North America (taskforce visa and licensure issues 2003, young physicians task force 2004, member committee young physicians 2005, best science poster presentation 2005, distinguished oral presentation 2005), Doctors Worldwide, Heart Net, Academic Research Council, American Society Artificial Internal Organs, International Society Heart & Lung Transplantation, New York Academy of Sciences (future entrepreneur 2005), Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, American Heart Association (council on cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery 2003), Khwarzimic Science Society (life), Aga Khan University Alumni Association.
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Married Ayesha Faisal Shaukat, August 11, 2001.
Awards
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Science fellow, Government College Lahore, Pakistan, 1994-1995, Start-up Research grantee, Columbia University, 2002-2005, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, Clinical Research Industrial grantee, Edwards Lifescis. Corporation, 2004-2005, National Institutes of Health grantee, since 2004, New Era Cardiac Care scholar, 2006.Science fellow, Government College Lahore, Pakistan, 1994-1995, Start-up Research grantee, Columbia University, 2002-2005, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, Clinical Research Industrial grantee, Edwards Lifescis. Corporation, 2004-2005, National Institutes of Health grantee, since 2004, New Era Cardiac Care scholar, 2006.