Background
Fauzia was born into a well-to-do business family in Lahore, Pakistan.
Fauzia was born into a well-to-do business family in Lahore, Pakistan.
She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart School for Girls and later on attended Fatima Jinnah Medical College. She immigrated to the United States in 1981 and completed her OB/GYN residency at New York Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Subsequently, Fauzia completed a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Fauzia now runs a reproductive endocrinology and OB/GYN private practice in Falls Church, Virginia. She made headlines in July 2001 for delivering the third set of septuplets known to live past infancy, the Qahtani septuplets. Fauzia has received much press from the delivery of the septuplets, appearing on the National Broadcasting Company Morning Show with Katie Couric, National Public Radio All Things Considered and WABC Washington District of Columbia Channel 7.
The story was additionally covered by the major media networks, including Cable News Network, the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Arab News.
She was also interviewed by Voice of America Urdu in February 2009 and in April 2010 in regards to the rising United States. cesarean delivery rate.