Background
His father, Maqsood Ahmed Shaikh, served in top positions in the Government of Pakistan.
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His father, Maqsood Ahmed Shaikh, served in top positions in the Government of Pakistan.
Professor Noshad acquired his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Karachi in 1983, where he did postgraduate work in General Surgery. He has attended and presented papers in several conferences both within the country and abroad.
Born in an educated family of Shikarpur, his early schooling was done in Shikarpur and Hyderabad. He was awarded fellowships from the International College of Surgeons United States of America and College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. His has written several papers in both National and International journals.
He has been keynote speaker at many conferences and seminars.
He has worked as Professor of Surgery at Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi along with various administrative capacities including the coveted posts of Medical Superintendent, Lyari General Hospital and Civil Hospital Karachi. Later, he was appointed as Principal, Sindh Medical College Karachi.
He served as Secretary, Health Department, Government of Sindh, from September 2004 to May 2007. As Secretary of Health, he had a pivotal role in drafting and implementing the first Provincial Health Policy.
He was the pioneer architect in the development of Safe Blood Transfusion Acting 2006, Private Hospitals Regulatory Authority bill and the telemedicine project in the province of Sindh.
Under his leadership, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro become the first ever public sector medical institution in the country to introduce Biomedical Ethics and Information Technology as subjects in the undergraduate syllabus. Doctor Noshad is also honorary Director of the Pakistan Medical and Research Council (PMRC) Jamshoro and the Chief Editor of JLUMHS, the official research journal of the University.