Zaigham Abbas

Background

Abbas, Zaigham was born on May 29, 1959 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Son of Shaikh Muhammad and Surriya Husain.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Dow Medical College, Karachi, 1985.

Career

Instructor The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, 1991-1993, senior instructor, 1993-1995. Associate professor medicine Baqai University Hospital, 1995. Consultant gastroenterologist Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, 1996-2000.

Consultant hepatologist and gastroenterologist Sind Institute Urology and Transplantation, since 1996, associate professor, chief G.I. section, since 2000. Honorary gastroenterologist The Aga Khan University Hospital, since 1995.

Achievements

• Zaigham Abbas has been listed as a noteworthy gastroenterologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, College Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, American College Gastroenterology, Royal College Physicians Edinburgh & Glasglow. Member Pakistan Society Gastroenterology (life), British Society Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterol. Association, Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver (life), Southern Asian Liver Study Forum (founding member), Middle East Society Organ Transplant, Pakistan Society Study of Liver Diseases (founding member).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, gardening.

Connections

Married Lubna Shazi, December 28, 1992. Children: Minaam, Sarim.

Father:

Shaikh Muhammad

Mother:

Surriya Husain

Spouse:

Lubna Shazi

child:

Minaam Abbas

child:

Sarim Abbas