Ammarah Zafar
Medical Doctor
Cambridge,ON
Summary
Organized and dependable medical professional successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
General and Family Physician
Chughtai Medical Centre
Lahore
01.2023 - 10.2024
Demonstrator
Shalamar Medical & Dental College
Lahore
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Worked as a teaching faculty in Anatomy for 1st year MBBS and Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) programs
- Facilitator for PBL program for 2nd year MBBS
- My class achieved a 99% pass rate in the annual professional examination.
Research Associate
Shalamar Medical & Dental College
Lahore
07.2022 - 07.2022
- Worked in the Bioethics Department that managed ethics committees in the hospital
- Taught Bioethics as a course subject to undergraduate students of the medical college
- Worked as a coordinator for the Diploma Program.
Medical Officer
Humqadam Breast Services
Lahore
01.2017 - 07.2019
- My responsibilities included initial evaluation, screening, and diagnosis of patients with breast diseases including breast cancers
- Referred patients to the relevant consultants
- Performed FNAC and core biopsies
- Assisted in breast surgeries
- Post-op follow-up as well as routine screening of patients.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC)
Lahore
02.2008 - 09.2009
- Screening and enrollment of patients for various studies and clinical trials
- Responsible for collecting specimen, and to maintain a record of participants
- Worked as a liaison between patients and the basic sciences lab
- Collected data and provided support to researchers and investigators
- Member of the hospital ethics committee and helped convene the Institutional Review Board IRB.
House Officer
Mayo Hospital
Lahore
05.2006 - 05.2007
- As part of requirement for full license to practice medicine, worked in the following departments at Mayo Hospital, the largest tertiary care hospital in South Asia
- Department of Dermatology (Prof
- Dr
- Sabrina Pal) 9/1/2007-8/5/2007, Department of Neurology (Prof
- Dr
- Muhammad Nasrullah) 9/9/2006-8/1/2007, Department of Medicine (Prof
- Dr
- Zafarullah Khan) 9/5/2006-8/9/2006
Education
DHEP (Diploma in Healthcare Ethics and Professionalism) - undefined
Shalamar Medical and Dental College
Lahore, Pakistan 01.2022 - 05.2023
M.B.B.S. - undefined
King Edward Medical College
Lahore, Pakistan 01.2006 -
Skills
Medical knowledge
Medicine
Surgery
Gyne/obs
Pediatrics
Patient care
Phlebotomy
BP monitoring
Anatomy
Clinical Research
MCQ construction
Bioethics
Healthcare Ethics and Professionalism
Medical Assistant
Administrative experience
Core biopsy
FNAC
EMR
BLS
ACLS
CPR
Time Management
Critical thinking
MS Office
MS Word
Excel and google sheets
Writing and communication skills
Certification
BLS (Basic Life Support), Saudi Heart Association, 02/2018
State
ON
City
Cambridge
Publications
- The Impact of Culture and Sociological and Psychological Issues on Muslim Patients with Breast Cancer in Pakistan, Cancer Nursing, 2009
- Galactin-3 is a serum marker of chemotherapy efficacy in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, 2011
- Role of Adjuvant chemotherapy controlled p53 activity on expression and localization of galectin-3 in breast cancer patients, UICC, INCTR conference, 2008
- Galactin-3 secretion correlates with chemotherapy-controlled apoptosis in breast cancer patients, UICC, INCTR conference, 2008
- Levels of Serum Galactin-3 in the Efficacy of Treatment of Breast Cancer, 8th SKMCH Cancer Symposium
Languages
English
Full Professional
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Limited Working
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
General and Family Physician
Chughtai Medical Centre
01.2023 - 10.2024
Research Associate
Shalamar Medical & Dental College
07.2022 - 07.2022
Demonstrator
Shalamar Medical & Dental College
01.2022 - 08.2023
DHEP (Diploma in Healthcare Ethics and Professionalism) - undefined
Shalamar Medical and Dental College
01.2022 - 05.2023
Medical Officer
Humqadam Breast Services
01.2017 - 07.2019
Clinical Research Coordinator
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC)
02.2008 - 09.2009
House Officer
Mayo Hospital
05.2006 - 05.2007
M.B.B.S. - undefined
King Edward Medical College
01.2006 -