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Professor, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery

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Present	Professor, Aga Khan University
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Neurology and Surgery

Road traffic crash related injured and fatal victims in Karachi ...

JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2017)

Rashid Jooma and Masood Ali Shaikh

Injuries and deaths due to road traffic crashes (RTC) are major public health concern. The Road Traffic Injury Research and ...

Descriptive epidemiology of Karachi road traffic crash mortality from 2007 ...

JPMA: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2016)

Rashid Jooma and Masood Ali Shaikh

Abstract According to World Health Organization's estimate for Pakistan, there were 25,781 (95% CI: 20,979-30582) Road Traffic Collision (RTC) fatalities ...

666 Human cost of “motorcycle mass transit”: Report of 9 ...

Injury Prevention (2016)

Background: Many of the burgeoning megacities in developing countries have witnessed poorly planned urban sprawls. The absence of a coherent ...

878 Surveillance in the service of safety

Injury Prevention (2016)

Background It has been recommended that the newly motorizing countries establish road injury surveillance to define the burden, identify high ...

Intra-thecal antibiotics for post-operative gram negative meningitis and ventriculitis.

Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences (2016)

Saad Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Shamim, Shahzad and Rashid Jooma

BACKGROUND: Postoperative meningitis is a growing cause of concern especially with the evolution of multidrug resistant organism. OBJECTIVES: The authors ...

Effectiveness of helmets in preventing severe injuries in a setting ...

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (2015)

Junaid A. Bhatti, Rashid Jooma and Junaid A. Razzak

Helmets save lives, yet many countries do not have laws about their quality assessment or how they should be worn. ...

Surveillance in the service of safety

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (2015)

The World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention of 2004 recommended that the newly motorizing countries establish road injury surveillance ...

Clothing-related motorcycle injuries in Pakistan: findings from a surveillance study

International journal of injury control and safety promotion (2015)

Uzma R. Khan, Junaid A. Bhatti, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Nukhba Zia, et al.

Abstract This study aims to assess the burden and patterns of clothing-related motorcycle injuries in Karachi, Pakistan. Data were extracted ...

Differences in risk-adjusted outcome of road traffic injuries in urban ...

JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2015)

Amber Mehmood, Junaid Razzak, Mohammed Umer Mir and Rashid Jooma

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the differences in road injury survival in three tertiary care hospitals in an urban setting. METHODS: ...

Epidemiology of Karachi road traffic crash mortality in 2013

JPMA: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2015)

Rashid Jooma and Masood Ali Shaikh

Abstract Road Traffic Crash (RTC) is the eighth leading cause of death globally. In a recent World Health Organization report, ...

Epilepsy in Pakistan: national guidelines for clinicians (part 2)

PJNS: Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (2015)

Fowzia Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Mughis Sheerani, Tippo Sultan, et al.

Clothing-related motorcycle injuries in Pakistan: Findings from a surveillance study

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion (2015)

Uzma R. Khan, Junaid A. Bhatti, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Nukhba Zia, et al.

This study aims to assess the burden and patterns of clothing-related motorcycle injuries in Karachi, Pakistan. Data were extracted from ...

Impacts of signal free corridors on the incidence of road ...

Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences (2015)

Salman Zubair, Jamil H. Kazmi, Rashid Jooma, Syed Shahid Ali, et al.

Abstract: Increase in road Traffic Accidents is a global phenomenon and Pakistan is no exception. In Karachi, this problem becomes ...

Non communicable diseases in Pakistan: burden, challenges and way forward ...

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2014)

Mohammad Wasay, Shehla Zaidi and Rashid Jooma

Cost-effective practice of neurology: an idea whose time has come

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS) (2014)

Pakistanis spent $ 7.2 billion on healthcare in 2013 (3.1% of our Gross Domestic Product), representing a per capita expenditure ...

Comparison of need and supply of syringes for therapeutic injections ...

JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2012)

Adnan Ahmad Khan, Momina Saleem, Huma Qureshi, Rashid Jooma, et al.

Abstract OBJECTIVES: To determine the extent of shortfall in syringes by measuring the need from nationally validated sources and comparing ...

A successful model of Road Traffic Injury surveillance in a ...

BMC Public Health (2012)

Junaid Abdul Razzak, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Amber Mehmood, Syed Ameer Hussain, et al.

Background: Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) are one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide with 90% of global ...

Designing the first ever health insurance for the poor in ...

JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2012)

Rashid Jooma and Sabeena Jalal

Abstract Several developing countries lack a medical insurance system with universal coverage, so access to medical services is not easy, ...

Proposals for a scheme for continuing professional development in Pakistan

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2011)

Average out-of-pocket healthcare and work-loss costs of traffic injuries in ...

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion (2011)

Junaid Razzak, Junaid A Bhatti, Maria Ali, Uzma R. Khan, et al.

The objective of this study was to assess the average out-of-pocket healthcare and work-loss costs of road traffic injuries (RTI) ...

Initial results of Pakistan's first road traffic injury surveillance ...

Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot (2011)

Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, J. Razzak, Rashid Jooma and Uzma R. Khan

Our aim is to report the findings of the initial three years of road traffic injuries (RTI) surveillance at Karachi ...

Lady health workers programme in Pakistan: challenges, achievements and the ...

JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2011)

Assad Hafeez, Bile Khalif Mohamud, Mobasher Riaz Shiekh, Syed Ayyaz Imran Shah, et al.

Objectives: To review the Lady Health Workers programme and critically explore various aspects of the process to extract tangible implications ...

Genetic determinants of major blood lipids in Pakistanis compared with ...

Circ Cardiovasc Genet (2010)

Danish Saleheen, Nicole Soranzo, Asif Rasheed and Rashid Jooma

Abstract BACKGROUND: Evidence is sparse about the genetic determinants of major lipids in Pakistanis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Variants (n=45 000) ...

Proposals for a scheme for continuing professional development in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (2010)

S.K.S. Bukhari, J.A.R.H. Qureshi, Rashid Jooma, K.M. Bile, et al.

ABSTRACT This paper illustrates the experiences of essential medicine management in providing cure and care to victims of Pakistan’s 2005 ...

Association of the 9p21.3 Locus With Risk of First-Ever ...

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. (2010)

Saleheen D, Myriam Alexander, Asif Rasheed and Rashid Jooma

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine variants at the 9p21 locus in a case-control study of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Pakistanis ...