Contributors

1. Prof. Tahir Saeed Haroon FRCP, FCPS Former Professor and Head Dept.of Dermatology King Edward Medical College, Mayo Hospital Former President, Medical Journalists Association 2. Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman FRS Nishan-I-Imtiaz, Hilal-I-Imtiaz, Sitara-I-Imtiaz, Tamgha-I-Imtiaz Ph.D. (Cambridge), Sc.D. (Cambridge), UNESCO Science Laureate Chairman Higher Education Commission and Advisor to Prime Minister on Science and Technology Chairman, Higher Education Commission, H-9, Islamabad - Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected] 3. Dr. Anwar Nasim SI Advisor Science to COMSTECH President, Federation of Asian Biotech Association ( FABA) Asia. National Commission on Biotechnology, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Shahra-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2, Islamabad. Pakistan. E mail: [email protected] 4. Jane Nicholson Editor, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo - Egypt. E-mail: [email protected] 5. Maj. Gen. (R) Muhammad Aslam FCPS, Ph.D Managing Editor, Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ) Army Medical College, , Pakistan. E-Mail: [email protected]

III 6. Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid Managing Editor Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Karachi. Pakistan. E mail: [email protected], [email protected] 7. Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary FRCP Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan E-mail: [email protected] 8. Dr. Fatema Jawad Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pakistan Medical Association PMA House, Garden Road, Karachi. Pakistan. E mail:[email protected] 9. Dr. Ahmed Badar M.Phil, FCPS Managing Editor, Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Dept.of Physiology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad - Pakistan. Email: [email protected], [email protected] 10. Dr. Diaa E.E. Rizk Chairman, Ethics Committee. (EMAME) Prof.of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ain Shams University, Cairo. Egypt. E-mail: [email protected] 11. Dr. Farhad Handjani MD Associate Professor of Dermatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. Secretary General Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME) E-Mail: [email protected]

IV 12. Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh MD Director at large, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Chairman, Editorial Committee Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME) Editorial Consultant, The Lancet Director, Shiraz NIOC Medical Education and Research Center, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. E-mail: [email protected] 13. Dr. Mohammad Bagher Rokni Ph.D Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Associate and Copy Editor of : Iranian Journal of Public Health. Associate and Copy Editor of “Iranian Journal of Parasitology”, P.O.Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran E mail: [email protected] 14. Dr. Arash Etemadi MD, PhD Scientific Writing and Publishing Advisor to Vice Chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Member, EMAME Training Committee. Member, WAME Editorial Policy Committee. Associate Editor, Archives of Iranian Medicine E-mail: [email protected] 15. Dr. Huma Qureshi Executive Director, Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad Assistant Editor, Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (JPMA) Editor Pakistan Journal of Medical Research E-mail: [email protected] 16. John T. Cathey MS, ELS Managing Editor Annals of Saudi Medicine Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected]

V 17. Brig. Azhar Mubarik Professor of Pathology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi - Pakistan. Editor, Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, E-mail: [email protected] 18. Prof. Manzar Salim FRCS Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Surgery, Prof. of Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Surgical Unit-II, Civil Hospital, Karachi. Pakistan. E Mail: [email protected] [email protected] 19. Dr. Nazeer Khan Ph.D. Professor of Biostatistics Editor, Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences Dow University of Health Sciences Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi – Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected] 20. Professor Masood Hameed Khan FCPS Vice Chancellor, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences Dow University of Health Sciences Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi – Pakistan. 21. Dr. Jamshed Akhtar FCPS Former Associate Editor Journal of College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan Editor, Journal of Surgery Pakistan Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery National Institute Of Child Health Karachi. E-Mail: [email protected]

VI 22. Dr. Masood Jawaid Assistant Editor, In charge Online Edition, (pjms.com.pk) Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences E-mail: [email protected] 23. Prof. Mansoor Ahmad MRCP Editor, Pakistan Heart Journal Prof.of Cardiology Liaquat National Postgradaute Medical Center, Karachi. Pakistan. 24. Prof. Ijaz Hussain Editor, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists. Prof. of Dermatology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore. Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected]

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