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Acknowledgment of Reviewers ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS The Editorial team of JDUHS greatfully acknowledges the contribution of the following honorable reviewers who helped and guided to improving the quality of the manuscripts published / evaluated in the year 2012. Afia Zafar Farzaneh Montazerifar Professor Microbiology Department of Nutrition Department of Pathology and Microbiology School of Medicine Aga Khan Hospital Zahedan University Karachi Zahedan, Iran Aneela Jaleel Fauzia Imteiaz Chairperson and Professor Assistant Professor Biochemistry Department Biochemistry Ziauddin University Dow Medical College Karachi Karachi Anjum Ilahi Associate Professor of Medicine Ferdose Sultana Al Nafees Medical College Professor/Head of Anatomy Department Isra University Services Institute of Medical sciences Islamabad Campus Lahore Anjum Illahi Humaira Zafar Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor of Microbiology Islamabad Al Nafees Medical College Isra University Asma Jabeen Islamabad Assistant Professor of Physiology Wah Medical College Wah Cantt Ishtiq Ahmed Lahore Professor of Surgery Al Nafees Medical College Ayesha Khan Isra University Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Islamabad Unit V, Civil Hospital Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi Karim Ullah Makki Professor of Medicine Farah A Mansuri Dow University of Health Sciences Medical & Dental College Karachi Farah Faqir Khursheed Hashmi Department of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Department of Pathology Rawalpindi. Liaquat National Medical College Karachi. Farhan Saeed Vakani Department of Continuing Professional Education M S Qureshi The Aga Khan University Head of Clinical Biochemistry & Chemical Pathology Karachi Dow University of Health Sciences OJHA Campus Farhat Hussain Mirza Karachi Department of Forensic Medicine Associate Professor Dow Medical Collage Muhammad Irfan Dow University of Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry Karachi Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Farwa Rizvi Assistant Professor Muhammad Naveed Babur Community Medicine department Principal, Isra School of Rehabilitation Sciences IMDC (Bahria University) Isra University Islamabad Islamabad iii Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi 2013, Vol. 7 (1): iii-iv Acknowledgment of reviewers Muhammad Rafique Khanani Samina Badar Department of Molecular Pathology Associate Professor Dow International Medical College Department of Community Medicine Dow University of Health Sciences. Quaid-e- Azam Medical College Karachi Bahawalpur Muhammad Saaiq Shaheen Sharafat Assistant Professor Professor of Pathology Burns Care PIMS Islamabad Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi Muhammad Saaiq Burns Care Centre Shahzad Alam PIMS, Islamabad Medical Director Memon Medical Institute Hospital Muhammad Saeed Shafi Karachi Professor Head Department of Anatomy Shams Nadeem Alam Associate Dean, Shifa College of Medicine Professor Islamabad. Department of Surgery Dow University of Health Sciences Muhammad Zahid Karachi Head Department of Pharmacology King Edward Medical University Shamta Sufia Lahore. Assistant Professor Community Dentistry Naeema Utman Karachi Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Shehla Baqi Post Graduate Medical Institute Associate Professor Lady Reading Medical institute Department of Infectious Diseases Peshawar Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation Karachi Naheed Sultan Professor Syed Nazrul Husnain Department of Surgery Professor Biochemistry Dow University of Health Sciences Dow International Medical College Karachi DUHS, OJHA Campus Karachi Nighat Nisar Professor Tauheed Baloch Department of Community Medicine Department of General Medicine Dow Medical College, DUHS Pakistan Institute of Medical Science Karachi Islamabad Raza Ur Rehman Zeba Haque Professor Professor Biochemistry Head of Psychiatry, Dow International Medical College Dow Medical College DUHS, OJHA Campus Karachi Karachi Saadia Nosheen Jan Zehra Naz Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns Unit Head Department of Biochemistry Mayo Hospital Islamic International medical College Lahore Rawalpindi Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi 2013, Vol. 7 (1): iii-iv iv.
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