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Usman Waheed graduated in Medical Laboratory Sciences from the National Institute of Health,Islamabad, Pakistan. He secured first position in the University and was awarded a merit scholarship. He did his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi and then completed M.Phil. in molecular biology from the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He also has a Diploma in Public Health (SDC, Pak), Certification in Epidemiology (LSHTM, Lon) and Fellowship in Transfusion Medicine (NBTS, Sri Lanka). Usman has received postgraduate trainings in transfusion medicine, nucleic acid testing and plasma fractionation from Czech Republic, Germany and Netherlands. He is currently pursuing a PhD in molecular virology. His PhD project is on investigation of the molecular and genetic features of HIV in disease pathogenesis.

Mr. Waheed joined the Blood Transfusion Services of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) as a Medical Technologist in 2007. He also served as the Visiting Lecturer at the College of Medical Technology, Islamabad. Later, he joined the National HIV/STI Referral Laboratory, National AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health. His research on evaluation of HIV screening kits was considered very important contribution and recommended a National Testing Strategy for Pakistan. At the National AIDS Control Programme, he was also responsible for training and education of health care and public health workers for HIV testing and counseling. He then joined GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) as Technical Advisor to implement the nationally coordinated blood transfusion service in Pakistan through the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme. He contributed to the organizational development of the National and Provincial Blood Transfusion Programmes and was a core member of the team which developed the Blood Safety Acts and Functional Briefs for Regional Blood Centres and Hospital Blood Banks in Pakistan. He also has a rich experience in implementing the regulatory framework at the federal and provincial level.

Presently, Usman is working as a Technical Expert in the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme and the Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority, Ministry of NHSR&C, Government of Pakistan. He was a member of the core team of experts which formulated the National Blood Policy ad Strategic Framework (2014-20). His current assignments include conduction of field inspections in order to ensure compliance to blood safety Acts, strengthening of blood transfusion systems through capacity building of professionals (in public and private sector hospitals) and implementation of the regulatory framework.

His scientific research is reflected in the form of more than100 research and review articles besides authoring four handbooks related to Medical Laboratory Sciences. Usman Waheed won the Harold Gunsen Fellowship Award by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) for two consecutive years in 2014 (Seoul) and in 2015 (London).

He is visiting faculty and examiner for MPhil Biosciences and BS Medical Laboratory Technology at the University of the Punjab, University of Lahore, Isra University, International Islamic University and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. He is also the Editor of three peer-reviewed international journals. A member of many professional bodies and international expert working groups, Mr. Waheed has represented Pakistan in many scientific conferences abroad and is serving on Advisory Boards of American Society for Clinical Pathology, USA Science Advisory Board, South Asian Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists and Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine. o Chair, Board of Certification, American Society for Clinical Pathology o President, South Asian Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (SAAMLS) o Member, International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) o Member, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) o Founding Secretary General, Pakistan Society of Blood Transfusion (PSBT) o Governing Council Member, Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (AATM) o Member, Pan-American Society for Clinical Virology (PASCV) o Member, e Health Association of Pakistan (eHAP) o Founding Vice President, Pakistan Association of Medical Laboratory Sciences (PAMLS) o Associate Member, International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) o Associate Member, Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan (IDSP)



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References

  • Sultan S, Zaheer HA, Waheed U, Baig MA, Rehan A, Irfan SM. Internal quality control of blood products: An experience from a tertiary care hospital blood bank from Southern Pakistan. J Lab Physicians 2018;10:64-7
  • Waheed U, Azmat M, Wazeer A, Sultan S, Irfan SM, Zaheer HA. Evaluation of Blood Requisition and Utilization Practices at a Tertiary Care Hospital Blood Bank in Islamabad, Pakistan. Glob J Transfus Med 2017;2(2):113-117
  • Farooq A, Waheed U, Zaheer HA, Aldakheel F, Alduraywish S, ArshadM (2017) Detection of HBsAg mutants in the blood donor population of Pakistan. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0188066. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188066
  • Raza MH, Siraj S, Arshad A, Waheed U, Aldakheel F, Alduraywish S, Arshad M. ROS-modulated therapeutic approaches in cancer treatment. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2017). doi:10.1007/s00432-017-2464-9
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Development of a National Thalassaemia Policy in Pakistan. Glob J Transfus Med 2017;2(1):69-70
  • Waheed U, Zaheer HA. Evaluation of Deferral Pattern among the Blood Donors in Islamabad, Pakistan. Glob J Transfus Med 2016;1(2):81-84
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Blood Transfusion Service in Disasters. Transfus Apher Sci. 2016;55(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2016.09.007
  • Waheed U, Satti HS, Arshad M, Farooq A, Zaheer HA. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and Syphilis among high risk groups in Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool.;49(5) :1829-1834.
  • Shahzad A, Rafiq N, Ullah I, Asad MJ, Ahmad MS, Waheed U. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the families of ?-thalassaemia children in thalassaemia centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017; 67(9): 1434-1437
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Transfusion Medicine; Development of a national curriculum for transfusion medicine. Professional Med J 2017; 24(6): 787-788
  • Waheed U, Arshad M, Bryde L, Arshad A, Umair M, Zaheer HA. The Changing Dynamics of HIV/AIDS Burden and Screening Strategies in Pakistan. Ann. Pak. Inst. Med. Sci. 2017; 13(1):103-110
  • Rehan M, Waheed U, Sarwar M, Arshad M, Satti HS, Zaheer HA. Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among University Students of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ann. Pak. Inst. Med. Sci. 2016; 12(2):89-92
  • Kiani RA, Waheed U, Khan H, Zaheer HA. Audit of Laboratory Request Forms at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Islamabad. Pakistan. J. Soc. Obstet. Gynaecol. Pak. 2016; 6(3):133-136
  • Waheed U, Wazeer A, Iqbal Z, Qasim Z, Zaheer HA. Surveillance of adverse transfusion reactions in multi-transfused thalassaemia patients in Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Ann. Pak. Inst. Med. Sci. 2016; 12(1):27-30
  • http://www.journalofclinicalvirology.com/article/S1386-6532(12)00452-0/abstract
  • http://www.amazon.com/Serological-Techniques-Immunology-Usman-Waheed/dp/1462697445
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U, Ansari MA. Disaster Management in Blood Transfusion Services. Chapter 15: A Textbook on Laboratory and Clinical Transfusion Medicine, Volume 1: Organization and Management. 2016 1st Edition, Nova Science Publishers ISBN 978-1-63485-004-9
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U, Ansari A. Disaster Management in Blood Transfusion Services. SBTP, 1st Edition, 2015 ISBN 978-969-9881-21-3
  • Brown R, Waheed U, Arshad M, Farooq A, Ansari MA. Medical Laboratory Instrumentation, 2014. 978-969-23015-0-3. 1st Ed, Published by SAAMLS Pakistan.
  • Waheed U, Ansari A, Ullah A, Ali I. Clinical Microbiology. 2013, 1st Edition, ISBN 978-969-9880-02-5
  • Waheed U. Laboratory Techniques in Haematology and Blood Banking. 2013, 1st Edition, ISBN 978-969-9880-00-1
  • Kiani RA, Anwar M, Waheed U, Abbasi S, Zaheer HA. Epidemiology of Transfusion Transmitted Infection among Patients with ?-Thalassaemia Major in Pakistan. Journal of Blood Transfusion, vol. 2016, Article ID 8135649, 5 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/8135649
  • Waheed U, Azmat M, Arshad M, Arshad A, Zaheer HA. HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Global Health. HIV/AIDS Res Treat Open J. 2016; 2(4): 105- 107.
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Impact of regulation of blood transfusion services in Islamabad, Pakistan. Glob J Transfus Med 2016;1(1):29-31.
  • Waheed U, Azmat M, Zaheer HA. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Towards Blood Donation: A Nationwide Survey. Hematol Transfus Int J. 2015; 1(4):00018. DOI: 10.15406/htij.2015.01.00018.
  • Saeed U, Waheed Y, Ashraf M, Waheed U, Anjum S, Afzal MS. Estimation of Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and different clinical parameters in Thalassemic population of capital twin cities of Pakistan. Virology: Research and Treatment 2015:6 11-16 doi:10.4137/VRT.S31744.
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Legislative Reforms of the Blood Transfusion System in Pakistan. Transfus Med. 2014;24(2):117-9.
  • Farooq A, Waheed U. Forensics: An Emerging Science in Pakistan. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 2013;34(4):374-375.
  • Waheed U, Chishti HM, Farhan Y, Zaheer HA. Plasma Fractionation; Pakistan's Potential. Hematol Transfus Int J. 2015, 1(2): 00011. doi: 10.15406/htij.2015.01.00011
  • Farooq A, Waheed U. Forensics: Science of Justice in Pakistan. Asian J Biol Life Sci. 2013; 2(2): 89-91.
  • Waheed U, Hayat K, Ahmad B, Waheed Y, Zaheer HA. Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Diagnostic Kits and Formulation of a Testing Strategy for Pakistan. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2013;56:367-369. IF 3.96
  • Waheed U, Ansari A, Zaheer HA. Phlebotomy as Backbone of the Laboratory. Lab Medicine 2013;44(1): e69-71.
  • Zaheer HA, Waheed U. Blood Safety System Reforms in Pakistan. Blood Transfus 2014; 12(4): 452-457.
  • Waheed U, Satti HS. The Impact Factor; A Bad Impact on Individual Research. Health Education Journal, 2012; 71(3) 253-254
  • http://www.aatmweb.org/
  • http://sbtp.gov.pk/
  • http://ibta.gov.pk/
  • Zaheer, HA; Waheed, U (2014). "Blood safety system reforms in Pakistan". Blood Transfus. 12: 452-7. doi:10.2450/2014.0253-13. PMC 4212023 . PMID 24960645. 
  • Zaheer, HA; Waheed, U (2014). "Legislative reforms of the blood transfusion system in Pakistan". Transfus Med. 24: 117-9. doi:10.1111/tme.12107. PMID 24575921. 
  • Farooq, A; Waheed, U (2013). "Forensics: an emerging science in Pakistan". Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 34: 374-5. doi:10.1097/PAF.0000000000000050. PMID 24189630. 
  • http://labmed.ascpjournals.org/content/44/1/e69.full
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  • Waheed, U; Satti, HS; Farooq, N; Zaheer, HA (2012). "Frequency of haemoglobinopathies: a single-centre, cross-sectional study from Islamabad, Pakistan". East. Mediterr. Health J. 18: 1257-9. PMID 23301402. 

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