JSMU honours senior alumni with Lifetime Achievement Awards
IV Report KARACHI: Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) presented awards to seven of its distinguished senior alumni in recognition of their contributions to surgical innovation, clinical excellence, and medical education at a ceremony held on April 19. The event also featured a video message from renowned urologist Prof Dr Adib-ul Hasan Rizvi, founder and director of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). JSMU Vice Chancellor Prof Amjad Siraj Memon conferred gold medals and certificates—instituted as the JSMU Lifetime Achievement Awards—on the honoured physicians, who have significantly transformed patient outcomes nationwide. A university handout issued on April 20 noted that these awards will continue to be presented in the future. Among the award recipients were Dr Altaf Hussain Hashmi, Professor of Urology at SIUT; Dr Shahid Sami, Professor of Cardiology affiliated with South City Hospital and the Aga Khan University Hospital; Dr Rubina Hussain, Professo...