Dow Medical College is a

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located in the city of

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. It was founded in 1945 and named after British civil servant Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sindh. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly formed

Dow University of Health Sciences The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow, the then Governor of Sindh, in 1945. The university comprises two h ...

History

The Dow Medical College was established in Hyderabad in the 1945. It was relocated to Karachi by Sir Hugh Dow, governor of Sindh. Until 1947, it was an affiliate of University of Bombay. After the independence of

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, it was under the University of Sindh. After the University of Karachi was founded, it became its affiliate. It was in 2003 when the Dow University of Health Sciences was established as an independent institution, with Dow Medical College and two other colleges being put under its umbrella.

E-CME Program at Dow University of Health Sciences

DUHS is launching its web-based Continuing Medical Education Program named the "e-CME Program for the Family Physicians".

Social service activities

Notable alumni

Dow Medical college is a large provider of physicians to Pakistan and also to the United States. It is the Pakistan medical school with the greatest amount of licensed physicians in the United States per the 2108

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Survey with 3,232 licensed physicians. Its graduates include: * Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin - Professor of surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine & Considered one of the world's foremost experts on transplanting animal organs, known as xenotransplantation. * Abdul Bari Khan - Cardiologist, philanthropist and CEO of

Indus Hospital and Health Network Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) ( ur, ) is a non-profit organization comprising a nationwide healthcare network of primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare facilities across Pakistan. IHHN offers healthcare services to all patients c ...

Adeebul Hasan Rizvi Syed Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (also spelled: Adibul Hasan Rizvi) is a Pakistani philanthropist, doctor, Renal transplant surgeon and founder of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), the largest kidney transplant centre in Pakista ...

– Transplant Urologist, philanthropist and head of

Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation The Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) is a dialysis & kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan. SIUT was founded by Dr. Adibul Hasan Rizvi and it is Pakistan's largest kidney disease center, as well as Pakistan's largest ...

. * Sanjay Gangwani - Pakistani Politician * Rafat Hussain – Deputy Head of the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England, Australia *

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– Governor of

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. * Shabuddin H. Rahimtoola, MBBS, FRCP din MACP, MACC, D.Sc. (Hon) - Author, Cardiologist at

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best known for his work in valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, results of cardiac surgery, and arrhythmias along with cardio-myopathy and congenital heart disease. *

Fahad Mirza Fahad Mirza ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, model, plastic surgeon and sculptor. He is best known for his debut role as Essa in 2012 drama serial ''Bari Aapa''. He has also appeared in '' Mutthi Bhar Mitti'' (2008), '' Main Deewani'' (2014) and ' ...

- Actor and Model *

Azra Raza Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University. She has previously held positions at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Cincinnati, Rush Un ...

- Author, Director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University *

Javed Iqbal Kazi Javed Iqbal Kazi ( ur, ; Born 29 May 1955) (1955–2014) was a Pakistani pathologist specialized in renal pathology, professor and chairman of Histopathology at Karachi Medical and Dental College, Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, ...

, Dean of medicine-

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (whic ...

Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation The Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) is a dialysis & kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan. SIUT was founded by Dr. Adibul Hasan Rizvi and it is Pakistan's largest kidney disease center, as well as Pakistan's largest p ...

Nausheen Hamid Dr. Nausheen Hamid (; born 19 February 1961) is a Pakistani politician and social activist who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. She is the current Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministr ...

- Pakistani politician and social activist, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan *

Tahir Shamsi Tahir Sultan Shamsi ( ur, ڈاکٹر طاہر سلطان شمسی; 18 February 1962 – 21 December 2021) was a Pakistani professor of medicine, researcher and pioneer of Bone marrow transplant in Pakistan worked as a clinical hematologist and bo ...

- Pakistani hematologist and bone marrow pioneer

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