Muhammad Saleem is a Pakistani Surgeon and academic. He serves as Medical Director and Professor of

Paediatric Surgery Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. History Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birth defects requ ...

Early life

Saleem was born in Bahawalnagar. He earned his

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

from

Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Quaid e Azam Medical College ( ur, , or QAMC) is a medical college in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. History Quaid e Azam Medical College was founded on 2 December 1971 when its foundation stone was laid by the then Governor of Punjab, Lt Gen Attiqu ...

, and completed his post-graduate training FCPS (Paediatric Surgery) from the Department of Paediatric Surgery Mayo Hospital, Lahore. He was awarded FCPS (Paediatric Surgery) in 1995. He completed a Masters in medical education (MME-HPE) from The

University of Lahore The University of Lahore ( ur, ), abbreviated as UOL, is a private university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded at collegiate level in 1999 under the IBADAT Educational Trust and was granted full degree awarding status in 2002. ...

in 2017. Saleem was appointed Senior Registrar Paediatric Surgery at The Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health (CH & ICH) Lahore in 1996. Shortly after that, Saleem was promoted to Assistant Professor Paediatric Surgery at Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. He moved back to the CH & ICH, Lahore, where he served as Assistant Professor for eight years. Saleem was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and served for the next two years. Saleem was selected as Professor of Paediatric Surgery and was appointed to Shaikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan, in 2010. In 2013, Saleem moved back to CH & ICH, Lahore, as Professor of Paedaitric Surgery/Chief of Surgery. Saleem remained continuously involved in the project of The Children’s Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore in the 1990s. He established pediatric surgery in this hospital. While working in Rahim Yar Khan, he developed a pediatric surgical department at Shaikh Zayed Medical College. He also contributed to establishing two new pediatric surgery units in Fatima Jinnah Medical University/Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, and Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital, Lahore.

Publications

Saleem has authored over 80 publications in various national and international academic magazines.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saleem, Muhammad Pakistani paediatric surgeons Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Bahawalnagar District Quaid-i-Azam University alumni Academic staff of the University of Lahore