Career Positions // Professor Dr. Nazir Ashraf Laghari

1)	Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Medical Sciences, Isra University, and Director, Isra Institute of Ophthalmology from 14 Oct 2006. Isra University established in 1997 and is chartered by Sindh Provincial Assembly, primarily medical university but also has other faculties and every year new faculties are added to the ever growing university. Isra Institute of Ophthalmology has state of the art ophthalmic department with full foreign and national qualified faculty which is involved in teaching under and postgraduates and is responsible for ophthalmic clinical and surgical work alongwith research in the field of ophthalmology.
2)	Director / Administrator Institute of Ophthalmology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, from 1st March to 31st Aug 2006.
3)	Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan form 20 May 2003 to 28th Feb 2006. The responsibilities of the Chairman include general administration, drawing up training schedules of under – and post – graduate students, conducting and supervising various examinations on behalf of the University, in additions to those detailed for the professor.
4)	Professor of Ophthalmology Liaquat Medical College and Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan from 08-07-1996 to 19-05-2003. (Equivalent to UK Senior Consultant) Professor acts as the incharge of a Unit (Firm), comprising of an associate professor, one or two assistant professors, one or two Senior Registrars and a quantity of medical officers and trainees. His responsibilities include assigning responsibilities to various members of faculty and other staff working in the Unit, supervising and monitoring their progress. Also to serve on various college and hospital committees, in additions to clinical and teaching commitments. As professor, I had been able to introduce a system of rotations for the postgraduate trainees so as to expose them to various basic and clinical aspects in the field of ophthalmology.

5)	Associate Professor Ophthalmology (Liaquat Medical College Hospital then) Liaquat University of medical & Health Science Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan from 07-05-95 to 07-07-96. (Equivalent to UK Consultant). The responsibilities of an Associate Professor include supporting the unit head in day to day clinical work teaching the under-graduate students and post – graduate trainees and acting as a unit head in the absence of the Professor.
6)	Assistant professor Ophthalmology (then Liaquat Medical College Hospital) Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro, Sindh. Pakistan from 18-9-89 to 06-05-95 (Equivalent to UK Senior Registrar / SPR) The Liaquat Medical College (now upgraded to Liaquat University of Medical & Health Science) is a premier and one of the oldest medical institutions of Pakistan. The Liaquat University Hospital is having 1800 Beds, 24 Operations theater suites, 02 ICUs, 02 Radio Diagnostic Centers & 03 Pathology Diagnostic and Research Laboratories. The Eye Hospital at LUMHS has 03 units with 12 faculty members, 03 professor, 03 associates, 03 assistants and 03 senior registrars, being housed in a purpose built premises. It has more than 100 inpatients accommodation. It consists of 04 operations theaters, equipped with 04 operating microscopes, with teaching aids and C.C TV facilities, 02 Phaco machines, 04 YAG lasers, Fundus camera, ‘A’ & ‘B’ Scan. Laboratory, pharmacy and a big outpatient department with approximately 400 patient attendance daily. There is a widely stocked library and air-conditioned reading room. A seventy seater seminar room is available in the ward premises, where seminars and workshops are held on a regular basis. • There is an active post-graduate training programme throughout the year. During the last 15 years that I have been associated with this department, some 78 doctors have been trained through this programme. More than 10 doctors have acquired FCPS, 12 have acquired MCPS (Fellowship and Membership of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), and Diploma in Ophthalmology. (D.O). • Two doctors have acquired FRCPS / FRC Ophth from the UK. The responsibilities of an Assistant Professor include assisting the unit head in day to day clinical work, teaching the under-graduate students. The position is open for Ophthalmologists with a higher diploma (as opposed to Senior Registrar). The position is equivalent to that of a British Senior Registrar, performing some tasks independently and others under direct supervision of the unit head (Professor). The doctor needs to work under close supervision, prove his competence and surgical skills to the Unit Head before being allowed to work independently.
7)	Senior Registrar/ Acting Consultant - Department of ophthalmology, Riyadh military hospital, affiliated with king Saud university Riyadh and king Faisal university of dammam, Saudi Arabia, from January 1987 to December 1988. (Equivalent to UK Senior Registrar)
8)	Acting Senior Registrar - Riyadh Military Hospital, affiliated with king saud university, Riyadh & king faisal university of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, from july 1982 to December 1986(04 years).
9)	Registrar - Regional Eye unit, old church hospital, romford, Essex, England, from Aug 1980 to July 1982 (02 years).
10)	Registrar – Gartnavel General Hospital, Tenant Institute, Western Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Scotland, from March 1977 to July 1980 (03 years).
11)	S.H.O. - Department of ophthalmology, Gartnvel general hospital, university of Glasgow, Scotland, from Feb 1976 to Feb 1977(13 months).
12)	S.H.O – Department of Ophthalmology, Ninewells University Hospital, University of Dundee, Scotland, from July 1975 to January 1976 (06 months).
13)	S.H.O – Ophthalmology Royal Northern Infirmary, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland from February 1974 to June 1975 (16 months).
14)	S.H.O – Ophthalmology – then Liaquat Medical College Eye Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan (now upgraded as Liaquat University Eye Hospital) from June 1973 to December 1973 (06 months). This was my first substantial job in Ophthalmology. It helped further to develop and nurture my interest in the specialty. The unit was a teaching unit with a huge turnover of patients. It was equipped as a District Eye Unit of the UK. I received exposure to various intra – and extra ocular surgical procedures. This main advantage was learning refraction in the outpatients.
15)	House Officer in General Surgery: Then Liaquat Medical College Hospital Hyderabd/Jamshoro, Sindh , Pakistan( now upgraded as Liaquat University Hospital) from Nov 1972 to Jun 1973( 7 months)
16)	House Officer in General Medicine: Then Liaquat Medical College Hospital Hyderabad/Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan (now upgraded as Liquat University Hospital) from May 1972 to Nov 1972(6 months).

	The jobs at # 13 & 14 were internship fulfillment of the registration requirement in Pakistan.