Department of Pathology

The subject of Pathology is bridge between basic and clinical subjects. It takes students from Morbid Anatomy to Surgical Pathology, Histology to Histopathology, normal body functioning and biochemistry to etiology and pathogenesis of diseases. The Pathology department is located  at fourth floor of Abu Umara Medical and Dental Collage. Whereas state of art Clinical and Haematological Laboratory ia at Ali Fatima Teaching Hospital Lahore. 

The main Pathology department comprises of student’s teaching Labs, multimedia installed tutorial, conferences rooms and modern Pathology lecture theatres.  The Microbiology and Histopathology Labs are functional in Pathology Department. The Haematological, Clinical, Chemical, Immunological, Blood Bank and specialized tests services are available at Ali Fatima Hospital Lab under the supervision of consultants in each field.

The achievements of Pathology department comprises of recognition of Blood Bank form Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority, and Laboratories from Punjab Health Care Commission. The Labs have active Internal Quality Assurance and external Quality Assurance Programs. Our next step is to complete ISO Medical Laboratories Accreditation 15189.

Head of the Department

Prof Dr. Nasir Iqbal is Head of Pathology Department, Abu Umara Medical and Dental Collage and In-charge of Ali Fatima Teaching Hospital Laboratory. He graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical Collage Lahore 1982, Post-graduation M.Phil (Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology) 1988 and trained & certified in USA in Forensic Histopathology 2018. He has a vast 38 years teaching experience for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He served as Assistant Professor Histopathology at King Edward Medical Collage, Associate Professor Pathology at King Edward and Allama Iqbal Medical Collage and Professor of Pathology SIMS/ Services Hospital Lahore. He worked as Director Forensics Punjab Forensic Science Agency Lahore for seven years. He has been regularly involved in academic activities, conducting workshops and conferences and supervised postgraduate programs. He is an undergraduate and postgraduate examiner for all Medial Universities of the country.

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