Department of Pulmonology

Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine is one of the major departments of Ali Fatima Teaching Hospital, AUMDC, Lahore . It includes a Pulmonology indoor and outdoor facility as well as fully equipped and dedicated 10 bedded Medical ICU offering facilities for all the critically ill patients. Department consists of properly trained and dedicated staff experienced in working and taking care of serious patients.

Facilities offered by department includes:

a. Dedicated Medical ICU

b. Indoor and outdoor treatment of Asthma, COPD, TB, ILD and Lung Cancer

c. Interventional Procedures including Bronchoscopy, Medical Thoracoscopy and Chest Ultrasound

d. Spirometry

e. Ultrasound Guided small and large bore chest intubations

Affiliation of all this speciality with the Department of Medicine helps in providing the best environment for teaching & training of both under & postgraduate along with optimal patient care.

Department is aspiring to meet the national and international standards in the field of pulmonology to train post and undergraduate students in relevant field.

Head of the department

Assistant Professor Dr Waqas Aslam is Head of Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Ali Fatima Hospital, AUMDC, Lahore. After graduating from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, he completed his Fellowship from College Of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, in Pulmonology. He then received training in Critical Care Medicine from Services Institute of Medical Sciences and also received a Diploma in Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound. He has vast experience of teaching and training at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. He has been regularly participating in various workshops, conferences and teaching programs both locally and internationally. He has many research publications in various journals.

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