Shahan Waheed

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pakistan

Telephone: 92 21 34861265

Publication

Introduction

Dr. Shahan Waheed is a graduate of Emergency Medicine Residency program. He was appointed as an Instructor in January 2016 and later appointed as Senior Instructor in November 2017. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in February 2020. He is the current Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency program, Department of Emergency Medicine.

Education

FCPS (Emergency Medicine), College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2016
MBBS, Karachi Medical and College, Karachi, Pakistan, 2007

Training

Residency in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2012 - 2015

Research interests

  • Resuscitation
  • Medical Education
  • Clinical prediction rules
  • Biomarkers 

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, February 2020
Senior Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, 2017 - 2020
Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, January to December 2016

Professional associations

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Awards and honours

  • Award for Innovation in teaching & education at AKU convocation 2021, in recognition of outstanding academic pursuits, 2021
  • Awarded “Changemaker” behavior champion through Human Resource (HR) Aga Khan University, Karachi Applaud Honor Board, 2021
  • Best oral presentation award at 21st Health Sciences Research Assembly, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 2018
  • Best Instructor award, Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi,Pakistan, 2017
  • Winner of Hackathon, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2016
  • Best Resident Year IV award at the annual appreciation evening, Department of emergency medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 2015
  • Excellence in research award at the postgraduate medical education (PGME) graduation evening, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 2015
  • Best resident award at the postgraduate medical education (PGME) graduation evening, Aga Khan University Karachi, 2015

Publications

  • Chhotani AA, Waheed S. The Necessity of Human Factors Training in Emergency Medicine Residency: A Road Less Travelled. Journal College of Physicians and Surgeons May 2021;Vol 31, Supp 06.S1-2
  • Waheed S, Zahid RO, Khan ST, Subhani F, Siddiqui E. Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) with Low Dose Vitamin C as a Safe and Effective Therapeutic Modality in an Adult with COVID-19 Pneumonia. Journal College of Physicians and Surgeons Jan-Jun 2021;Vol 31, Supp 2 COVID 19.S90-92.
  • Waheed S, Siddiqui E. Vitamin D in COVID 19 pneumonia: High Yield Low Risk. Journal College of Physicians and Surgeons Oct 2020;Vol 30, Supp2.S180
  • Waheed S, Kapadia NN, Khan MF, et al Randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of apnoeic oxygenation in adults using low-flow or high-flow nasal cannula with head side elevation versus usual care to prevent desaturation during endotracheal intubation in the emergency department (ApOxED): study protocol BMJ Open 2020;10:e037964. doi: 10.1136/BMJ open-2020-037964 (Impact factor 2.496)
  • Azizi K, Waheed S, Barolia R, Ahmed N, Ismail M. Understanding perceptions and factors involved in do not resuscitate (DNR) decision making in the emergency department of a low-resource country: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ open. 2020;10(9):e038915. (Impact factor 2.496)
  • Siddiqui E, Jokhio AA, Raheem A, Waheed S, Hashmatullah S. The Utility of Early Warning Score in Adults Presenting With Sepsis in the Emergency Department of a Low Resource Setting. Cureus. 2020;12(7).  
  • Qamar I, Siddiqui E, Waheed S, Khursheed M, Khan BA, Kazi SG. Clinical Decision Unit (CDU), an extension of emergency department: An experience and advantage in a tertiary care center. JPMA. 2020. (Impact factor:0.718)
  • Siddiqui EU, Waheed S, Perveen F, Daniyal M, Khan MAR, Siddiqui S, et al. Clinical outcome of paediatric patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) receiving 3% hypertonic saline (HTS) in the emergency room of a tertiary care hospital. JPMA. 2019. (Impact factor:0.718)
  • AR, Waheed S, Cameron P, Hess J, Jacob ST, Kissoon N, et al. Clinical emergency care research in low-income and middle-income countries: opportunities and challenges. BMJ global health. 2019;4(Suppl 6):e001289. (Impact factor:27.604)
  • Waheed S, Kalsekar AG, Kamal AK, Bryan N, Mian AI. Association of Plasma Levels of Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolites with Acute Stroke in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Low-Middle Income Country. Emergency Medicine International. 2019;2019. (Impact factor:0.22)
  • Waheed S, Baig MA, Siddiqui E, Jamil D, Feroze A. Prognostic significance of optic nerve sheath diameter on computed tomography scan with severity of blunt traumatic brain injury in the emergency department. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2018.(Impact factor:0.718)
  • Waheed S, Baig MA, Khursheed M, Awan S. Impact of heat waves on patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital-A single center cross-sectional study. JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2019;69(5):741-4. (Impact factor: 0.718)
  • Baig MA, Sheikh S, Hussain E, Bakhtawar S, Khan MS, Mujtaba S, Waheed S. Comparison of qSOFA and SOFA score for predicting mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock patients in the emergency department of a low middle income country. Turkish journal of emergency medicine. 2018;18(4):148-51. (Impact factor:0.15)
  • Waheed S, Akmal WB. My Story. 2017. (Impact factor:5.209)
  • Waheed S, Baig MA, Khan MW, Sheikh FA, Khan NU. Fungal endocarditis presenting with right lumbar pain and femoral artery ischemia–An unusual case report. Turkish journal of emergency medicine. 2016;16(4):173-5. (Impact factor: 0.15)
  • Baqi A, Waheed S, Tipoo FA, Khan AH. Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath. Turkish journal of emergency medicine. 2016;16(2):83-5. (Impact factor: 0.15)
  • Baig MA, Mian A, Hussain E, Waheed S. Community emergency medicine: Benefits and challenges of screening for elder abuse in the emergency department of a developing country. World journal of emergency medicine. 2015;6(4):261. (Impact factor: 1.43)
  • Siddiqui E, Waheed S, Khan IQ. Developing paediatric emergency medicine—an opinion from a developing country tertiary care center. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2015. (Impact factor: 0.718)
  • Khan MS, Waheed S, AA, Mumtaz N, Feroze A, Noordin S. Terrorist attacks in the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan: Profile of soft tissue and skeletal injuries from a single trauma center. World journal of emergency medicine. 2015;6(3):217. (Impact factor: 1.43)
  • Shallwani H, Waqas M, Waheed S, Siddiqui M, Froz A, Bari ME. Does base deficit predict mortality in patients with severe traumatic brain injury? International Journal of Surgery. 2015;22:125-30. (Impact factor:3.158)
  • Waheed S, Sabeen A, Ullah Khan N. New onset refractory status epilepticus as an unusual presentation of a suspected organophosphate poisoning. Case reports in emergency medicine. 2014;2014. 
  • Siddiqui E, Ejaz K, Waheed S, Kazi GI, Khursheed M. Attitudes towards child restrains and seat belts usage in the learned population of Karachi, Pakistan. World journal of emergency medicine. 2014;5(3):223. (Impact factor:1.43)
  • Waqas M, Waheed S, Mangrio SA, Rashid S, Qadeer M, Bari E. Confusing presentation of chaetomium brain abscess. British journal of neurosurgery. 2014;28(6):805-7. (Impact factor:1.481)
  • Zubairi ABS, Zafar A, Salahuddin N, Haque AS, Waheed S, Khan J. Atypical pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia in adults. JPMA The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2012;62(7):653. (Impact factor: 0.718)
  • Waqas M, Waheed S, Haider Z, Shariff AH. Acute mesenteric ischaemia with infective endocarditis: is there a role for anticoagulation? BMJ Case Reports. 2013;2013:bcr2013009741. (Impact factor:0.213)
  • Kazim SF, Shamim MS, Tahir MZ, Enam SA, Waheed S. Management of penetrating brain injury. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock. 2011;4(3):395. (Impact factor:0.85)
  • Kamal AK, Taj F, Junaidi B, Rasheed A, Zaidi M, Murtaza M, Naveed I, Hasmat F, Alam SV, Saleem U, Waheed S. The Karachi intracranial stenosis study (KISS) Protocol: An urban multicenter case-control investigation reporting the clinical, radiologic and biochemical associations of intracranial stenosis in Pakistan. BMC neurology. 2009;9(1):31. (Impact factor:2.17)

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