Asad Mian

Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Critical Creative Innovative Thinking (CCIT) Forum

Joint appointment

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Medical College, Pakistan

Telephone: 92 21 34864573

Publication

Education

PhD, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, 2003
MBBS, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, 1997

Training

Clinical Scientist Training Programme, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, 2010-2011
Fellowship in Medical Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, 2005-2008
Residency in Paediatrics, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals (Baylor College of Medicine), Houston, USA, 2004-2006
Internship, Paediatrics, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals (Baylor College of Medicine), Houston, USA, 2003-2004

Research interests

Biomarker-based translational research in the low resource Emergency Department (ED)
Quality initiatives in the pediatric ED that are evidence-based
Low-cost innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship (healthcare or other)

Experience

Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, 2013
Assistant Professor, Paediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 2009-2013

Professional associations

Liaison to Pakistan, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) International

Member, Pakistan Medical Commission

Awards and honours

  • Global Stories Series selection for video storytelling at the International Ambassador Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, Denver, Colorado. Oct. 27-30, 2019.   
  • Global Leader at the International Ambassador Conference, American College of Emergency Physicians, Denver, Colorado. Oct. 27-30, 2019. 
  • Research publication selected as one of the top global emergency medicine articles of 2018 by the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review Group (GEMLR). July 07, 2019. 
  • AKU’s CCIT runner up for the ‘Most Innovative University Program 2017’ category at the Pakistan Innovation Foundation National Innovation Awards, 2017. Dec 7th, 2017.
  • Scholarship recipient of the International Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Boston, MA, USA, 2015.
  • Congressional Certificate of Merit (child literacy/education effort for Pakistan), Houston, TX, USA, 2011.
  • Thrasher Research Fund - Early Career Award, 2008-10.

Publications

  1. Butt W, Shariff A, Khan S, Mian A. Global Surgery Hackathons: A Case Study from Pakistan. Surgical Innovation. doi:10.1177/15533506211018619. 2021.
  2. Ahmed R, Dayani K, Ali H, Mian A. A zero-cost approach to fostering multi-disciplinary engagement and innovation in an academic medical centre during COVID-19: Experience from the Jugaar Innovation Challenge. BMJ Innov; 0:1-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj innov-2020-000542. 2020.
  3. Baig N, Farooqi W, Mian A. Innovation in emergency medicine: A perspective from a low middle income country, Pakistan. JPMA. Special report JPMA-2019-11-1272 (JPMA-2020-478) (accepted, in press). 2020. 
  4. Butt W, Shahood Q, Farooqi W, Sabzwari S, Ghias K, Mian A. Healthcare Hackathons: Fostering medical education through innovation in a developing country - A case study from Pakistan. BMJ Innov; 0:1–6. doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2019-000400. 2020.
  5. Martins R, Bhatti O, Mian A. Violence against Healthcare Workers in Pakistan during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Jama Health Forum. Published online October 19, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.1263.
  6. Sajid, M.I., Ahmed, A.S., Baig, M.A. Nasir N, Mian A. A low-cost low-tech solution to lessen the fear of needles in children. Pediatr Res https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-01178-8. 2020.  
  7. Afzal B, Ali N, Mian A. Emergency Preparedness and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Our Experience from the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Vol. 30 (Supplement 1 COVID-19): S72-S73. 2020.
  8. Munir M, Martins R, Mian A. Emergency Department Admissions During COVID-19: Implications from the 2002-2004 SARS Epidemic. West J Emerg Med. 21(4): XX-XX. DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.5.48203. 2020.
  9. Azizi K, Ismail M, Aftab U, Afzal B, Mian A. Effectiveness of High-Fidelity Simulation in Training Emergency Medicine Physicians in Point of Care Ultrasonography in Pakistan: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Cureus; 12(6): e8659. DOI 10.7759/cureus.8659. 2020.
  10. Waheed S, Baig A, Kapadia N, Mian A. Eddy-A Hypothetical Model for Comprehending Emergency Medicine Research Themes. South Asian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019 doi:10.5455/sajem.020209.
  11. Nayani K, Baqir H, Mian A, Mian A. Experience of initiating narrative medicine at a medical college in Pakistan: Challenges and opportunities. Perm J. 24:18.194. doi:10.7812/TPP/18.194. 2019.
  12. Aluisio AR, Waheed S, Cameron P…Mian A. et al. Clinical emergency care research in low-income and middle-income countries: opportunities and challenges. BMJ Glob Health;4: e001289. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2018-001289. 2019.
  13. Waheed S, Kalsekar AG, Kamal A, Bryan N, Mian A. 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. Emerg Med Int. 9206948. Published online 2019 Jun 2. doi: 10.1155/2019/9206948. 2019.
  14. Ahmed R and Mian A. A Case for Global Surgery in Pakistan: Implementation Through Multi-Disciplinary Engagement. JPMA. Volume 69, Issue 1, February 2019.
  15. Maul K, Naeem R, Khan U, Mian A, Yousufzai A, Brown N. Child abuse in Pakistan: A qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practice amongst health professionals. Child Abuse & Neglect. 88, 51–57, 2019.
  16. Nayani K, Naeem R, Munir O, Naseer N, Feroze A, Brown N, Mian A. The Clinical Respiratory Score Predicts Pediatric Critical Care Disposition in Children with Respiratory Distress Presenting to the Emergency Department. BMC Pediatr. 18:339, 2018. 
  17. Baig MA, Sheikh S, Waheed S, Hussain E, Mian A. Compliance with the sepsis resuscitation care bundles in the ED of a developing world tertiary care hospital: a clinical audit. Infectious diseases journal of Pakistan. 27(2), 2018.
  18. Shahbaz S, Mian A. When three emergency physicians flew together. JPMA. March 07, 2018.  
  19. Haris A, Naeem R, Feroze A, Zia N, Shakoor A, Khan UR, Mian A. Teaching children road safety through storybooks: an approach to child health literacy in Pakistan. BMC Pediatr. 18(1); 31, 2018. 
  20. Baig MA, Shahzad H, Hussain E, Mian A. Validating a point of care lactate meter in adult patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital of a low- to middle-income country. World J Emerg Med. 8(3): 184–189, 2017. 
  21. Madhani S, Farooqi W, Mian A. Stimulating Innovation through the Hackathon Concept in Paediatrics: Our Experience at the Aga Khan University. Arch Dis Child, 102(10):994, 2017. 
  22. Baqir H, Baig MA, Brown N, Mian A. Accidental poisoning in young children: An emergency medicine perspective from low-and middle-income countries and a call to action. DOI: 10.5152/eajem.2017.25733, Eurasian J Emerg Med, 2017.
  23. Muneeb A, Jawed H, Khalid N, Mian A. The Art of Healing through Narrative Medicine in Clinical Practice – A reflection. Perm J; 21:17-013, 2017.
  24. Farooqi W, Subhani F, Mian A. Paediatric innovation in Pakistan: Our experience and call to action. Arch Dis Child, Oct;102(10):963-967, 2017.
  25. Maul K, Naeem R, Khan U, Lakhdir M, Shah M, Mian A, Yousufzai A, Brown N. G303(P) Child abuse in Pakistan: A qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practice amongst health professionals in the emergency department Arch Dis Child 101: A170, 2016.
  26. Hassaan F, Mian A, Ali SA. Life in death. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 68:6; 766-7, 2016. 
  27. Nayani K, Baig MA, Brown N, Mian A. Safety netting through prevention and detection of child abuse in low- and middle-income countries: lesson from Pakistan. Eurasian J Emerg Med, 15: 56-58, 2016. 
  28. Khan MW, Brown N, Mian A. Point of care lactate measurement in resource poor settings. Arch Dis Child, 101:297–298, 2016. 
  29. Baig MA, Mian A, Shahzad H. To CPR or not to CPR? That is the question. Emerg Med J, Oct;32(10):828, 2015.
  30. Atiq H, Kazi G, Feroze A, Mian A. The pediatric disease spectrum in emergency departments across Pakistan: data from a pilot surveillance system. BMC Emergency Medicine, 15(Suppl 2): S11, 2015.
  31. Bhimani S, Brown N, Mian A. Streamlining Pediatric Emergency Medicine at a Tertiary Care Hospital of a Low to Middle Income Country.  Indian Pediatrics, 52(12): 1021-4, 2015. 
  32. Baig MA, Waheed S, Mian A, Hussain E. Unforgiving heat wave deaths in the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan – Lessons learned. Eurasian J Emerg Med, 14: 209-10, 2015.
  33. Waheed S, Baig MA, Mian A. Imparting Research Ethics in Emergency Medicine in Pakistan. Eurasian J Emerg Med, DOI: 10.5152/eajem.2016.25993.
  34. Baig MA, Mian A, Hussain E, Waheed S. Benefits and challenges of screening for elder abuse in the emergency department of a developing country. World J Emerg Med, Vol 6, No 3, 2015.
  35. Baig MA, Mian A, Najeed F, Shahzad H. Overcrowding in the emergency departments: challenges and opportunities for improvement. JPMA, Vol 65, No 12, 2015. 
  36. Haque A, Siddiqui NR, Owais M, Saleem S, Mian A. Association Between Vasoactive-Inotropic Score and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock. Indian Pediatrics, 52:311-3, 2015.
  37. Haque A, Siddiqui NR, Jafri SK, Hoda M, Bano S, Mian A. Clinical Profiles and Outcome of Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Department. JCPSP, 25 (4): 301-303, 2015.

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