Programmes

The Department of Paediatric and Child Health boasts a robust and distinguished academic portfolio within the region, offering a range of undergraduate programs, residencies, and fellowships, and ongoing medical education.

The faculty is driven by a visionary commitment to cultivating a cadre of adept clinicians, visionary academic leaders, and scholars in the specialized realm of paediatrics and child health.

​Physical Therapy Residency and Training program

Dr Zehra Habib runs the Physical Therapy Residency and Training program as a post-professional clinical and didactic educational program, designed to significantly advance a practicing physical therapist’s knowledge, skills in patient or client management, and attitudes across a variety of settings, including: acute care hospital, outpatient, school-based, and early intervention. It provides focused academic and clinical mentoring.

​​​Guest Lectures

​​​We need precision medicine to target the world's most vulnerable children: Dr Judd Walson​

Dr Judd Walson, the chair of International Health, at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, delivered the keynote speech at the inauguration of the fifth Research Week of the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, AKU on September 1, 2023. 

Setting u​​p a Ra​re Disease Centre in Pakistan:
​Dr Huma Chee​ma's keynote at 5th Paediatric Research Week​​

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Prof. Huma Arshad Cheema is Professor Emeritus of ​Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology and Nutrition at the Children's Hospital & the University of Child Health, Lahore. She delivered this keynote speech for the AKU Department of Paediatrics & Child Health's fifth research week on Saturday, Sept 2, 2023.​​​​​​

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