Afro-Asian Institute of Medical Sciences

Prof. Dr. Syed Amir Gilani 

CONSULTANT SONOLIGIST

M.B; B.S (Pb)-Punjab University Pakistan.

PhD-Ultrasound; Alzaeim Alazhari University Khartoum, Sudan

PhD-Ultrasound; L.U.de.S University, Lugano, Switzerland,

PhD-Ultrsound ; ISPME , Lugano Switzerland.

·         Approved PhD supervisor by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

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• Professor & Head of Swiss Ultrasound Institute ,Faculty of Medical Sciences, L.U.de.S University, Lugano, Switzerland.
• Associate Professor; Faculty of Radiological Sciences, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.
• Director of Pakistani Branch of Ian Donald Inter-university School of Ultrasound Croatia.

·         Director; The Burwin Institute of Ultrasound,Canada (Asian Branch) Lahore, Pakistan (www.burwin.com).

• Approved PhD supervisor by higher education commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

·         Founder President, Afro-Asian Association of Ultrasound. (www.afroasianassociation.org)

• Visiting Professor; Sir Syed University of Sciences & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Visiting Professor; Sudan University of science and technology, Khartoum, Sudan.

·         President; Kosovo-Pak friendship society, Republic of Kosova. www.kosovapak.org

 

 

Date of Birth:            March 15, 1966 

Nationality:                Pakistani 

Marital Status:           Married

Address®:                 
PERMANENT; 120-E1 WAPDA TOWN, Lahore -Pakistan. 

TEMPORARY;  Flat 2, House 6-G Burri, Khartoum ,Sudan.

1) Address Clinic      
Gilani Diagnostic Centre, Main Ferozpur Road,
Near Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. 

  Phone (Pakistan)    
  Clinic –Ph; +92 - 423–5824229

  Clinic-Fax; +92-423-580119

 2) Address Institute     

 626 Shadman-1 Lahore Pakistan. (Lahore)     

 Institute-Ph: +92-423- 7521116-7, 7578878
 Institute-Fax: +92-423-7521118
 Mobile: 92 - 0300 – 8460876

Sudan;  00249-912174236  00249-912174236 .  

E-mail:                   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it       

 Web sites;           http://www.syedamirgilani.com/     

                              http://www.aaimsonline.com/    

                              http://www.afroasiansudan.com/

                             http://www.aaims.co.uk/

 

Specialty:             Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound 

Languages;          Can speak following languages

                                   1) English.

                                   2) Arabic.

                                   3) Urdu.

                                   4) Punjabi.

    Language Courses

  1) Basic Arabic Language course—from—Mahad Lilajanib (Institute for foreigners or Arabic Language)Damascus, Syria---Ministry of Training, Syria.(1985).                                   
 2)Intermediate Arabic Language course-from-Mahad Lilajanib (Institute for foreigners or Arabic Language) Damascus, Syria---Ministry of Training, Syria.(1985).   

  3) Arabic Language course---from-AIOU, Pakistan (1988).

    PRESENT POSITION 

• Director, Afro-Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, 626 shadman-1,Lahore, Pakistan.
• Professor & Head of Swiss Ultrasound Institute ,Faculty of Medical Sciences, L.U.de.S University, Lugano, Switzerland.
• Associate Professor; Faculty of Radiological Sciences, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.
• Director of Pakistani Branch of Ian Donald Inter-university School of Ultrasound Croatia.
• Director,Asian and Middle East Branch-The Burwin Institute
  of Ultrasound-Canada.
• Administrator; Afro-Asian Training Center, Khartoum,Sudan.
• President, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society of Pakistan.
• President, Afro-Asian Association of Ultrasound (AAAU).
• Member Advisory Board of international certification and accreditation foundation (ICEAF), USA.

 

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

• Honorary Professor of Radiology, Jefferson Ultrasound Research and educational institute affiliated centre, Lugano, Switzerland.

 President, Fetal Care and Research Foundation of Pakistan.

 President, Afro Asian Association of Ultrasound. Lahore, Pakistan.

       President; Kosovo-Pak friendship society, Republic of Kosova.     www.kosovapak.org.

SPECIAL TRAINING: 

• Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, USA.

• Visiting Fellowship for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound at Radiology Department of Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit Michigan, USA.
• Visiting Fellowship in Interventional Ultrasound at Department of Radiology, Regional Hospital (Ospedale Regionale) Lugano, Switzerland (17^th to 22^nd March 2003).
• Visiting Fellowship in Interventional Ultrasound at Department of Radiology, Regional Hospital (Ospedale Regionale) Lugano, Switzerland (23^rd to 26^th October 2003).

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION 

         1.   Seven days seminar for basic Ultrasound training course From 16th - 22nd Feb 2000 held at Maternity Hospital, Thapathali , and Kathmandu, Nepal (Delivered all lectures during this seven  days seminar).

       2.  Post Graduate Course in Neurology at King Edward Medical
         College Lahore – Pakistan (8^th March to 13^th March 1995)

3.   8^th Intensive Review Course of Pediatrics (1^ST - 10^th Aug 1996).

4.   7^th Annual Congress of Pakistan Society for Surgery of Hand in Lahore Pakistan (1^st to 3^rd Oct 1999).

5.   43^rd AIUM Annual convention in San Antonio, Texas, USA (14^th to 17^th March 1999).

6.  10^th Annual Conference on Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Singapore (arranged by American Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society) from 12^th to 16^th July 2000.

7.  Ultrasound Congress 2000 & Pre-Congress courses Obs & Gynae Ultrasound (8^th & 9^th July 2000) in Islamabad Pakistan.

8.  6^th International Congress of the Egyptian society for Ultrasonic in collaboration with the leading edge of diagnostic ultrasound (Thomas Jefferson University, USA) in Cairo Egypt (27^th, 28^th Feb, 1^st March 2001)

9.  6^th Congress of the Asian Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology – Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (23^rd – 26^th October 2001).

10. 11^th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology in Melbourne Australia (23^rd – 28^th October 2001)

11.  Leading edge conference in New Atlantic city New Jersey, USA (arranged by JUREI) from 21^st to 24^th May 2002.

12. 12^th Annual Conference of American Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society, Brussels, Belgium, from 31^st August to 4^th September 2002.

13. 3^rd International Ultrasound Congress arranged by TECMED and Toshiba at Durban, South Africa, from 31^st October to 3^rd November 2002.

14. International seminar on Gynecological and Obstetrical Ultrasound from 14^th to 19^th December 2002 at Morocco Polo Hotel, Deira Dubai, UAE.

15. International seminar on Advances in Ultrasound from 04^th to 09^th Jan. 2003 at Sheraton Hotel, Deira Dubai, UAE.

16.   Three days Middle East Imaging and Diagnostic Conference from 27^th to 29^th Jan 2003 arranged by Ministry of health, Dubai UAE during Arab Health in association with Federal Radiology Department UAE.

17. 3^rd One day ultrasound seminar at P.C Hotel, Peshawar Pakistan on 2^nd march 2003.

18. One day ultrasound course “Advances in abdominal ultrasound” on 20^th march 2003 at Regional hospital (Ospedale Regionale) Lugano, Switzerland arranged by Society of medical ultrasound of Italy and Switzerland (Societa di ultrasonologia medica della Svizzera Italiana) with collaboration of University Of Pavia, Italy.

19. International seminar on Gynecological and Obstetrical Ultrasound from 05^th to 07^th April 2003 at Sheraton Hotel,Deira Dubai, UAE.

20.  International seminar on Advances in Ultrasound from 08^th to 10^th April 2003 at Sheraton Hotel,Deira Dubai, UAE.

21.  Leading Edge Conference in Philadelphia,USA from 13^th to 16^th May 2003 arranged by Jefferson Ultrasound Institute, Philadelphia, USA.

22. 1^st International Ultrasound Conference and Seminar from 5^th to 6^th June 2003,arranged by Bangladesh Technical College of Ultrasound in Medicine (BTCUM) at Berdhem Auditorium Dhaka, Bangladesh.

23. 3^rd One day Ultrasound Seminar at P.C Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan on 16^th to 19^th July 2003.

24.  2^nd Georgian Congress of Radiology from 3^rd to 4^th October 2003 at I.Javahkishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

25.  One day ultrasound course “Advances in abdominal ultrasound” on 22^nd October 2003 for outgoing post graduate students at Regional hospital (Ospedale Regionale) Lugano, Switzerland .

26.  Annual Congress on ultrasound “Lugano Ultrasound-2003” from 24^th to 25^th October 2003 at Parco Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland arranged by Medical Ultrasound Society of Southern Switzerland (SUMSI) in collaboration of SWISS MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SOCIETY (SGUM) and Swiss Radiology Society (SRS).

27.   USCON X111 (National Annual Conference of the Indian Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) from 13^th to 15^th February 2004 at Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi, India.

28.  Three days Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound Seminar at Al-Thawra General Teaching Hospital, Sana’a-Yemen from 25^th to 27^th July 2004 arranged by Yemeni Society of Ultrasound (YMSU).

29.  Three days Ultrasound Seminar from 29^th to 31^st July 2004 at Auditorium of Al-Zaeim Al-Azhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.

30.  7^th congress of International Society of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (ISMUS) from 7^th to 10^th October 2004 at Hotel Metropole Ohrid, Macedonia.

31.  36^th Annual Scientific meeting of British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) from 8^th to 10^th December 2004 at Manchester International Convention Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.

32.  Three days Ultrasound seminar from 21^st to 23^rd December 2004 at Auditorium of Ishbeelia Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

33.  Three days Ultrasound seminar from 21^st to 23^rd December 2004 at Auditorium of Ishbeelia Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

34.  Three days Ultrasound seminar from 15^th to 17^th February 2005 at Auditorium of Ishbeelia Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

35. 50^th Annual Convention of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine from 19 to 22 June 2005 at Disney world Orlando, Florida, USA.

36. Three days Ultrasound seminar from 21^st to 23^rd August 2005 at Auditorium of Ishbeelia Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

37.   17^th Annual conference of Indian Federation of Ultrasound, from 10^th to 14^th Feb.2006 Luknow, India.

38.   Three days Ultrasound seminar from 25^th to 27^th Feb.2006 at Auditorium of Ishbeelia Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

39.     51^st Annual Convention of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine from 23 to 26 March 2006 at Marriot Wardman Pak Hotel, Washington, DC, USA.

40.      4^th conference of Adriatic Vascular Ultrasound Society from 30^th March to 1^st April 2006 at L.U.de.S University conference hall, Lugano, Switzerland.   

41.    11th Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB)  in Seoul, South Korea from May 28 to June 1, 2006.

42.  4th International Scientific Symposium "Diagnostic Ultrasound in Medicine" Prizreni, Kosovo from 8-10th June 2006.

43.  Three days workshop on emergency ultrasound from 27^th to 30^th September 2006 at International Health institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

44. Congress of International Musculoskeletal ultrasound society from 15^th to 17^th October 2006 at Warsaw, Poland.

45. One week ultrasound workshop for obstetricians and gynecologists of Kosova from 04^th to 09^th November 2006 at Mustafa Hospital, Prizerne Kosova. 

46.  Three days seminar on advances in obstetrical ultrasound from 15^th to 17^th December 2006 at Auditorium of Al-Zaeim Al-Azhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.

47. Three days seminar on advances in Ultrasound arranged by International Health Institute, Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

48. Three days international ultrasound seminar from 15^th to 17^th Feb.2007 in Abuja, Nigeria.

49.  52^nd Annual Convention of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine from 16^th to 18^th March 2007 at Marriot Hotel, New York, USA.

50. 1^st  Pak-Kosova International Ultrasound conference from 30^th March to 1^st  April 2007 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan.

51. 1^st International Congress of ultrasound arranged by Kosovan Association of ultrasound from 16^th to 18^th June 2007 at Prizreni, Kosova.

52. Three days advance course at Al-Zaeim Al-Azhari University, Khartoum Sudan from July 5^th to 7^th July 2007.

53. Two Days advance ultrasound training course from 25^th to 26^th July 2007 at International Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

54. Three days course on ultrasound from 25^th to 27^th October 2007 at Rock View Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria

55; International conference of Ultrasound Society of Pakistan from 3^rd to 6^th November 2007 at P.C Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan

56. 8^th Congress of Asian federation of Ultrasound societies in Medicine and Biology (AFUSMB) from 12^th to 16th November Bangkok, Thailand.

57. Three days seminar on ultrasound arranged by Omas Medical Training Institute, Khartoum Sudan from 2^nd to 4^th December 2007.

58. One day seminar on Women Health on 8^th December 2007 arranged by Dept.of Radiological Sciences Sharjah University, Sharjah ,UAE.

59. Three days course on Emergency ultrasound from 11^th to 13^th December 2007 at radiology department of King Fahad Hospital Madina Munawara, Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

60. Two Days advance ultrasound training course from 6^th to 7^th feb.2008 at International Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

61. Four Days clinical workshop on vascular ultrasound from 13^th to 16^th March 2008 at Radiology Department of Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat , Sultanate of Oman.

62. South Asian Conference on Radiology 2008-“SACOR-2008” from 28^th -30^th March 2008 Kathmandu, Nepal.

63. Vth Congress of Pediatric Association of SAARC countries & XIVth congress of Nepal Pediatric society from 27^th to 29^th March 2008 in Kathmandu Nepal.

64. Three days seminar on basics of ultrasound arranged by Al-Zaeim Al-Azhari University .Khartoum Sudan.

65. Annual conference of Australian society of Ultrasound in medicine from 18^th to 21^st September 2008 at city tower hotel Auckland, New Zealand.

66. 9^th congress of International musculoskeletal ultrasound society (ISMUS) from 8^th to 12^th October 2008 at Titanic deluxe hotel, Antalya, Turkey.

67. Two days Seminar on ultrasound knobology & applications at sir syed university of science & technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

68. Three days Musculoskeletal Ultrasound seminar at Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.

69. One day seminar on Fetal Ultrasound arranged by Ian Donald Interuniversity School, Croatia and University of science and technology, Khartoum, Sudan

70. Three days Biannual national conference of Ultrasound Society of Slovakia from 22^nd to 24^th October 2009 Preistva , Slovakia.

71. One day Ultrasound day arranged by Ultrasound society of Czeck Republic on 26^th Oct.2009 Brno, Czeck Republic.

72. Three days International seminar on Obgyn. ultrasound from 13^th to 15^th November 2009 at Ambassador Hotel Hergeisa,Somalia.

73. Euroson-09 & Annual conference of BMUS (British Medical Ultrasound Society) from 6^th to 8^th December 2009 at EICC Edinbraugh , Scotland United Kingdom.

 

 

 

 INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ARRANGED/CONDUCTED 

1.   Conducted One Day International Seminar on Ultrasound on 19^th Nov 2000 in Lahore Pakistan in which 382 physician, radiologists, pediatricians, sonologists, gynecologists & Sonographers participated.

2.  Conducted 2^nd One Day International Seminar on Ultrasound on 30^th December 2001 at P.C Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan in which more than 400 participants are expected.  Renowned Pakistani & Foreign speakers participated.

3.  Conducted more than fifty 3 days/7days workshops in ultrasound in 22 Asian & Middle East countries.

4.   Two advance courses in ultrasound in Gynecology & Obstetrics from 12^th January 2002 in state of Bahrain which were arranged and sponsored by the Ministry of Health, State of Bahrain.

5.  Two days seminar on ultrasound in Marriot Hotel ,Karachi-Pakistan from 27^th to 28^th April 2002(arranged by The Burwin Institute of Ultrasound –Canada (Sindh and Baluchistan branch).  International seminar on Gynecological and Obstetrical Ultrasound from 14^th to 19^th December 2002 at Morocco Polo Hotel, Deira Dubai, UAE.

6.   International seminar on Advances in Ultrasound from 04^th to 09^th Jan. 2003 at Sheraton Hotel,Deira Dubai, UAE.

7.   Three days musculoskeletal ultrasound training course from 21 to 23 Feb 2003 at Gilani Ultrasound Centre, Lahore, Pakistan with collaboration of JUREI-USA.

8.      International seminar on Gynecological and Obstetrical Ultrasound from 05^th to 07^th April 2003 at Sheraton Hotel,Deira Dubai,UAE.

9.  International seminar on Advances in Ultrasound from 08^th to 10^th April 2003 at Sheraton Hotel,Deira Dubai,UAE.

10.  3^rd International Ultrasound Conference with two days Pre-Conference at P.C Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan on 16^th to 19^th July 2003.

11.  3^rd Annual Conference of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound on 28^th December 2003at P.C Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan.

12. One day Workshop on Interventional Ultrasound on 10^th Jan 2004 arranged by European School of Education in Ultrasound, Switzerland at Marco Polo Hotel, Dubai, UAE.  

13. Ultrasound Lahore 2004 arranged by Afro-Asian Association of Ultrasound (AAAU) with collaboration of Afro-Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS) Lahore Pakistan from 15^th to 18^th July 2004 at P.C Hotel Lahore, Pakistan.

14. 7^th congress of International Society of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (ISMUS) from 7^th to 10^th October 2004 at Hotel Metropole Ohrid, Macedonia.

15. Three days Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound Seminar at Al-Thawra General Teaching Hospital, Sana’a-Yemen from 25^th to 27^th July 2004 arranged by Yemeni Society of Ultrasound (YMSU).

16. 1^st Pak-Kosovo International Ultrasound conference from 30^th March to 1^st  April 2007 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan.

17. Three days advance course at Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University, Khartoum Sudan from July 5^th TO 7^th,2007.

18. One day “obgyn ultrasound updates” on 22^nd July 2007 PC Lahore, Pakistan.

19. Two days annual congress of Ultrasound society of Pakistan USPCON08 from 25^th to 26^th October 2008 at Pearl Continental hotel Lahore, Pakistan.

20. One day introductory session for Ian Donald inter-university School, Pakistani Branch at Holiday Inn hotel, Lahore, Pakistan.

EXPERIENCE 

• Administrator; Afro-Asian Training Center Khartoum, Sudan since 1^st September 2009.
• Director of Pakistani Branch of Ian Donald Inter-university School of Ultrasound Croatia since 20^th July 2009.
• Associate professor at Faculty of radiological sciences and medical imaging, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum Sudan since 4^th April 2009.
• Asian & Middle East Director of the Burwin Institute of Ultrasound Canada (Asian Branch) since 31-8-1999.
• Chief Director of “International Institute of Medical Imaging” Lahore, Pakistan since 15-6-2000.
• Fifteen Years practical experience of Ultrasound at private clinic – Gilani Diagnostic Centre, Opp. Ismaeel Nagar, Near Lahore General Hospital, Lahore – Pakistan.
• Twelve years practical experience of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.

  

  LICENSURE

          Registered by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council.

          Registered by the Sudan Medical Council.  

 

 

 

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION & TRAINING 

·          PhD-Ultrasound - L.U.de.S University, Switzerland.—2003-2006.

·          PhD-Ultrasound- Al-Zaeim Al-Azhari University,Khartoum, Sudan –2003-2007.

·         PhD-Ultrasound –International School for Postgraduate Medical Education (ISPME) Switzerland.—1999-2002.

·         Post Graduate Diploma (One Year) from the Burwin Institute of Ultrasound Canada, in 2001.

·          Residency in Radiology–One year from Services Hospital Lahore Pakistan from 10-6-93 to 10-6-94.

·         Residency in Pediatrics – 6 months from Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan from 1-10-92 to 30-3-93.
 

UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING 

    Passed M.B.B.S examination February 1992(University of the Punjab)

      From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad – Pakistan.

                      Pre-Medical (F.Sc) ---------1983

       From Foramen Christian College, Lahore - Pakistan.      

                  High School ---------1981

Secondary School Examination (Matric) Examination from Garrison Boys High School, Lahore – Pakistan.          

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION 

* BA (Bachelor of Arts) AIOU-Pakistan---1991.

SPECIAL INTEREST & HOBBIES  

          Reading & Writing Ultrasound Books.

         Internet suffering & Computer applications in Diagnostic Radiology

         Traveling - Some of the countries visited include;

         Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Dar-u-salaam, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Djibouti, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran ,Kosova, Malaysia, Macedonia, Nepal, New Zealand ,Norway, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalila, South Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA, Yemen.

         Advanced teaching regarding presentations & conferences with the help of computer & its accessories for the post-graduate students in Radiology.

  MEMBERSHIPS
1. Senior Member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, United States of America (USA).
2. Member of British Medical Ultrasound Society (BIMUS), United Kingdom.
3. Member of Vascular Ultrasound society, United States of America (USA).
4. Life Member, Ultrasound Society of Pakistan (USP).Pakistan.
5. President  & Life Member of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society of Pakistan.
6. President  & Life member of Fetal Care & Research Foundation of Pakistan.
7. Member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obs & Gynae (UK).
8. President Afro-Asian Association of Ultrasound, Pakistan.

RESEARCH CONDUCTED