Nephrology Department
Clinical Departments
Nephrology Department
INTRODUCTION OF DEPARTMENT:
Nephrology ward managing outdoor and indoor patients.
Dialysis units (old and New) provide hemodialysis to hepatitis negative, Hep C +ve, Hep B +ve, Hepatitis C PCR –ve and HIV +ve patients.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
To train competent, ethical, and compassionate physicians through evidence-based education, patient-centered care, clinical research, lifelong learning and continuous medical education.
Faculty
| NAME | DESIGNATION | QUALIFICATION | CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik | Associate Professor | MBBS FCPS Medicine, FCPS Nephrology | suhail_dr@yahoo.com |
| Dr. Maliha Jauhar Zahidi | Assistant prof | MBBS, FCPS, Fellowship in PD CHPE | malihajauharzahidi@gmail.com |
| Dr. Fatima Zuhra | Senior Registrar | MBBS FCPS | drfatimazuhra@gmail.com |
| Dr. Syed Ahtesham Ali | Senior Registrar | MBBS FCPS | Syed.ehtsham@gmail.com |
Research Project
Sr. | Complete name of journal | Title of Research article | volume | Year | Authors |
1. | J Pak Med Assoc Jan | Prevalence and risk factors of renal tubular acidosis after kidney transplantation | Jan. 2011;61(1):23-7. | 2011 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
2. | Professional Med J | Frequency of dyslipidemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur | Sep 2020;27(09):1829-33 | 2020 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
3. | Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl | Pattern of biopsy-proven kidney diseases: experience of a teaching hospital in Bahawalpur, Pakistan | 2019 [cited 2021 Mar 24];30:1144-50 | 2019 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
4. | Professional Med J | Acquired cystic renal disease in hemodialysis patients | Nov 2020;27(11):2403-6. | 2020 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
5. | Annals of Quaid-eAzam Medical College
| . Purple Urine Bag Syndrome. | 2019.3 (3).31-32 | 2019 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
6. | Professional Med J |
| Feb 2023;30(2):239-44 | 2023 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
7. | Cureus; Journal of medicine | Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation With Commonly Used Methods Among Healthy Live Kidney Donors of South Punjab, Pakistan. | 2021 Nov 15;13(11):e19588. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19588. eCollection 2021 Nov. PMID: 34956743 | 2021 | Dr Suhail Iqbal Malik |
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| Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases
| Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at a Tertiary Hospital
| Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): | 2025 | DR Maliha jauhar |
9 | Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases | Frequency of Multi Drug Resistant E.Coli Urinary tract infection presenting to a Tertiary Hospital | Vol. 8, No. 2 (2024): | 2024 | DR Maliha jauhar |
10 | Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases
| Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at a Tertiary Hospital | Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): | 2025 | DR Syed Ahtesham Ali |
11 | Life & Science | Abdominal aortic Calcification in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease; A single centre study in Lahore, Pakistan | Vol. 5, No. 3 (2024): | 2024 | DR Syed Ahtesham Ali |
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Nephrology ward Teaches
- Postgraduate classes of FCPS and MD Nephrology.
- Undergraduate classes of 4th & Final year MBBS.
- 02 year diploma course of dialysis Technicians.
- 04 year degree programme BS Renal Technologist.
- Human Nutrition and dietetics.
HEALTH SERVICES AND STATE OF ART FACILITIES:
Nephrology ward provides health services like basic admission, monitoring, treatment, emergencies, labs, and procedures(renal biopsies & CVC insertion).
State-of-the-Art Facilities: Central oxygen, monitors, crash cart, EMR, ICU access, and infection control.
SERVICES:
- OPD
- Indoor
- Dialysis
PROJECTS:
- We plan to establish a new fully furnished classroom in basement of ward 7.
- Dedicated library for post graduate trainees, DT and BS students.
- Expansion of old dialysis unit, addition of more HD machines, and emergency hall for all emergency patients of Nishtar hospital and other wards.
- Addition of more HD machines for HIV patients of new dialysis unit.