Farhat Abbas

MBBS, Dow Medical College, Karachi, 1984; Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Florida, USA, 1995; Research and Clinical Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, 1997; FEBU, 2001; FACS, 2006.

Professor of Urology, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, 2008 to present; Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, The Aga Khan University, 200–2003; Acting Dean, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, 2002–2003; Medical Director & Associate Dean Clinical Affairs, The Aga Khan University, 2003–2007; Chief Operating Officer, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, 2007–2009; Interim Dean, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, 2009–2010; Dean, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, 2010–present.

Development Award, The Aga Khan University, 1993; G.B. Ong Gold Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1993; International Guest Fellowship Award, American College of Surgeons, 2001; Hussain Cumber Endowed Professorship, Aga Khan University, 2002; Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, Government of Pakistan, 2009.

Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (FCPS), 1992; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Edinburgh,UK, 1993; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FRCS), Glasgow, UK, 1993, Fellow, European Board of Urology, 2001; Fellow, American College of Surgeons, UK, 2006; Member, Pakistan Medical Association; Member, American Medical Association; Member, American Urological Association; Founding and Life Member, Pakistan Association of Urological Surgeons; Member, Urological Association of Asia, Member, Asian Society of Uro-Oncology and Asian School of Urology.

Molecular Research in Prostate Cancer and Urinary Bladder Cancer; Molecular Genetics; Epigenetics in Urological Cancers; Medical Education.