Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Distinguished National Professor

Faculty

Email

muhammad.afridi@bcm.edu

Positions

Faculty: Psychiatry AMS
Baylor College of Medicine

Dean: Faculties of Medical, Surgical & Allied disciplines
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Dean: Medicine
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Dean: Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan
Pakistan

Meritorious Professor: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Professor & Head: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre
KARACHI, Sindh, Pakistan

Chairman: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Education

MBBS from University of Peshawar: 09/1986 - Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan

Fellowship at Royal College of Physicians: 05/2002 - Dublin, Ireland

Clinical Fellowship at College of Physicians & Surgeons: 10/1997 - KARACHI, Sindh, Pakistan; Psychiatry

Residency at College of Physicians & Surgeons: 03/1990 - KARACHI, Sindh, Pakistan; Psychiatry

Fellowship at Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh: 10/2021 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Fellowship at Royal College of Physicians: 01/2023 - London, United Kingdom

Fellowship at American Psychiatric Association: 01/2023 - Washington, United States

Honors & Awards

Best Teacher (Professor) Award 2019 “Professor Syed Hassan Manzoor Zaidi Medal’: Jinnah Sindh Medical University (12/2019)

Tony Buzan Medal: https://www.tonybuzan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/synapsia14-2.pdf; Brain Trust UK (08/2019)

Brain Trust Gold Medal Award: https://www.braintrust.org.uk/dinner-in-honour-of-prof-iqbal-afridi/; Brain Trust UK (06/2018)

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz: Medal of Excellence for Services in Medicine and Psychiatry—Civil Award conferred by the President of Pakistan. https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Conferment%20of%20Pakistan%20Civil%20Awards%202023.pdf; Government of Pakistan (03/2023)

Websites

Google Scholar

Publons

ORCID

Scopus Author ID: 7003453303 Scopus Author ID: 57221682331

Videos

Prof. Iqbal Afridi

Selected Publications

Syed Mahboob Ali Shah 1, Angela Bowen, Iqbal Afridi, Gul Nowshad, Nazeem Muhajarine. " Prevalence of antenatal depression: comparison between Pakistani and Canadian women " J Pak Med Assoc . 2011 Mar;61(3):242-6.. 2011 Mar ; 61 (3) : 242-6.
Pubmed PMID: 21465937.
M Iqbal Afridi 1, Mehwish Hina, Imran Samad Qureshi, Musarrat Hussain. " Cognitive Disturbance Comparison Among Drug-Naive Depressed Cases and Healthy Controls " J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2011 Jun ; 21 (6) : 351-5.
Pubmed PMID: 21711991.
Samina Bano, Saima Akhter, Muhammad Iqbal Afridi. " Gender based response to fluoxetine hydrochloride medication in endogenous depression. " J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2004 Mar ; 14 (3) : 161-165.
Pubmed PMID: 15228850.
M. Iqbal Afridi,1 Ghulam Rasool,2 Rabia Tabassum,3 Marriam Shaheen,4 Siddiqullah,5 and M. Shujauddin6. " Prevalence and pattern of self-medication in Karachi: A community survey " Pak J Med Sci .. 2015 Sep ; 31 (5) : 241-5.
Pubmed PMID: 26649022.
Sultana Habib 1, Arif ur Rehman Khan 2, M Iqbal Afridi 3, Anum Saeed 4, Agha Fahad Jan 5, Najma Amjad 6. " Frequency and predictors of cognitive decline in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. " J Coll Physicians Surg Pak .. 2014 Aug ; 24 (8) : 243-8.
Pubmed PMID: 25149830.
Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Muhammad Ahmed Siddiqui, Asma Ansari. " Gastrointestinal somatization in males and females with depressive disorder " J Pak Med Assoc.. ;
Muhammad Ilyas Jat,1 Muhammad Iqbal Afridi,2 Washdev Amar,3 and Chooni Lal4. " Prevalence of Migraine among patients of Depressive Disorder " Pak J Med Sci.. 2018 Jul ; 34 (4) : 964-967.
Pubmed PMID: 30190762.
Muhammad IlyasJat, Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Anil Kumar, Chooni Lal, Fatima Toufique, Daulat Ram. " Frequency and pattern of common primary headache among depressed patients at tertiary care centre, Karachi " J Pak Med Assoc.. 2017 Nov ; 67 (11) : 1689-1692.
Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Sultana Habib, Chooni Lal, Arif ur Rehman Khan, Syed Muhammad Afaq, Qazi Daniyal Tariq. " Frequency of depression in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery [CABGS], before the surgery, at discharge and at six months follow up " J. Liaquat Univ. Med. Health Sci.. 2016 Jul ; 15 (3) : 110-115.

Languages

Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi