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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Furqan

Professor

  • M.Phil
  • M.B.B.S

About

Dr. Muhammad Furqan is a distinguished Professor of Physiology with over three decades of academic and clinical experience. He obtained his M.Phil in Physiology from the Basic Medical Science Institute at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, affiliated with the University of Karachi, in 1998, where his research focused on the relationships among smoking, serum lipids, blood pressure, and serum ferritin. Dr. Furqan completed his M.B.B.S from Sindh Medical College in 1987. He has held numerous prestigious academic positions, including his current role at Iqra Medical and Dental College. Throughout his career, Dr. Furqan has been dedicated to teaching and mentoring students in various medical disciplines, including MBBS, BDS, and Biomedical Engineering. His administrative experience includes serving as Principal and Vice Principal at Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Furqan is also a life member of the Pakistan Medical Association and the Pakistan Physiological Society, reflecting his commitment to advancing medical education and research in Pakistan. His extensive list of publications highlights his contributions to medical research and his ongoing dedication to improving healthcare outcomes.

Area of Expertise

Cardiovascular System with emphasis on blood pressure.

Publications & Research Work

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Management at Iqra University, Karachi. He holds more than 17 years of full-time university teaching, research, mentorship, and graduate thesis supervision experience. Additionally, he has been serving as the Cluster Head (Management) since January 2020 at the Main Campus. He is currently a member of the advisory and review boards of 18 national and international scholarly journals. 

He has presented various research ideas at international conferences abroad and has published over 25 research papers in national and international journals with 700+ Google citations. He has also authored a monograph on Leadership and Strategy published in Germany. He is an HEC-approved PhD supervisor and five Ph.D. candidates are going to complete their doctoral thesis under his sole supervision. In addition to supervising several industrial projects, 32 MPhil and hundreds of MBA students have successfully passed their research thesis in the Management discipline under his sole supervision. His research interests include the dark side of leadership, workplace mistreatment, multilevel modeling, and creative performance in higher education. He completed a ten-day comprehensive Training of Trainers conducted by Sindh HEC in May 2023.

Dr. Shahnawaz earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from an AACSB and AMBA-accredited business school of Malaysia in 2021. Earlier, he received his MPhil from Iqra University, a ‘triple-crown’ (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS-accredited) MBA from Newcastle University (UK), Postgraduate Diploma from Stratford College London (UK), and B.Sc. (Honours) with Distinction from London Metropolitan University, UK. He has secured seven consecutive distinctions in his academic career and has clinched First Class First Position at Sindh Board of Technical Education. He has been associated with Iqra University as a permanent faculty member in the Department of Business Administration since August 2008. His main hobbies include horse-riding, playing scrabble, cooking, bird-farming, and long driving.

  • Meo SA, FurqanM, Ghori GM, Memon MA. Measurement Of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) AndForced Expiratory Volume In First Second (FEV­1­­) In Cotton Mill Workers AtKarachi, Pakistan. Medical Channel.  2001; 7(2):33-35.
  • Furqan M, Nafees M, (Capt) Khoja A, Khan S R,Hijazi MM Relationship Between Smoking and Serum Ferritin. AnnalsOf Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical and Dental College.2002; 7 : 274-277.
  • Furqan M, Nafees M, Jilani T, Hijazi MM. RelationshipBetween Physical Activity and Serum Ferritin. Annals Of AbbasiShaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical and Dental College. 2002; 7:305-309.
  • Jilani T, SiddiquiMA, Arif M, Furqan M. Effects Of Acute Exercise On SerumMalondialehyde Levels In Physically Trained And Untrained Apparently HealthyPeople. Medical Channel. 2002; 8(2):8-10
  • Hijazi MM, JanjuaMZ, Zia-ul-Islam, Furqan M. Protective Effect of Vitamin “E” AgainstNicotine Induced Morphological Changes In Rat Testis. Annals OfAbbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical and Dental College. 2002;7(2) : 374-382
  • Raza U, FurqanM, Baig J A. Hypocholesterolemic Effects of Sinnamon: Current Trends andFuture Strategies. Medical Channel. 2005; 2(2):34 -38
  • Hussain MM, FurqanM, Farooq Y, Khan MA, Yousaf I.  Comparisonof methods for recording frog’s myocardium. Pak. J Physiol. 2007; 3(1):5 – 6.
  • Meh Jabeen, Khoja A,Uzma S,Azhar I,Furqan M. BrainNatriuretic Peptide,Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressures. Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad .2008;20(4): 134-136.
  • MehJabeen,FurqanM, Nudrat AZ.Relation of Brain Natriuretic Peptide,Mean Arterial and Pulse Pressuresamong Normotensive,Pre-hypertensive and Hypertensive Male cohort. Journalof Dow University of Health Sciences. 2009; 3(3): 121-126.
  • MehJabeen, Furqan M. Relation of Brain natriuretic Peptide withBody Mass Index and Serum Lipids in Healthy Adult Males.The Professionals.2010; 17(2): 274-278.
  • Uzma R, Aziza K,Meh Jabeen, Furqan M. Risk profile forbreast carcinoma occurrence and tumor histopathology of medical uninsuredpatients in Pakistan. J. Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2010; 23(1): 9 – 14
  • Jamali SN,  FurqnM,  Raza U, Turab M. To evaluate the pharmacological aspect ofaddressing the issue of prehypertension. Acta Biologica Indica. 2016;5(1) :117 – 122
  • Ata-ur- Rehman,Isahaq H, Furqan M, Dilnawaz Sheikh,Raza LM, Naqvi BS, Mehmood T. Comparativestudy of ehtanolic and aqueous extracts of Apium Graveolens L Root withFurosemide for its diuretic activities and excretion of urinary metabolites inWister Rats. 2016;28(3): 2503 – 2507
  • Turab SM, Furqan M, Jamali SN, Zaidi SA. Postpartum Iron Deficiency Anemia:comparative efficiency and safety of intravenous vs oral therapy. ProfessionalMed J. 2017; 24(1): 95 – 101.
  • Amjad H, Sundus S,Atta-ur-Rehman, Khan K, Pasha GN, Furqan M. Eradication of HelicobacterPylori with triple therapy comprising of probiotic and proton pump inhibitor.Journal of pharmaceutical Research International. 2021;33(60A): 703-709.
  • Ishaq H, Khan K ,Ata-ur-Rehman , Rashid H , Sadaf F , Siddiqui H , Furqan M , Zulfiqar F , IqbalF , Mehdi A. Assessment of knowledge of health professionals regarding postexposure prophylaxis of rabies; a pilot study. Journalof Xi’an Shiyou University, Natural Science Edition. 2022; 18 (12): 728 – 742.