24/10/2020
Prof. Zafrullah Chaudhary
President
Ancestory
Professor Zafar Ullah Chaudhry was born in a well educated agriculturist family of District Faisalabad. He is the First Doctor amongst a family of Civil Servants. He migrated to Pakistan at the age of TEN and at the tender age of ELEVEN, he was selected to represent Pakistan in Australia in World Scout Jamboree.
Qualifications
He graduated (MBBS) from Nister Medical College, Multan in 1960 and went to UK for higher studies. He qualified Diploma in Anesthesia (DA, London) in 1962, DRCOG in 1963 and FRCS (Edin, Eng) in 1967.
Fellowships Awarded
He was awarded Fellowship of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan in 1990. He is also Fellow of International College of Surgeons and FCPS, Bangladesh.
Current Position
Currently besides being the President of CPSP, he is also Head of the Surgical Division of National Hospital and Medical Care, Lahore. He is also a State Director of American College of Surgeons and National Director, ATLS for CPSP.
Positions Held
He was elected to the position of Vice President of CPSP from 2002-2003. He was Vice Principal and Professor of Surgery, King Edward Medical College, Lahore for 21 years and retired on the same position. He has been Dean, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore and Dean, Faculty of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan.
He has served as Assistant Professor of Surgery and later as Professor of Surgery at Nishter Medical College, Multan and RMC. He served the Army as Classified Major during 1971 War. He was the founding Regional Director of CPSP Lahore. He has also been the Clinical Tutor of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
He has been President of Punjab Medical Teachers Association. He made tangible contribution in securing grade 21 and 22 for the Doctors.
Contribution In Plastic & Laproscopic Surgery
He pioneered Plastic Surgery in Pakistan in 1969. He is one of the Pioneers of Laparoscopic Surgery in Pakistan. He has trained hundreds of his trainees in Laparoscopic Surgery through Workshops.
He has been a member of the Punjab University Football team in his youth years.
Lifetime Achievement Award
He was decorated with Lifetime achievement award in the field of Medical Sciences on behalf of Surgical Society of Pakistan.
Moments Cherished
Prof Zafar Ullah Choudhary still cherishes those moments when he had the privilege to meet the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Simla Conference before the founding of Pakistan and again when he was presented to the Quaid as a teenage member of the Pakistan Scout delegation to Australia in 1948. He also cherishes the moments when he was blessed with children - a daughter Saadia Zafar an American Board Certified Consultant Anesthetist and a son Shahzad Zafar a Colo-Rectal Surgeon and a Fellow of American College of Surgeons.
