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March __, 2013
Mujeeb Shad, M.D., has joined Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as an associate
professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He will provide patient care in Springfield and direct the
department’s residency program.
Shad previously worked as associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical
School at Houston, Texas Medical Center (2010-12) and as assistant professor of psychiatry at the
University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas (2004-10) and the University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine in Pennsylvania (2000-04). [Do we want to cover his additional 17-year work-history since
he got his MD? Some highlights? – see below and attached CV.]
Shad earned a master’s degree in clinical sciences from the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas (2007) and medical degree from Sind Medical College at the University of
Karachi, Pakistan (1983). He received his premedical degree at Sind Government College in Karachi
(1975).
Shad is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is the author of more
than 35 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on schizophrenia, neurobiology and other research
interests.
He and his wife, ____, live in ______ with their ____ children.
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