Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum
Vitae:
Dr. Mirza M. Kashif
Informatics Award Winner: RSNA (USA) 2008
Summary and Skills overview
AMIA-certified professional with 9+ years of experience in clinical informatics and management.
Keep competencies include:
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Project management from requirement analysis to designing and final implementation
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Designing care pathways and implementing change management accordingly
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Experience in distant and integrated healthcare delivery across international borders
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Engaging physicians for successful software development and support
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Expertise in technical as well as clinical documentation
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Budgeting and planning for achieving focused outcomes
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Experience in quality compliance for Joint Commission International (JCI) - USA
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Experience in design and development of quality improvement software for clinicians
Contact
Web: http://www.kashifmirza.com
E-mail: mailmirza@yahoo.com
Mobile: +254 788 220 748
Address:
Kashif Mirza,
P.O.BOX 30270-00100 GPO
Radiology, Aga Khan Univeristy Hospital
Nairobi, KENYA
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Education & Qualifications
Jul 07- Nov 07
Jul 2005
May 01 – Apr 03
1995 - 2000
1991-1994
Introduction to Health informatics
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
USA
Health Informatics CPD
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and University of Bath,
UK
Masters in Computer Science
Iqra University (Main campus)
PAKISTAN
M.B.B.S.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Nishtar Medical College, Multan
PAKISTAN
Higher Secondary School (Pre-Medical)
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
International courses /conferences
25 Nov- 30 Nov 12
98th Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2012, Chicago
USA
27 Nov- 02 Dec 11
97th Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2011, Chicago
USA
Radiology Information System (AGFA Healthcare) - Application Training
Belgium
16 May- 20 May 11
PACS Application Training (AGFA Healthcare) with distinction
UK
28 Nov- 03 Dec 10
96th Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2010, Chicago
USA
29 Nov- 04 Dec 09
95th Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2009, Chicago
USA
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30 Nov - 05 Dec 08 94 Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2008, Chicago
USA
04 Jul – 08 Jul 11
Dec 07 – Jan 08
2-Month attachment in health informatics
USA
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
25-30 Nov 07
93rd Scientific Assembly and Annul Meeting RSNA-2007
10 - 14 Nov 07
AMIA Annual Symposium
USA
Convention center, Chicago
USA
Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, IL
Jun 05 – Jul 05
Hammersmith Hospital PACS Course
UK
Hammersmith hospital, London
PACS - SYNAPSE Study visit
27 - 28 Jul 06
Thailand
Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok
Work history
Mar 11 – Date
(Current)
Manager Diagnostic Imaging & Manager PACS Project
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Nairobi, Kenya
Job details:
- Operational head of 50+ healthcare staff in a 250-bed hospital
- Multisite international project management of IT software in three countries
- Clinically engaging physicians for successful project outcomes
- Planning, management and policy decision making
- Care pathways and workflow analysis
Nov 10 – Date
(Current)
- Member of advisory board for medical software development and support
Jun 07 – Date
(Current)
Sub Editor and Web admin, PJR (Scientific Journal) (www.pakjr.com)
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Clinical Advisor, e-Med Solutions Inc., USA (www.emedsolutions.biz)
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Jul 09 – Feb 11
Assistant Manager, Healthcare-IT & Lecturer (Visiting Faculty)
Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan
Job details:
- Functional management of clinical software implementation in a 500 bed hospital
- Telemedicine project management and functional administration.
- Clinical informatics project development
Jan 08 – Dec 09
Consultant, iVirtuoso Inc., USA (www.ivirtuoso.com)
Jul 08 – Jun 09
Senior Coordinator, IT and Digitization II (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi)
Jan 06 – Jun 08
Senior Coordinator, IT and Digitization (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi)
Jul 03 – Dec 05
Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences – Information Technology
Information Systems Department, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) , Karachi
Aug 00 – Jan 01
Feb 00
House-job (Nishtar Hospital, Multan)
General Surgery (Electives in Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi)
Awards and Achievements
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2003
Radiographics
Workshop Facilitator Award
Radiographics
Facilitator Award
RSNA Informatics Award
Radiographics
Facilitator Award
Telemedicine appreciation
Organization appreciation
Continuous Quality Improvement
Certificate of Appreciation
Merit Scholarship student
RSNA 95th Scientific Assembly Chicago
USA
1st International eHealth Association of Pakistan
Karachi
RSNA 95th Scientific Assembly Chicago
USA
10th International Radiological Conference
Karachi
RSNA 94th Scientific Assembly Chicago
USA
RSNA 94th Scientific Assembly Chicago
USA
15th National Radiological Conference
Karachi
AKU and French medical institute of child health Kabul
8th Sheffield International conference
Karachi
Radiology department, AKUH
Karachi
'DICOM Viewer’ development with Bahria University Karachi
Masters programme, Iqra University
Karachi
Professional Memberships
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Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP)
American Medical Informatics Association, USA
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) , Karachi
o Member Subcommittee E-Health Task force for AKUH
o Integrated Medical Services and e-health team
o e-Health Interest group (e-HIG) team
o Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) team
o Telemedicine (Teleradiology) team,
o Learning Recourse Group, Radiology
o Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) oversight committee for Website
o PGME Task force for online faculty evaluation system
(Jan – Dec 2011)
(Jan- Dec 2010)
(2006-2008)
(2007- 2010)
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(2004- 2007)
(2006- 2007)
Training Course/Modules attended
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JCIA Colloquium - 2012
4th Intl Asia Pacific Telemedicine workshop
Presentation Skills, AKUH
Java student program certification
Nairobi
Rawalpindi
Karachi
Multan
Publications in Scientific Journals
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DICOM: what radiologists need to know?, PJR January - March 2009; 19(1): 30-32.
Computed Radiography (CR) installation: lesson learned at Aga khan university hospital, PJR October December 2008; 18(4): 129-133
Vision and Quality in the Digital Imaging Environment: How Much Does the Visual Acuity of Radiologists Vary at
an Intermediate Distance?", American Journal of Roentgenology 2009; Volume 192, Issue 6.
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Digital x-rays lower retake, Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2008, Vol. 18 (3): 151-153
“Using Google desktop to create RIS search Engine”, recommended by RadioGraphics Journal (USA) for
publication (2008) , (Submitted to Radiographics on July 2009).
6. Digital x-rays lower retake. Digital community of AuntMinnie.com June 2008 (Commercial publication)
7. Teleradiology between Afghanistan and Pakistan: One year experience; Pakistan Journal of Radiology; PJR Jan
- Mar 2008; 18(1): 22-25
8. Film Retakes in Digital and Conventional Radiography; Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Pakistan 2008; Vol. 18 (3): 151-153
9. Isolated Tuberculous Thyroiditis as Solitary Thyroid Nodule; Journal of The College of Physicians and Surgeons
Pakistan 2008, Vol. 18 (2): 121-122
10. Informatics in medicine: Building companion website; Authors: Dr. M. Kashif Mirza, Muhammad Sajid Khan;
Medicine Today 2005; Volume 3 Number 3:137-9
11. Health Goes Digital: Telemedicine; Spider Internet magazine 2000; Volume 8/Number 22; 84 – 85;
Available at URL <http://www.spider.tm/nov2000/column.shtml >
12. Towards isolation with advancing communications; Spider Internet magazine 1999; volume 2/Number 12;
97;<Available at URL <http://www.spider.tm/dec99/blurbs.shtml#net>
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20. 2004 - (Oral)
Overcoming Shortage of Radiologists by Implementing a Cross-Border PACS, RIS and
HIS in East Africa (EA) (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania)– RSNA 2012 Informatics
Tele-radiology: Exploiting the opportunities in PACS (Picture Archiving and
Communication System) in East Africa - AKUHN
Improving JCIA Compliance by Implementing an Automated Alerting on Credential
Violation for Diagnostic Reporting – RSNA 2011 Quality Storyboard
Improving Ultrasound Report Turnaround Time by Using RSNA -based Reporting
Templates and Radiologist-based Examination with Speech Recognition System
Creating a Patient-centric Dashboard for Radiology Using Open Source
Software(OSS) – RSNA 2010
Using Free Open Source Software: GIMP for Editing DICOM Images—A 15 minute
self-learning Crash Course - RSNA 2010
Development of a medical report alert system using open source software - AKU 2010
Teleradiology in Afghanistan and Pakistan: A project experience - AKU 2010
Creating an Alerting system using open source software - RSNA 2009
Using Google Desktop to create an education centric search engine with RIS&MIRC
RSNA 2009
A free open source teleradiology software for developing world - RSNA 2008
Using Google Desktop to Create a RIS Search Engine – RSP 2006
DICOM Viewer: A developmental Update - RSP 2006
A film-less library of diagnostic imaging – AKU 2005
Computed Radiology vs. Conventional Radiology: Cost effectiveness - RSP 2006
Role of PACS in health education - AKU 2005
E-Learning: 3D animated human anatomy models - AKU 2005
Use of information technology to enhance postgraduate medical education:
Multifaceted use in a major tertiary care university hospital - AKU 2005
An introduction to Postgraduate Medical Education Website – PGME Net - AKU 2005
PACS - A Cultural Change – AKU 2005
Informatics Experience
9+ Years
Health Informatics
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Searching tool for radiology reports using HL7 listener & parser and Google desktop(RSNA 2008 Accepted)
PACS- Software system financial modeling, implementation and training of end-users
Clinical Voice Recognition System requirement analysis, technical evaluation and cost analysis
Participated in an Observational study on Radiology dept & IHE standards as a supervisor.
Electronic Signature implementation for medical report finalization
E-Indexing of medical teaching files
Member teaching resource group
Analysis and development Web-based library of teaching medical images
Management of ‘free PACS software section’ at http://www.clubpacs.com – (Jul 2005- Nov 2008)
'DICOM Viewer’ development with Bahria University, participation as end-user application advisor
Website Developer (Pakistan Journal of Radiology) http://www.pakjr.com
Website Developer 15th National Radiological Conference http://www.rspconfernece.com
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Clinical Information Systems
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Health Net – A Health information Portal (Knowledge-base searching Application)
Analysis and quality assurance of Patient Care Inquiry System – A Clinical System
Analysis of Online Formulary (Pharmacy) – An intranet Web application for information retrieval
PGME Net - Postgraduate Medical Education Website
Informatics in Medical Education
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Faculty Evaluation System for Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
Web application for information retrieval for residents– PGME Project
Web based 3D simulations for Medial Education
Biological and Biomedical Science Dept. Website
Medicine Today Journal Online: http://www.medicinetoday.com.pk (2005 -2008)
Other projects
 Nishtar Medical College Website: http://www.nmc.itgo.com
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(1998-2004)
Top rated website by Spider Internet Magazine (Date: Dec.1999)
A Web application for Nishtar Alumni http://ccc.domaindlx.com/nishtar (since 2002)
Photo-text: A Digital Image processing application
ECG Analyzer (Final Project - MCS)
An Imaging Application for Telemedicine
Experience as Healthcare IT Trainer
Since 2003, involve in trainings and educational sessions of Informatics in healthcare at AKUH.
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Training of Physicians, Residents and Nurses on how to use information systems for increased efficiency in
healthcare delivery
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Faculty Trainee-Radiographers (Subject: Computer applications in Radiology)
Experience as Informatics Workshops Facilitator
 Better HMIS and PACS for Pakistani Hospital
On Jan 23, 2010 in 1st International Conference by eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP)
 Image manipulation in medicine
On Sept 06, 2005 in Physics and Health conference
 Evaluating medical information and its sources on Internet
On June 04, 2005 in Postgraduate Medical Education conference
Health-IT standard skills:
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IHE - Integrating the healthcare environment
DICOM
HL7
SNOMED CT
ICD-9 / ICD-10
LOINC
ACR / Radlex
Computer programming Skills
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Web Development and Content Management System
Object oriented programming: C++, Java 2
Web Programming: Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML, ASP 3.0
Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script.
Database Designing and query language: SQL , MS SQL Server, MS Access and MySQL
Graphic Designing: Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point and MS Access
Personal Details
Date of Birth:
Marital Status:
Languages:
Mirza M. Kashif
16th August, 1975
Married
English and Urdu
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