Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum
Vitae:
Dr. Mirza M. Kashif
Summary and Skills overview
e-Health professional with formal education in software analysis, implementation and transformation to Electronic
Health Records (EHR) and imaging systems (PACS). Dedicated individual who is articulate and results driven. 5+
years of extensive health informatics experience across a wide range of medical areas, including
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Healthcare business work flow designs and implementation
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Requirement analysis and designing of clinical information systems
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Support to healthcare staff through informatics education and training
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Experience in IHE compliance for business workflows using SMOMED,CCOW,HL7, ACR, Radlex
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Technical documentation and preparation of RFPs for vendors
Contact
E-mail: mailmirza@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.kashifmirza.com
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Education & Qualifications
Introduction to Health informatics
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), USA
2007
Health Informatics (Principles of imaging)
A CPD from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and
University of Bath, UK
2005
Masters in Computer Science
Iqra University (Main campus), Karachi
2003
M.B.B.S.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Nishtar Medical College, Multan
2000
Higher Secondary School (Pre-Medical)
Federal Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education, Islamabad
1994
Work history
I joined a 500-bed tertiary healthcare university hospital in year 2003 and started professional career as
Healthcare-IT liaison expert for implementation of electronic health records and telemedicine. The
hospital is a part of Aga Khan Development Network, expanded across Asia, Africa and Europe.
Jun 08 – Date
Jan 08 – Date
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Sub-Editor (IT Section),
Pakistan Journal of Radiology
Consultant (Semantic web search in Healthcare)
iVirtuoso, Inc. ,10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (USA)
Jan 06 – Date
Senior Coordinator, IT and Digitization
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi
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Jul 03 – Dec 05
Supervise and communicate project status on a regular basis to management and maintain a
repository of documentation
Work closely with physicians and registered-nurses for successful system implementation and
further user specific developments.
Requirement analysis, design and implementation of clinical systems and telemedicine
(Teleradiology) projects.
Articulate cost benefit for performing change-in-scope tasks
Work with healthcare staff to analyze data-workflow requirements and then translating those
requirements into IT-System operational parameters
Devise creative IT solutions for medical research & education
Coordination with software developers, biomedical engineers and system vendors to insure
proper development and running of EHR.
Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences – Information Technology
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) , Karachi
Responsibilities summary:
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Aug 00 – Jan 01
Feb 00
Worked as a healthcare-IT liaison expert for requirement analysis and development of clinical
information systems and medical educational modules.
Worked closely with healthcare staff and provided support for content and design for
knowledge-bases.
Medical educational modules development for undergraduate and post graduate students.
House-job in Medicine (Nishtar Hospital, Multan)
Electives in General Surgery (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi)
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Training/course Modules
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2-Month attachment in health informatics at Univ of Maryland Medical Center
RSNA-2007 informatics Courses
AMIA Informatics courses
Hammersmith Hospital PACS Course
PACS - SYNAPSE Study visit, Siriraj Hospital
4th Intl Asia Pacific Telemedicine workshop
Presentation Skills, AKUH
Java2
Baltimore, MD
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
London
Bangkok
Rawalpindi
Karachi
Multan
Professional Memberships
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American Medical Informatics Association, USA
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)
o E-Health Task force for AKUH
o Intergated 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
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(2004- 2007)
(2006- 2007)
Awards and Achievements
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Merit Scholarship student
Telemedicine Launch
Organizer
Continuous Quality Improvement
Certificate of Appreciation
Masters programme, Iqra University
AKU and French medical institute of child health Kabul
8th Sheffield International conference
Radiology department, AKUH
'DICOM Viewer’ development with Bahria University
Publications
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Film Retakes in Digital and Conventional Radiography; Journal of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons Pakistan 2008; Vol. 18 (3): 151-153
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Isolated Tuberculous Thyroiditis as Solitary Thyroid Nodule; Journal of The College of Physicians and
Surgeons Pakistan 2008, Vol. 18 (2): 121-122
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Vision and Quality in the Digital Imaging Environment: How Much Does the Visual Acuity of
Radiologists Vary? Submitted to AJR (American Journal of Radiology) for publication
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Informatics in medicine: Building companion website; Authors: Dr. M. Kashif Mirza, Muhammad Sajid
Khan; Medicine Today 2005; Volume 3 Number 3:137-9
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Health Goes Digital: Telemedicine; Spider Internet magazine 2000; Volume 8/Number 22; 84 – 85;
Available at URL <http://www.spider.tm/nov2000/column.shtml >
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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>
Presentations
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Using Google Desktop to Create a RIS Search Engine
DICOM Viewer: A developmental Update
A film-less library of diagnostic imaging
Computed Radiology vs. Conventional Radiology: Cost effectiveness
Role of PACS in health education
E-Learning: 3D animated human anatomy models
Use of information technology to enhance postgraduate medical education: Multifaceted use in a major
tertiary care university hospital
An introduction to Postgraduate Medical Education Website – PGME Net
PACS - A Cultural Change
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Informatics Experience
5+ Years
Working in 500-bed university hospital for successful implementation of informatics in medical education
and electronic health records, particularly from medical imaging perspective, and in compliance with
healthcare-IT integration standards (IHE , HL7 and DICOM).
Imaging Informatics
 PACS financial modeling, implementation and training of end-users
 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 radiology reporting
 E-Indexing of radiology teaching files
 Member teaching resource group of radiology department
 Analysis and development Web-based library of radiological images with IT dept.
 Management of ‘free PACS software section’ at http://www.clubpacs.com - A US-based PACS Website
 '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
Clinical Information Systems
 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
 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
(since 2005)
Other projects
 Nishtar Medical College Website: http://www.nmc.itgo.com
(since 1998)
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.
 Training of Physicians, Residents and Nurses on how to use information systems for increased
efficiency in healthcare delivery
 Faculty Trainee-Radiographers (Subject: Computer applications in Radiology)
Experience as Informatics Workshops Facilitator
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Image manipulation in medicine
On Sept 06, 2005 in Physics and Health conference 2005
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Evaluating medical information and its sources on Internet
On June 04, 2005 in Postgraduate Medical Education conference
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Computer Skills
Following skills learned during masters, informatics training and work.
 Imaging workflows using IHE radiology profile, DICOM and HL7 Concepts
 Web: Cascading Style Sheets, XHTML, Content Management System
 .Net architecture concepts
 Programming: C /C++, Java 2, UML, Visual C++ 6, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .Net
 Web Programming: Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML, ASP 3.0, ASP .Net
 Scripting Languages: Java Script, VB Script.
 Database Designing and query language: MS SQL Server, MS Access and SQL
 Graphic Designing: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photo paints
 3D Graphics and Multimedia: Maya , Studio Max, Cult 3D, Macromedia Director
 Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point and MS Access
Personal Details
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Date of Birth:
Marital Status:
Languages:
Dr. Mirza M. Kashif
16th August, 1975
Married
English and Urdu
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