Dr. Tasnim Ahsan
Qualifications
F.R.C.P (Edinburgh), F.R.C.P (Glasgow)
Current PES Position
Vice President, PES (Sindh)
Current Positions
Joint Director, Chief of Medicine & Allied Disciplines, Professor of Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Karachi, Pakistan
Designation
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology
Memberships
1. Pakistan Society of Physicians (Life Member).
2. Karachi Infectious Diseases Society.
Publications
1. Ahmed A, Salahuddin N, Ahsan T, et al. Enoxacin in the treatment of Typhoid Fever. Clin Ther 1992; 14 : 825-828.
2. Ahsan T, Rab S.M, Sotos Syndrome; An Endocrine and Neurological Maze; J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 1993; 43: 36-37.
3. Ahsan T, Rab S.M. , Shekhani M.S, Falciparum Malaria or Fulminent Hepatic Failure; J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 1993; 43: 206.
4. Ahsan T. Investigating the Thyroid gland; J. Pak, Med. Assoc., 1995; 45, 82-83.
5. Ahsan T, Arif S, Ahmed Z. et al. Aids and Opportunistric infectious; Karachi Infectious Diseases Society Mednews 1994, 17-18.
6. Ahsan T. Living with Diabetes; A booklet for patient education on Diabetes and its management.
7. Ahsan T. Anti-Microbial Therapy in Typhoid Fever; Infectious Diseases Journal, 1996; 3 ; 21.
8. Ahsan T, Saleem M, Muzaffar M, Ahmed A, 46 XX Male; A case of Sex Reversal Syndrome; J. Pak. Med Assoc. 1998; 48 : 19-20.
9. Ahsan T. Fever in Endocrine Diseases; Infectious Diseases Journal, 1997; 4 : 15.
10. T.Mahmood, Ahsan.T, N. Ahmed et al. A manifestation of fulminant meningococcccaemia. Infectious Diseases Journal of Pakistan 1999; 4 -5.
11. H. Qureshi, Ahsan.T, M.Memon. Efficacy of CHO Cell derived Hepatitis B Vaccine in Children and Adults. JPMA 2002; Vol. 52 No.3: 128-129.
12. Ahsan.T, M.Shahid, T. Mahmood et al. Role of Dexamethasone in Acute Bacterial Meningitis in adults. JPMA 2002 ; Vol. 52 No.6: 233-239.
13. H. Qureshi, Ahsan.T, S.A. Mujeeb et al. Diabetes Mellitus is equally frequent in Chronic HCV and HBV Infection. JPMA 2002 ; Vol. 52 No.7: 280-283.
14. Ahsan.T, M.U.Jehangir T.Mahmood et al. Amoebic versus Pyogenic Liver Abscess. JPMA 2002: Vol. 52 No.11: 497-501.
15. AbulJadayel IS, Ahsan T, Qureshi H, Rizvi S, Ahmed T, Khan SM, Akhtar J, Dhoot G. Infusion of Autologous Retrodifferentiated Stem Cells into Patients with Beta Thalassemia. ScientificWorld Journal. 2006 Oct; 6: 1278-97.
16. Tasnim Ahsan . Dengue Fever: a regular epidemic ? J Pak Med Assoc.2008 Jan;58(1): 1-2.
17. Hassan Ali, Tasnim Ahsan, Tariq Mahmood et al. Parasite Density and the Spectrum of Clinical Illness in Falciparum Malaria. JCPSP June 2008: Vol. 18 (6): 362-368.
18. Ahsan T, Ali H, Bkaht SF et al. Jaundice in Falciparum Malaria, changing trends in clinical presentation- a need for awareness. J Pak Med Assoc. 2008 Nov;58(11):616-21.
19. Zeenat Bano, Tasnim Ahsan. Reactive Thrombocytosis with Digital Gangrene. J Pak Med Assoc. 2008 Dec. (available on internet: www.jpma.org.pk).
20. Poster Presentation: N. Salahuddin, S. Rizvi, E. Vohra, T. Ahsan, F. Farooq: Clinical Trial of Artemether in Severe Malaria. Comparison with Intravenous Quinine. 7th International Congress for Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong, June 1996.