Dr. Tahir Shamsi | |
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Born | February 18, 1962 |
Died | December 21, 2021 | (aged 59)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Education | MBBS |
Alma mater |
Dow Medical College Royal College of Pathologists |
Occupation(s) | physician, researcher and hematologist |
Known for | Bone marrow transplant |
Medical career | |
Institutions | National Institute for Blood Diseases (founder) |
Sub-specialties | hematology |
Awards | Lifetime achievement award (2016) (by The Dow Graduates Association of North America) |
Tahir Sultan Shamsi ( Urdu: ڈاکٹر طاہر سلطان شمسی; 18 February 1962 – 21 December 2021) was a Pakistani professor of medicine, researcher and pioneer of Bone marrow transplant in Pakistan worked as a clinical hematologist and bone marrow transplant physician. He established the National Institute for Blood Diseases (NIBD). [1] He was the director of the Stem Cell Programme at NIBD as well. [2] [3] [4]
Shamsi was born on 18 February 1962. At the age of eight, he memorized the Quran. He graduated from Dow Medical College in 1988 and received a postgraduate degree from the Royal College of Pathologists. [5] He died from a stroke on 21 December 2021, at the age of 59. [3]
A pioneer of bone marrow transplants in Pakistan, [6] the doctor performed the first transplant in the country in 1995 after returning from the United Kingdom. Shamsi is credited with introducing bone-marrow transplants in Pakistan in 1996. So far, he performed 650 bone-marrow transplants and wrote over 100 research articles. [7]