Zafar Mehmood

Medicine is a challenging profession requiring complete dedication and enthusiasm. Apart from good clinical skills and knowledge, a medical professional has to be a good manager, organizer, team worker and a man of diverse dimensions and attributes. I have completed my training and worked as consultant and lead physician in major UK teaching hospital prior to my appointment in LRH. My areas of interest include acquired brain and spinal cord injury, acute stroke & rehabilitation and interventions in spasticity and pain management including toxin injections for chronic migraine. In addition to my primary responsibilities, I am supporting acute medical services when required. I regularly participate in departmental, regional and national level meetings. I have regularly presented case reports and have critically analyzed peer reviewed journal articles related to best clinical practice. I regularly ask for patient feedback on my practice and look to improve constantly. So far I have received satisfactory feedback from colleagues and patients and they have commented positively on my clinical skills, reliability, good communication skills and clear management plans. I have been marked as someone who listens, show empathy and honest. Service development and promoting safe medical practice are my key areas of interest.

I have proven track record of leading clinical teams, developing healthcare strategies, and improving patient outcomes. I am skilled in medical management, regulatory compliance, and patient care with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results with adaptability and reliability. I am known for excellent communication, problem-solving and have extensive experience in leading medical teams and developing patient care protocols. I have successfully managed multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and streamline clinical operations. I am known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results with adaptability and reliability. I have shown Known excellent communication skills, problem-solving, and leadership abilities during my professional career in far in various roles.

• 04/25, Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine Annual conference, Karachi, Pakistan
• 04/25, Pakistan Society of Neurology Annual Conference, Karachi, Pakistan
• 05/25, Pakistan Chest Society CHEST CON, Peshawar, Pakistan
• 05/25, Awareness session on ADR and hospital survey On ADR, LRH Peshawar
• 08/24, Annual meeting on combating infectious diseases, LRH Peshawar
• 07/23, Symposium on Viral hemorrhagic fever, LRH Peshawar
• 01/22, Workshop on Research Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Writing, College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan
• 07/21, Workshop on assessment of competence, College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan
• 06/21, Workshop on Supervisory skills, College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan
• 03/21, Workshop on Educational planning and evaluation, College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan
• 09/20, Meeting on Cardio Renal benefits of SGLUT2 inhibitors, LRH Peshawar
• 03/21, Symposium on Acute Medicine, LRH Peshawar
• 11/19, 19th neurology Updates meeting/conference, Peshawar, Pakistan
• 01/19, Toxins, International conference on Botulinum Toxin treatment, Copenhagen
• 09/18, Medicine 24, Update on Recent advances in Medical Specialties, Glasgow
• 01/18, USS guided Spasticity Management, Manchester University
• 04/17, Botulinum toxin intervention for chronic Migraine, Master class
• 10/16, Advanced spasticity management and USS guided interventions, Keele University
• 07/16, Rehabilitation journey from ICU to community, Manchester
• 12/15, How to negotiate effectively (communication skills as a consultant and Manager)
• 04/15, Module 1, PGC in Medical Education, Edge Hill University
• 07/15, Advance Life Support, Fairfield Hospital Bury
• 02/11, Basic Echo Course, Sterling Infirmary
• 05/07, Internet Research Skills, University of Leeds

• Regularly presented (Oral & Poster presentation) in regional, national and international meetings and conferences.
• Completed various audits to look into clinical practice leading to positive changes.
• Involved in business strategy and operational delivery network meetings to streamline neurological rehabilitation services.
• Speaker / presentation on Viral hemorrhagic fever and its neurological manifestations.
• Speaker/ Presentation on world brain day.
• Speaker/ presentation on Meningoencephalitis.
• Facilitator/ Speaker for workshop on clinical audit.
• Paper presented in PSP 2025 Annual conference Peshawar.
• Paper presented in CHEST CON 2025 Peshawar.

• Management of Ischemic Stroke in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Existing Status and Prospective Opportunities, Mehmood Z, Khan S, Khan B, et al., 06/25/24, Cureus, 16, 6, 10.7759/cureus.63094
• Antibiotic resistance and bacterial spectrum in cerebrospinal fluid cultures: Initial insights from Pakistan, Zafar Mehmood, Noman Asghar, Ihtisham Ullah, Ali Talha Khalil, Arshad Islam, Majid Khan, Sami Ullah, Siyab Ali, Sadiq Ali Shah, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 112, 4, 2025, 116847, 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.116847
• Factors Associated with Delayed Hospital Presentation of Stroke Patients “A Study from Tertiary Care Hospital”, Salma Zeb1, Zafar Mehmood2, Laila Zeb3, Sami Ullah Khan4, Muneeb ur rehman5, Hina Nawaz6, International Neurourology Journal, 2093-4777, 2093-6931, 27, 4, 2023
• Comparison of outcome of artesunate with quinine in cerebral malaria; experience from a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Zeb, S., Mehmood, Z., Hadi, S.N.U., Zeb, L., Bakhtiyar, S., Awan, M.B., Biol. Clin. Sci. Res. J., 2023, 470, https://doi.org/10.54112/bcsrj.v2023i1.470
• PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN STROKE PATIENTS WITH UTI AND ITS DETERMINANTS, Salma Zeb, Sumaira Bakhtiar, Zafar Mehmood, Laila Zeb, Muhammad Bilal Awan, & Zia Ullah Chamkani, Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 30, 18, 2023, 989–994, https://doi.org/10.53555/jptcp.v30i18.3215
• Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Cross-Sectional Study at Lady Reading Hospital MTI Peshawar, Mehmood Z, Zeb S, Khan AG, J Pak Soc Intern Med, 2025, 6, 1, 22-25
• Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Specimens isolated from suspected TB patients, Zeb S, Mehmood Z, Basit A, Pak J Chest Med, 2023, 29, 04, 51-59
• Epidemiology and Clinical outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Zeb S, Aurangzeb L, Mehmood Z, Basit A, Pak J Chest Med, 2024, 30, 03, 155-164
• Understanding the Significance of Thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 Patients: A Comparative Analysis with Normal Platelet Counts, Mehmood Z, Zeb S, Aurangzeb L, Mushtaq F, Pak J Chest Med, 2023, 29, 04, 306-312
• Colchicine anti-inflammatory therapy for non-intensive care unit hospitalized COVID-19 patients: results from a pilot open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial, Haroon, M Z; Farooq, U; Ashraf, S; Zeb, S; Gillani, S Y; Malik, S; Ali, R; Irshad, R; Mehmood, Z; Abbas, Y; Masood, A; Ghafoor, A; Khalil, A T; Asif, H; Khan, S; Ujjan, I D; Nigar, R; Livingstone, S; Pascual-Figal, D A; Togni, S; Allergini, P; Riva, A; Khan, A, J Physiol Pharmacol, 2022, 73, 3
• Role of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Treatment in HIV Patients with Severe Pneumocystis Pneumonia, Zeb S, Mehmood Z, Basit A, Khan Y, Chamkani ZU, Awan B, Pak J Chest Med, 2023, 29, 3, 82-
• THE SHORT-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF LEFLUNOMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, Salma Zeb, Zafar Mehmood, Sumaira Bakhtiar, Muhammad Bilal Awan, Yaseen Khan, & Zia ullah Chamkani, Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 2023, 30, 18, 1010–1014, https://doi.org/10.53555/jptcp.v30i18.3217
• The effectiveness of non-Invasive ventilation in Covid-19 patients, Basit, A., Ali, S., Umer, M., Iqbal, Z., Zeb, S., Mehmood, Z., & Ullah, A., International Journal of Health Sciences, 2023, 6, S7, 6775-6784

Professor Amir Ghafoor Khan

Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Pakistan

amirghafoor@lrh.edu.pk

Dr. Raja Adnan ahmed

Consultant, Brain injury Rehabilitation Unit. Bristol

raja.ahmed7@nhs.net

Dr. Salma Zeb

Associate Professor, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Pakistan

salma.zeb@lrh.edu.pk