APCNA - President 2011-2012

Nadeem Afridi, MD FACC

Dr. Afridi is board certified in Internal Medicine with a sub-specialty
in Cardiovascular Disease. He earned his medical degree from
the Dow Medical College in 1986, Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency at Boston University Medical Center and his fellowship
at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. He has been
instrumental in setting up the pilot project for BLS in Pakistan and now actively working on setting up the first cardiovascular prevention survey and database in Pakistan.

1. Academic Cardiologist and teaching associate at Massachusetts General Hospital
2. Global Health Program at Massachusetts Hospital. Focus: Translational Research and models of intervention for Prevention of Non Communicable Diseases in low to middle income countries.
3. Consultant for Agror Pharma: Poly pill research and development in Pakistan
4. Primary Investigator: NCD research at Indus Hospital, Karachi Pakistan