Dr.

FARIHA ALTAF

Dept. of Obstetrics/Gynaecology
00966-536941422(cell),
Email: fariha_altaf 2011@hotmail.com

Date of birth: 11th November, 1966

Nationality: Pakistani
Passport No.: AJ1772862
Pakistani National ID Card: 61101-2112286-4
Saudi Iqama ID: 2359900251
Saudi License no.10-R-M-1229553

SUMMARY
 An Obstetrician/Gynaecologist (PMDC Registration Number 20871-P, CPSP Fellowship
Number OBG-05-6980) who has twenty five years of experience as a medical practitioner
including twenty years of experience in Obstetrics/Gynaecology. Graduated from Army Medical
College,Rawalpindi,Pakistan in March 1990;recognised as gynaecologist since 1998.Has
worked in tertiary care and peripheral hospitals of Pakistan Army and has good clinical and
surgical skills.Has completed her postgraduation in OB/GYN and has post FCPS 09 years
experience as classified specialist.
 An educationist involved in teaching of postgraduate students of Armed Forces Postgraduate
Medical Institute Rawalpindi (AFPGMI), undergraduates of Army Medical College Rawalpindi,
and midwifery trainees of nursing staff.
 An administrator with experience in managing the departmental affairs and coordination of local
workshops and seminars, etc.
 Has good communication skills,enjoys good reputation among colleagues and seniors; and is
duly respected by juniors.
 Always interested in updating of the department.
 In future planning to do MRCOG and interested in further subspecialty training in Gynae-
oncology or uro-gynaecology.
 Interested in research in her field and want to be apart of international forum.
 Has the honour to have worked with great teachers and gynaecologists and to name a few;
Professor(R) Brig Nadra Sultana, Prof(R) Brig Jehan Ara Paul, Prof(R)Brig Saeeda
Mallhi,Prof(R), Lt Col Nusrat Ajab Khan (MRCOG,FRCOG).
 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
10 Dec 2014-to date
Nov 2012 - 2 Jan 2014 Registrar Ob /Gyn King Hamad University Hospital,Bahrain.

Oct. 2010 – Nov 2012 Specialist Ob/Gyn

. April 2010-Sept 2010
Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Centre,
Arrayan hospital,Riyadh.
HMG is accreditated by JCIA and has state of art facilities.
Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist,
Abdul Hakeem Awan Trust Hospital, Mohan Pura, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Apr. 2008- Mar. 2010 Classified/(Consultant)Obstetrician/Gynaecologist,

Military Hospital - Rawalpindi1.
+ Assistant Professor, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.

Sep. 2006 - Apr. 2008 Classified Obstetrician/Gynaecologist,

Military Hospital - Kohat2.

Apr. 2005 - Sep. 2006 Graded Gynaecologist,

Military Hospital - Kohat2.

Mar. 2002 - Apr. 2005 Graded Gynaecologist/Senior Registrar,

Military Hospital - Rawalpindi1.
During this period completed FCPS-II training in
Obstetrics/Gynaecology including elective training in surgery and
urology (3 months each).

Dec. 1998 - Mar. 2002 Graded Gynaecologist/Registrar,

Combined Military Hospital - Sargodha3.

Jul. 1996 - Dec. 1998 Junior/Senior Resident (one year each) in Gynaecology/Obstetrics,
Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute – Rawalpindi (affiliated
with Military Hospital - Rawalpindi1).

Jul. 1991 – Jul. 1996 Genral Duty Medical Officer,

Combined Military Hospital – Murree4.

May 1990 – Jul. 1991 Internee Medicine and Gynaecology/Obstetrics,

Military Hospital - Rawalpindi1.
1
Military Hospital, Rawalpindi is a tertiary care referral center and teaching hospital of Army Medical College. It is
a Class A hospital with >1000 beds, >600 major gynaecological procedures, and >1000 deliveries per month and
>300 Caesarean sections per month.
2
Military Hospital, Kohat is a 400 bedded hospital-class B. Surgical experience upto 150 deliveries per month, 50
cesarean sections per month, other major surgeries on average >20/month, minor surgical procedures on average
>20 per month.
3
Combined Military Hospital, Sargodha is a 200 bedded hospital. Surgical experience upto 120 deliveries per month,
50 cesarean sections per month,other major surgeries on average >10/month, minor surgical procedures on average
>20 per month.
4
Combined Military Hospital, Murree is a 200 bedded hospital.
* All the above stated appointments were whole time and residential.

EDUCATION
Jul. 2005 FCPS-II (OB/GYN), College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSP), Pakistan.
Mar. 2005 MCPS (OB/GYN), College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSP), Pakistan.
Oct. 2004 MRCOG-I, Royal College of London.
Mar. 1996 FCPS-I (OB/GYN), College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSP), Pakistan.
Feb. 1990 MBBS, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(affliated with Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan).
1982-84 Higher School/Intermediate(F.Sc) Pre-medical (Grade A)
1980-82 Secondary School Certificate (Matric) (Grade A+)

SPECIAL TRAINING

Training
Institute & country Country Description
Title

1 - Military Hospital, Grading 02 Years Equivalent to DGO and inclusive of duties as

Rawalpindi/Armed Forces course junior and senior resident in OB/GYN wards,
Postgraduate Institute, OB/GYN labor room, operation theatre, OPD +
Pakistan (counted as handling of all emergencies under
part of FCPS- supervision.
II training)

2- Military hospital FCPS-II 03 Years Duties as registrar /senior registrar, incharge

Rawalpindi/Armed forces TRAINING wards ob/gyn, labour room, operation theatre
Postgraduate Institute, OB/GYN and OPD. Residential duties including
Pakistan management of all emergencies. Worked
independently as well as under supervision
also included teaching of undergraduates.

RESPONSIBILITIES/JOB DESCRIPTION
 Duties included incharge ward rounds, incharge outdoor, labour room, operation theatre working
as well as supervision of undergraduates and postgraduates, maintenance of duty roster, academic
programme and performance of on call duties. Also responsible for handling of emergencies
round the clock.

 FCPS-II training done at Military Hospital Rawalpindi included elective training in urology and
surgery for six months each, two years as registrar Obstetrics and Gynaecology, one year as
senior resident and one year as junior resident. During training performed residential duties in one
 in three rota and did hands on training. All elective and emergency procedures were performed
under supervision as well as independently. Duties included morning and evening ward rounds,
attending outdoor patients, learning normal deliveries and attending to complicated deliveries.
Other obligations were lectures, clinical meetings, journal club meetings, and workshops. Each
trainee is supposed to be apt in carrying out hysterosalpingography, D&C, episiotomy,
instrumental delivery and caesarean section. Other procedures learnt are abdominal and vaginal
hysterectomy, colposcopy, hysteroscopy colposuspension, sacropexy, diagnostic laparoscopy,
and laparotomies. Other duties included rotation in family planningand duties as medical officer
incharge emergency, teaching Paramedical staff, attending general OPD, paying officer, and
temporary duties at other stations.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Procedure Number Level

Normal deliveries >3000 Excellent

Forceps deliveries >100 Excellent
Vacuum deliveries >100 Excellent
Breech deliveries >50 Excellent
Twin deliveries >20 Excellent
Evacuation and curettage >1000 Excellent
Dilatation and Curettage >1000 Excellent
Caesarean Section >2000 Excellent
Abdominal
>100 Excellent
hysterectomy
Vaginal hysterectomy >50 Excellent
Diagnostic laparoscopy >20 Good
Suction curettage >20 Excellent
Cervical cerclage >50 Excellent
Laparotomies >100 Excellent
Routine ultrasound >1000 Excellent
Routine CTG >1000 Excellent
Colposcopy >20 Assisted
Hysteroscopy >20 Assisted
Burch colposuspension >10 Assisted
Vaginoplasty >5 Assisted
Sacrospinous fixation >5 Assisted
Hysteropexy/colpopexy >10 Assisted
VVF >5 Assisted
MEMBER
Alumini Association Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
Member College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan.
Royal College of Gynaecologists (for MRCOG-I)

TEACHING HISTORY
 March 2002 to March 2009: Teaching postgraduate students at Armed Forces Postgraduate
Medical Institute (AFPGMI), Rawalpindi.
 July 1996 to March 2009: Teaching undergraduate students at Army Medical College,
Rawalpindi.
 July 1996 to March 2009: Teaching midwifery trainees at Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical
Institute (AFPGMI), Rawalpindi.
 April 2008 to March 2010: Resident Instructor AFPGMI and Assistant Professor Army Medical
College Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Research Interests: Gynae Oncology.

A. R. Baig, W. Shahzad, S. Khan, and F. Altaf, “ACO based discovery of comprehensible and accurate
rules from medical datasets,” Int. J. of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol. 7, no. 11, pp.
6147-6160, Nov. 2011. [ISSN: 1349-4198]

F. Altaf, “Common Gynaecological Problems and Possible Solutions”, Armed Forces Journal - Hilal,
edition 10, vol. 45, April 2009 [in Urdu].

N. Iqbal, F. Altaf, and A. Choudry, “Menorrhagia: Outcome of Hysterectomies After 40 Years of Age”,
The Professional – Medical Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, Sept. 2007 [ISSN: 1024-8919].

F. Altaf, N. Iqbal, and N. Sultana, “Therapeutic Abortions; Efficacy of Intra-Vaginal Misoprostol in

Comparison to Extra Aminotically Administered Prostaglandin F 2α”, The Professional – Medical
Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, Sept. 2006 [ISSN: 1024-8919].

M. Mushtaq and F. Altaf, “An Advanced Extrauterine Abdominal Pregnancy – A Case Report”, Journal
of Surgery Pakistan, vol. 9, no. 2, June 2004.

M. Mushtaq and F. Altaf, “Manual of Standard Operating Procedures Obs/Gyn”, Department of

Obs/Gynae, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, June 2004.

F. Altaf, “Efficacy of Intra-Vaginal Misoprostol for Therapeutic Abortions in Comparison to Extra

Aminotically Administered Prostaglandin F 2α”, FCPS-II Dissertation, College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Pakistan, Nov. 2003.

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COURSES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
 MRCOG Part II course, Prof Konje University Hospital, Leicester - June 2012. Arranged in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 The International Conference :Risk management in Obstetrics and Gynaecology & 20th Annual
Scientific Meeting of Saudi Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society. Accredited by Saudi
Comission for Health Specialties, 29th – 31st March, 2011.
 Repair of Anal Sphincter Tear Workshop, 18 th Feb., 2011. HMG centre, Olaya, Riyadh.
Accredited by Saudi Comission for Health Specialties..
 MRCOG Revision Course, HMG Centre Olaya, Riyadh, 8th -13th January, 2011.
 The Specialized Obstetric Emergency Workshop, 02nd - 04th November, 2010. Conducted by
Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA. Accredited by Saudi Comission for Health Specialties.
 Supervisor’s Workshop on Supervisory Skills, 07 th – 10th April, 2009. Conducted by College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Seminar on Gynaecological and Perinatal Infections, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, April,
2009.
 Case Presentation “Androgen Secreting Sertoli Leydig Cell Tumour of Ovary”, Society of
OB/GYN meeting, Rawalpindi, April 2009.
 Supervisor’s Workshop on Assessment of Competence, 24 th -27th March, 2009. Conducted by
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Tenth Biennial Conference of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Murree, Sept. 2008.
 Supervisor’s Workshop on Education Planning and Evaluation, 15 th – 18th July, 2008. Conducted
by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Workshop Alumini Association, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, 23 rd – 26th March, 2005.
 Postgraduate Intensive Revision Course in OB/GYN, Jan. 30 th - Feb. 20th, 2005. Conducted by
Services Hospital, Lahore.
 Eleventh Annual Cancer Conference, 17th – 19th Dec. 2004, CMH Oncology Department,
Rawalpindi.
 Postgraduate Intensive Revision Course in OB/GYN, Jan. 2004. Conducted by Services Hospital,
Lahore.
 Workshop on Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2003. Conducted by Combined Military Hospital,
Rawalpindi.
 Biennial Conference of Society of OB/GYN, 2003, Lahore.
 Workshop on Primary Surgical Skills, 28 th – 29th April, 2003. Conducted by College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Workshop on Communication Skills, 20th – 22nd January. Conducted by College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Workshop on Introduction to Computer and Internet, 22 nd – 27th July, 2002. Conducted by
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
 Trainee Workshop on Research Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Writing, 20 th – 23rd May,
2002. Conducted by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Islamabad.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
 Incharge (Administrative) Gynae Emergency Reception Center (2009)
 Co-organizer quarterly meeting of Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2009)
 Member of several temporary committees for different administrative tasks (2002-2005 and
2008-2009)
 Academic Incharge of postgraduate and undergraduate training (2008-2009)
 Organizer weekly departmental and journal club meetings, TOACS and OSCE (2008-2009)
 Coordinator final year MBBS professional examination (2009 and 2004)
 Senior Registrar Incharge outpatient, inpatient department OB/GYN including all emergencies.
(at CMH Kohat from April 2005 till April 2008).
 Registrar Incharge outpatient, inpatient department OB/GYN including all emergencies.
(at Military Hospital Rawalpindi from March 2002 till March 2005).
 Examiner nursing midwifery – AFPGMI (2004)
 Examiner at PMDC National Examination Board for Foreign Graduates (2003-2004)
 Co-organizer Seminar on Gynaecological and Perinatal Infections (2004)
 Registrar Incharge outpatient, inpatient department OB/GYN including all emergencies.
(at CMH Sargodha from Dec. 1998 to Feb. 2002).
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Passport no. AJ 1772861 issued on 20 Feb 2010, date of expiry 19 Feb 2015.
Issuing authority – Pakistan.
Pakistani National Identity Card No.: 61101-2112286-4
Saudi Iqama No.: 235990251.
Religion: Islam
Married with three children.
Husband, Dr. Abdul Rauf Baig (PhD), is Professor at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cell.No.00966-563336816
Father’s Name: Altaf Ahsan Baig

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Book reading, essay writing, sports, quiz, qirat, and calligraphy. Participated in these events during school
and college days.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Proficient in English and Urdu (reading, writing and speech). Can understand and speak basic Arabic.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Able to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power-point.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Permanent Address: House No. 317, Street No. 101, Sector I-8/4, Islamabad, Pakistan
Telephone (Residence): 0092514444098
Telephone (Cell): 00966536941422/00966563336816
Email: fariha_altaf 2011@hotmail.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE
To be a part of continuous medical education in order to achieve further experience in other fields of
OB/GYN, impart training to students and implement safe motherhood principals at all levels of medical
care to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.

SPECIAL INTERESTS
I have interest in working in any subspecialty of OB/GYN like gynae-oncology, fetomaternal medicine,
Infertility, Laparoscopic surgery, or urogynaecology. I am preparing for MRCOG part II. I have teaching
experience and I am keen on teaching to undergraduate, trainees and midwives.
REFERENCES
1. Dr. Samina Anwar, FRCOG
Consultant Ob/Gyn,
KHUH,Bahrain.
Telephone (Cell): 0097335502377
E-mail: samina6566@hotmail.com

2. Dr. Shazia Maqsood,MRCOG,MRCPI

Consultant Ob/Gyn, Head of Dept.
Dr. Sulaiman Habib Medical Centre,
Al-Rayan Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Telephone (Office): 0096614904026
Telephone (Cell): 0966569424197
E-mail: shazia.maqsood@drsulaimanhabib.com

3. Dr. Randa Abuzarourr,FRCOG

Consultant Ob/Gyn,
Dr. Sulaiman Habib Medical Centre,
Ar-Rayan Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Telephone (Cell): 00966-559709300
E-mail: ABUZAROURR@yahoo.com

4. Dr. Huwaida Attia,MRCOG

Consultant Ob/Gyn,
Dr. Sulaiman Habib Medical Centre,
Ar-Rayan Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Telephone (Cell): 00966-508540476
E-mail: reem_1993@hotmail.com

5. Dr.Shagufta Sultana,FCPS
Consultant Ob/Gyn,
Dr. Sulaiman Habib Medical Centre,
Ar-Rayan Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Telephone(Cell):00966-0563040914
E-mail: drjarshad@hotmail.com

6. Dr.Sadia Zulfiqar Cheema,FCPS,MRCOG

Consultant Ob/Gyn,
Dr. Sulaiman Habib Medical Centre,
Ar-Rayan Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Telephone(Cell):00966-0563040914
E-mail: drsadiaaizaz@hotmail.com