Wasim Jafri
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| name = S. M. Wasim Jafri
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| birthname = SM Wasim Jafri
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| birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
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| occupation = Gastroenterologist,
Head of the Gastroenterology Section, Aga Khan University
| alma_mater = Dow Medical College & University of Karachi
| website = [http://www.aku.edu/academics/faculty/mcpk/Pages/S__M__Wasim_Jafri.aspx Jafri's Profile at AKU]
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S. M. Wasim Jafri ({{Langx|ur|ايس ايم وسيم جعفرى}}) is a Pakistani gastroenterologist. He serves as a professor of medicine and head of the gastroenterology section at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan.{{cite web |url= https://www.aku.edu/mcpk/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?ProfileID=356&Name=S.+M.+Wasim+Jafri |title=S. M. Wasim Jafri |publisher=Aga Khan University (AKU) |accessdate=23 August 2017}}{{cite web |url= https://tribune.com.pk/story/741859/down-with-sickness-experts-debate-risks-of-hepatitis-claim-hepatitis-c-can-be-treated/ |title=Down with sickness: Experts debate risks of hepatitis, claim hepatitis C can be treated |author= Correspondent |website=The Express Tribune |date=28 July 2014 |accessdate=23 August 2017}} He obtained his high school education at the Don Bosco High School, Lahore. His family moved from Lahore to Karachi where he studied at the D. J. Science College. He later studied medicine at the Dow Medical College, Karachi and obtained his MBBS degree from the University of Karachi.
Jafri received training in general medicine and gastroenterology between 1978 and 1984 from England. He is one of the leading gastroenterologists in his region. He has published more than 70 publications in peer reviewed journals. His main areas of interest are chronic liver diseases from hepatitis B and C.
He is the patron of the Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD).{{cite web |url= http://www.natap.org/2007/newsUpdates/080207_04.htm |title=10 Million Hepatitis Positive in Pakistan |author= Staff report |website=National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP) |accessdate=23 August 2017}}
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External links
- [http://www.gastrohep.com/profiles/default.asp?person=wjafri Profile: Wasim Jafri]
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Category:Pakistani medical doctors
Category:Academic staff of Aga Khan University
Category:Pakistani medical writers
Category:University of Karachi alumni