Ahmed Naqvi

Title: Staff Haematologist/Oncologist, Division of Haematology/Oncology

Designations: MBBS, DCH, MCPS, MRCP

Email: ahmed.naqvi@sickkids.ca

Alternate Contact Name: Connie Grillo

Alternate Phone: 416-813-5977

Alternate Email: connie.grillo@sickkids.ca

U of T Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Biography

Dr. Ahmed Naqvi joined the staff at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in 2001. Naqvi received his undergraduate and post graduate training in paediatrics in Pakistan. He has memberships in the discipline of paediatrics from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (MCPS) and the Royal Colleges of Physicians of U.K. (MRCP). He completed a clinical fellowship in Paediatric Haematology and Oncology at SickKids from 1995 to 1998.

Prior to joining SickKids, Naqvi worked as a consultant Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist and an Associate Professor at The Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi, Pakistan. He was the Director of the Paediatric Residency training Program at AKU for more than three years. He was instrumental in developing paediatric hematology and oncology service at AKU, which later developed into a full section.

Naqvi is a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma section. His other area of special interest is Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Currently he is the Co-Director of the Histiocytoses program at SickKids. He has previously served as the head of the in-patient oncology section.

He has been closely involved with the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Education Program at SickKids and the University of Toronto. He served as Associate director and Director of this program for almost twelve years.

Naqvi is an active member of the Histiocyte Society (HS), International Society of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology (SIOP), Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA) and Pakistan Society of Paediatric Oncology (PSPO).

Education and experience

Degrees, Diplomas, Licensures and Certifications

1977: MBBS, Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan
1979: DCH, University of Karachi, Pakistan
1979: Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (MCPS) Subject: Paediatrics
1990: Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP), U.K. Subject: Paediatrics
2003: Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

Fellowships

1998: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Subject: Hematology/Oncology
2008: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Children Health, United Kingdom, Subject: Paediatrics

Funding

Ontario Cancer Research Network
Glaxo-Smith Kline Inc.
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.