Shaista Meraj

Shaista Meraj

Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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About

My work involves general radiology with special interest in breast and gynae imaging. My…

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Experience

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    NMC Healthcare

    Dubai Investment Park, Al Nahda

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    North West Imaging Academy

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    California, United States

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Education

  • The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR London)

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    5 years Radiology training at University Hospitals Birmingham -Ministry of Defence Hospital Units, Sandwell and West Birmingham hospitals NHS trust, Heartland hospital NHS trust, Birmingham Children's hospital NHS trust, Coventry & Warwickshire NHS trust, Birmingham Women's hospital NHS trust and Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust.

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    -General Surgery, Orthopaedics, AE, Breast & Plastic Surgery, Gynae & Obs experience.
    -Cardiothoracic surgery 2 years experience as SHO & Trust grade registrar.
    Manchester University NHS hospital, The Christie NHS trust, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Salford Royal NHS trust.
    University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust, North West Anglia NHS trust. Yeovil hospital NHS trust.

  • 2007

  • 5th Best graduate among 150 candidates
    Silver medal in 2nd professional examination
    Distinction in Physiology and Pharmacology
    Distinction in Medicine clinical
    Contributed to College's Literary Magazine

    Foundation year training (Medicine, Gynae & Obs, Paeds Surgery) at Allied hospital and DHQ hospitals Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Medical Doctor

    Association of Pakistani Physicians and Surgeons-APPS UK

    - Present 4 years 6 months

    Health

    1: Tutor for Virtual Work Experience and Interview Preparation for Medical School Applicants (A-level students) in UK
    2: Host for online Medical Webinars and Symposium

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    Breast Radiologist

    Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

    - 1 year 8 months

    Health

    I worked with Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) — a registered charity in UK leading on capacity building program for breast cancer services in West Bank and Gaza. We had weekly videoconferencing breast MDM with local team in Gaza.
    I participated in the development of oncology curriculum for school of medicine at The Islamic University of Gaza and lectured in oncology elective summer course in 2020.

  • Community Volunteer

    Original Volunteers

    - 1 month

    Children

    In 2014, I volunteered in Morocco for facilitating care of children in orphanages and special schools and arranged meals for homeless.

  • Field Worker

    Global experiences

    - 1 month

    Animal Welfare

    I volunteered in 2008 at an animal rehabilitation centre in South Africa. This game reserve inhabits wild animals including big cats, elephants and rhinos.

  • Surgeon

    Association of Pakistani Physcians and Surgeons - APPS UK

    - 1 month

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    In 2005 I participated in earthquake relief efforts in Northern Pakistan. I was in a team of volunteer surgeons form UK performing surgical procedures on trauma survivors.

Publications

Honors & Awards

  • AI Med champions awards

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    https://ai-med.io/ai-champions/ai-champions-award-winners-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR2cDlvvLlTyltPlz-B8v7fYqF97QkaPVKVtqyd5puK_G3gQAEavV9SpTdM

  • Gartner case study about AI-Enabled Diagnostic Image Interpretation at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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    https://lnkd.in/d_ujE2iE

  • HTN awards

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    https://highland-marketing.com/blog/healthtechtoshoutabout-our-2020-winner/

Languages

  • English

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  • Urdu

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  • Punjabi

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Organizations

  • Radiological Society of Pakistan (RSP)

    Life Member

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