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About The Conference

Advancing Hematologic Oncology in Pakistan

Dear friends and colleagues,

It is with immense pleasure that we welcome you to "Practice changing updates in hematology & Society of Hematologic Oncology Pakistan: Treatment Sequencing insights from ASH® 2025, EHA 2026, ASCO® 2026". The scientific programme offers a selection of the latest advances in hematology and cutting-edge educational sessions with world experts. It will also provide a unique opportunity to share local data, real-world experiences, and challenges of developing countries.

The event is organized by the Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre (AFBMTC), located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Established in 2001, AFBMTC is the only dedicated transplant centre of the country performing over 200 transplants per year. AFBMTC is also the only centre of Pakistan to have a cellular therapy programme and an in-house mesenchymal stem cell culture facility since 2015.

This year marks a significant milestone as the Pakistan Blood & Marrow Transplant (PBMT) group collaborates with the Society of Hematologic Oncology Pakistan (SOHO) to host the first-ever SOHO Pakistan meeting. This important initiative aims to foster collaboration, raise awareness, and streamline clinical practices.

Our Speakers

Global and National Experts

Aamir Aslam Awan
Aamir Aslam Awan
Moderator

Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Adriana Seber
Adriana Seber
Chair, Speaker, Panelist

Medical Hematologist Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, Brazil

Aisha Jamal
Aisha Jamal
Moderator

Consultant Hematologist NIBD, Karachi - PK

Amjad Zafar
Amjad Zafar
Panelist

Medical Oncologist Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore

Ammad Akram
Ammad Akram
Moderator

Consultant Haematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Ammara Hussain Naqvi
Ammara Hussain Naqvi
Moderator

Medical Officer Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi - PK

Anam
Anam
Speaker

BMT Nurse AFBMTC, Rawalpindi

Anum Shafiq
Anum Shafiq
Moderator

Resident Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Ayalew Tefferi
Ayalew Tefferi
Speaker

Professor & Medical Director Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences, Rochester, MN - USA

Ayesha Iftikhar
Ayesha Iftikhar
Panelist

Consultant Hematologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Ayesha Junaid
Ayesha Junaid
Co-Chair

Consultant Pathologist Shifa International Hospitals, Islamabad

Ayisha Imran
Ayisha Imran
Co-Chair

Head of Hematopathology Chughtai Institute of Pathology, Lahore - PK

Azhar Shafi
Azhar Shafi
Panelist

Consultant Oncologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Bishesh Poudyal
Bishesh Poudyal
Co-Chair, Panelist

Professor of Hematology Civil Service Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bushra Ahsan
Bushra Ahsan
Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist SKMCH & RC, Lahore - PK

Bushra Moiz
Bushra Moiz
Chairperson, Expert

Professor of Hematology The Aga Khan University, Karachi - PK

Farrukh Ali Khan
Farrukh Ali Khan
Co-Chair, Panelist

Assistant Professor & Head of Department Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - PK

Farwa Raza
Farwa Raza
Panelist

Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK

Ghassan Umair Shamshad
Ghassan Umair Shamshad
Speaker

Consultant Hematologist CMH Muzaffarabad

Hagop M. Kantarjian
Hagop M. Kantarjian
Speaker

Professor and Chair of the Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA

Haider Nisar
Haider Nisar
Moderator

Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Hammad Javed
Hammad Javed
Moderator

Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Hanan Hamed
Hanan Hamed
Panelist

Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Hematology Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Haris Ali
Haris Ali
Speaker, Panelist

Associate Professor, Division of Leukemia City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA -USA

Humera Mahmood
Humera Mahmood
Panelist

HOD Oncology Radiology Departments Nuclear Med. Oncology & Radio Therapy Instt (Nori), Islamabad

Ishfaq Ahmed Shah
Ishfaq Ahmed Shah
Panelist

Consultant Medical Oncologist & Hematologist Khyber Teaching Hospital (MTI-KTH), Peshawar - PK

Jack Bartram, MD
Jack Bartram, MD
Speaker

Medical Director Molecular Haematology The Hospital for Sick Hildren, Toronto, Canada

Jasmine Zain
Jasmine Zain
Speaker

Professor, Lymphoma Specialist Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY - USA

Jehanzeb Ur Rehman
Jehanzeb Ur Rehman
Moderator, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK

Jing Pan
Jing Pan
Speaker

Specialist in pediatric hematology and pediatric immunotherapy Bejing GoBroad Boren Hospital, Beijing, China

John F. DiPersio, MD
John F. DiPersio, MD
Speaker

Golman Professor of Medicine and Director of The Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, US

Kamran Rashid
Kamran Rashid
Co-Chair

Consultant Medical Oncologist Rasheed Nursing Home & Cancer Clinic, Rawalpindi - Pk

Kashaf Ad Duja Awais
Kashaf Ad Duja Awais
Moderator

AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Khalid Halahleh
Khalid Halahleh
Expert, Panelist

Director of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy-CART-cell Program King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

Khurram Bilal Tariq
Khurram Bilal Tariq
Co-Chiar, Speaker, Panelist

Hematologist & Medical Oncologist Selby B. Jones regional Cancer Center, Boone, NC - USA

Kiran Naqvi
Kiran Naqvi
Expert, Speaker, Panelist

Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology-Oncology University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, California - USA

Kishwar Sultana
Kishwar Sultana
Chairperson

BMT Coordinator PATHWEL Center of Hematology & BMT, Rawalpindi - PK

M Ayaz Mir
M Ayaz Mir
Co-Chair, Panelist

Professor, Head of Hematology Department Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

M Usman Shaikh
M Usman Shaikh
Panelist

Section Head of Clinical Haematology Clinical Professor Aga Khan University, Karachi - PK

Mahmoud Aljurf
Mahmoud Aljurf
Speaker

Adult Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyad - KSA King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh - KSA

Maleeha Akbar
Maleeha Akbar
Moderator

Resident Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Mansoor Zeeshan
Mansoor Zeeshan
Panelist

Medical Oncologist CMH, Rawalpindi - PK

Maryam Khan
Maryam Khan
Moderator

Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Mehreen Ali Khan
Mehreen Ali Khan
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Mehwish Gillani
Mehwish Gillani
Moderator

Consultant Chemical Pathologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Memoona Khan
Memoona Khan
Moderator

Consultant Haematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Meng Lv
Meng Lv
Co-Chair, Speaker, Panelist

Head of Cellular Therapy Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China

Mickey Koh
Mickey Koh
Speaker, Panelist

Director Stem Cell Transplantation St George's hospital and Medical School, London, UK

Muhammad Ali Jafri
Muhammad Ali Jafri
Speaker

Medical Director at Harbor Hospice Medical Director at DeTar Cancer Center in Victoria, TX

Muhammad Arif Sadiq
Muhammad Arif Sadiq
Moderator

Classified Haematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Muhammad Nadeem Paracha
Muhammad Nadeem Paracha
Chairperson

Professor of Medicine & Medical Oncologist CMH, Rawalpindi - PK

Munazzam Bibi
Munazzam Bibi
Speaker

BMT Nurse AFBMTC, Rawalpindi

Munira Borhany
Munira Borhany
Co-Chair

Professor, Consultant Haematologist National Institute of Blood Diseases, Karachi - PK

Munira Moosajee
Munira Moosajee
Chiarperson, Panelist

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology The Aga Khan University, Karachi - PK

Muzaffar H. Qazilbash
Muzaffar H. Qazilbash
Chairperson, Speaker

Professor in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA

Nabeel Anwar
Nabeel Anwar
Speaker

BMT Nurse Shifa International Hospital Islamabad

Nabeela Khan
Nabeela Khan
Panelist

Clincal Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi

Nadia Sajid
Nadia Sajid
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Haematologist Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology (Inmol), Lahore - PK

Najia Gul
Najia Gul
Moderator

BMT Nurse AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Naseema Gangat
Naseema Gangat
Speaker, Panelist

Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Hematology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - USA

Natasha Ali
Natasha Ali
Chairperson, Panelist

Professor, Head, Section of Hematology The Aga Khan University, Islamabad - PK

Nighat Shahbaz
Nighat Shahbaz
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Nisar Ahmed
Nisar Ahmed
Chairperson

Professor of Haematology The Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore - PK

Nousheen Aftab
Nousheen Aftab
Speaker

Oncology Nurse Manager Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK

Parvez Ahmed
Parvez Ahmed
Chiarperson, Co-Chair, Speaker, Panelist

Professor of Hematology & Director BMT Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital, PK

Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhary
Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhary
Chairperson, Panelist

Professor, BMT Physician Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Qasim Mahmood Buttar
Qasim Mahmood Buttar
Panelist

Medical Oncologist Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Quazi Smita Haq
Quazi Smita Haq
Co-Chair

Consultant Hematologist & BMT Coordinator Evercare Hospital, Dhaka - Bangladesh

Raheel Iftikhar
Raheel Iftikhar
Expert, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK

Sadaf Altaf
Sadaf Altaf
Panelist

Pediatric Oncologist and Hematologist Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK

Safiah Mir
Safiah Mir
Speaker

Pediatric Oncology Nurse PIMS, Islamabad - PK

Saima Farhan
Saima Farhan
Co-Chair

Head of Department of Haematology of Transfusion Medicine The Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore - PK

Saima Humayun Toor
Saima Humayun Toor
Moderator, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Salman Naseem Adil
Salman Naseem Adil
Chairperson, Co-Chair, Panelist

Professor of Hematology & Consultant The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK

Saqib Hussain Ansari
Saqib Hussain Ansari
Panelist

Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist & Director Children's Hospital, Karachi - PK

Shabeeha K. Rana
Shabeeha K. Rana
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Haematologist Genesis Healthcare Center in Dubai, UAE

Shafaq Abdul Samad
Shafaq Abdul Samad
Moderator

Consultant Clinical Hematologist NIBD, Karachi - PK

Shaheen Butt
Shaheen Butt
Co-Chair

Chair Nursing Instructor AFPGMI, Rawalpindi

Shahid Iqbal
Shahid Iqbal
Speaker

Data Manager AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Shahrukh K. Hashmi
Shahrukh K. Hashmi
Speaker, Panelist

Chairman, Department of Hematology/Oncology Mayo Clinic - Sheikh Shakbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi - UAE

Shahtaj Khan
Shahtaj Khan
Co-Chair

Head of the Pathology Department Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar

Shahzad Nasir Raja
Shahzad Nasir Raja
Chairperson

Consultant Hematologist Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Shahzad Sarwar
Shahzad Sarwar
Moderator, Panelist

Consultant Hematologist GIMS, Gambad - PK

Syed Kamran Mahmood
Syed Kamran Mahmood
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Hematologist PATHWEL, Rawalpindi - PK

Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
Panelist

Head of Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Children's Hospital, Lahore - PK

Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari
Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari
Chairperson, Co-Chair, Expert, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Haematologist Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore - PK

Talha Badar
Talha Badar
Speaker

Assistant Professor of Oncology Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL - USA

Tanya Siddiqi
Tanya Siddiqi
Speaker

Director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA - USA

Tariq Azam Khattak
Tariq Azam Khattak
Speaker

Consultant Pediatric Haematologist Oncologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Tariq Ghafoor
Tariq Ghafoor
Chairperson, Speaker, Panelist

Professor, BMT Physician & Director AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Tariq Mahmood Satti
Tariq Mahmood Satti
Chairperson, Panelist

Professor & Consultant Hematologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK

Urooj H. Hashmi
Urooj H. Hashmi
Moderator

Senior Registrar Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - PK

Usman Ahmad
Usman Ahmad
Co-Chair, Panelist

Consultant Clinical Hematologist SKMCH & RC, Lahore - PK

Uzair Ahmed
Uzair Ahmed
Moderator

Consultant Hematologist Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences, Sindh

Uzma Zaidi
Uzma Zaidi
Panelist

Consultant hematologist & BMT specialist King Hamad University Hospital - Bahrain

Xiao-Jun Huang
Xiao-Jun Huang
Speaker

Professor of Medicine and Hematology President Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China

Yasir Abbas
Yasir Abbas
Moderator

Consultant Medical Specialist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK

Yuqian Sun
Yuqian Sun
Speaker, Panelist

Hematology Specialist & Professor Peking University People’s Hospital, China

Zeba Aziz
Zeba Aziz
Chairperson, Panelist

Professor & Consultant Hematologist Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore - PK

Zehra Fadoo
Zehra Fadoo
Speaker, Panelist

Professor & Chair, Department of Oncology Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK

Zhengli Xu
Zhengli Xu
Expert, Speaker

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Physician Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

Zulfiqar Amin
Zulfiqar Amin
Panelist

Medical Oncologist CMH, Rawalpindi - PK