Independent Director
Dr. Mohammad Salim Khan is a graduate of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. He completed his training in radiation oncology in the United Kingdom and later worked there as a senior registrar and as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. After working briefly as a radiation oncologist in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he moved to Canada. There he worked for over twelve years as a consultant radiation oncologist at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Regina, and as an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. He returned to Pakistan with twenty-five years of experience overseas and joined Shifa International Hospital during its formative years. At Shifa, in addition to working as a radiation oncologist and as an assistant and associate professor at Shifa College of Medicine, he held several other major administrative positions. He served as a director on the board of Shifa international Hospital for nine years and as a medical director of the hospital for over six years. Shifa International Hospital got its first accreditation with the Joint Commission International USA during this time.
Dr Salim khan has also served as a director on the board of Shifa Foundation for several years.
He retired from active medical practice in January 2020.