2021 Executive committee:
Dr. Fatima ashrafi, (MBBS, FRANZCOG)
President
A venerable Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Ashrafi brings over two decades of experience to IMAQ, in global settings ranging from Bangladesh and Iran, to the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Graduating from the University of Dhaka in 1980, she has been a sitting member on the Queensland Regional Committee for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and continues to practice at Avicenna Health in Milton, Spring Hill and Sunnybank.
Graduating from the University of Dhaka in 1980, she has been a sitting member on the Queensland Regional Committee for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and continues to practice at Avicenna Health in Milton, Spring Hill and Sunnybank.
Dr. Muhammad AShRAF (MBBS, FRACS)
VICE-PREsident and treasurer
Dr. Ashraf is an experienced General Surgeon and an Endoscopist, having trained extensively in South Africa and Australia after obtaining his MBBS in Pakistan in 1991. He worked at the Mackay Base Hospital from 2003 till 2018, and privately as the Practice Principal of the Mackay Surgical Group since 2010.
He is also extensively involved in his local community, sitting on the Mackay Masjid committee and spearheading many local initiatives over the years, including blood donation and Lifestart programs.
He has a keen interest in laparoscopic surgery, a cricket supporter, and in his spare time, can be found spending time with his family and gardening.
He is also extensively involved in his local community, sitting on the Mackay Masjid committee and spearheading many local initiatives over the years, including blood donation and Lifestart programs.
He has a keen interest in laparoscopic surgery, a cricket supporter, and in his spare time, can be found spending time with his family and gardening.
Dr. ABID MAJID (MBBS, FRACGP)
secretary
Graduating from the University of Punjab in 1993, Dr. Majid practices as a General Practitioner in Ipswich, at the Riverlink Medical and Dental Centre. He practiced in South Africa, and the Middle East before settling in Australia in 2004.
Dr. Majid's special areas of interest include chronic disease management, diabetes, minor surgery, and occupational health and medicine.
In his spare time, Dr. Majid can be found traveling and spending time with his family.
Dr. Majid's special areas of interest include chronic disease management, diabetes, minor surgery, and occupational health and medicine.
In his spare time, Dr. Majid can be found traveling and spending time with his family.
Dr. Salih ibn mohamed (MD)
medical student & junior doctor representative and assistant secretary
Dr. Salih is a new graduate, currently completing his internship at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, in Brisbane, having done his medical schooling in Brisbane and Toowoomba at the University of Queensland.
His interests lie primarily in critical care medicine, and has a passion for teaching. In his spare time, he can often be found deep into fantasy novels.
His interests lie primarily in critical care medicine, and has a passion for teaching. In his spare time, he can often be found deep into fantasy novels.
MS. moonira Moolla
Hailing from South Africa, Ms. Moolla is an experienced and qualified radiographer, and radiographic therapist, with a specialisation in ultrasonography obtained from the Queensland University of Technology, and mammography from Breastscreen Queensland.
She currently works as a sonographer in private practice, with special interests in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and General Ultrasound, and an ardent believer in the idea of exercise as cheaper, preventative therapy, before the advent of lifestyle diseases.
She currently works as a sonographer in private practice, with special interests in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and General Ultrasound, and an ardent believer in the idea of exercise as cheaper, preventative therapy, before the advent of lifestyle diseases.
Dr. omer shareef
Dr. Shareef is an experienced physician based in Townsville, in far north Queesnland. He joins Dr. Ashraf, and Dr. Tashkandi in being a key regional representative on the IMAQ Executive.
dr. jamal tashkandi
Dr. Tashkandi is a consultant Anaesthetist, based in Rockhampton. Graduating in 1991 from the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, he brings fifteen years of experience to IMAQ as a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.