Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Ferdose Sultana
MBBS (Pb) M. Phil Anatomy
Contact No. 042-9202089-106,
E-mail: fs_anatomy@yahoo.com

Faculty Members:
Dr. Nargis Ashraf
(Assistant Professor)

Aims of Faculty:
The aims of faculty of anatomy department of SIMS are to
> Provide students with knowledge and skills in anatomy.
> Motive the students to pursue their knowledge of anatomy on the clinical side both during their tensure at SIMS and through out life.
> To prepare the students to demonstrate the skills needed for medical problem solving and research in basic sciences and later health promotion, patient care and community services.
> Help students acquire the judgment and confidence necessary to become complete physicians & Surgeons.
> Create an environment in which students interact with each other and faculty,enabling them communicate with patients with compassion and integrity.
> To engage the faculty and students in investigative projects which will further their knowledge in understanding and finding a solution for problems of the community.
Role In Hospital / SIMS:
The faculty of Anatomy is providing undergraduate & postgraduate education in Anatomy one of the essential basic sciences, at a standard comparable to that of the coordination with other basic & clinical departments the department is aiming at providing a comprehensive basic & clinical education program that will produce doctors who are proficient to meet the health care needs in Pakistan and abroad.This mission is being accomplished by collectivety defining the latest medical sciences strategies for the treatment and management of patients in a wide range of social & economic setting.
in future the department shall have additional obligation of participation in Anatomy teaching projects for Nurses, Dispensers and Medical Technicians to enable them to provide routine & emergency services.
Recent Research:
i)Epigenetic Variants in Occipital bone of Punjabi population in Pakistan.
Ferdose Sultana, Marina Baptist and Tassaduq Hussain.
In Pakistan, a measure of divergence of five classical non- metrical occipital variants was studies in past, which was limited to only muslim population.In the present study similar parameters were observed in 98 crania of Punjabi population of Pakistan irrespective of sex and religion.Considerable difference was found when compared with the previous work done on muslims of Pakistan, India and other geographically distant populations of the world.The incidence of a few of these variants were the same as Punjabi of Indian subcontinent, Mediterraneans and Nigerians but quite different from the Americans and Burmese. In addition, the incidences of seven other epigenetic variants were also highlighted for the first time.The present study points towards genetic control of the variants of occipital bone.
ii)Role of Chronic Lithium Therapy and its Withdrawal on Rabbits Kidney -A Histological Study.
Nazreen Sharif, Neelum Hussain, Tasnim A. Raza.
Sixty adult male albino rabbits weighting 1.3-1.5 (+0.2) Kg were used to study the renal effects of lithium therapy and its withdrawal over a period of 2 weeks. Control group A animals were fed empty capsules,while experimental groups B1,B2 & B3 were given 34.2 mg/Kg body weight of lithium carbonate once daily in a capsule for 28 days. B1 animals were sacrificed after 1 & 2 weeks of withdrawa of lithium respectively. The kidneys of experimental groups showed focal histological changes in vacuolation & atrophy with congestion. These changes were seen even after 2 weeks of withdrawal of lithium.Hence results indicate that single dose regime of lithium therapy does cause focal renal damage, which persisted ever after a withdrawal period of 2 weeks.
Other Information:
1-Title Of Research Project:
Incidence of gynaecoid & android type of pelvis in adult females of Punjab.
2-Summary of the proposed Research:
An x-ray pelvimetry will carried out at Services Hospital and Anatomy Department of SIMS/Services Hospital, Lahore on five hundred adult Pakistani non-pregnant females aged between 18-40 years belonging to different areas of Punjab. Lateral and anteroposterior view of pelvis will be taken in each case to measure the anteroposterior and transverse diameters of pelvic diameters will be calculated and incidence of gynaecoid and android type of females pelvis will be determined by applying appropriate statistical tests. This study will thus provide X-ray pelivimetry reference data in adult female population of Punjab.
3-Objectives:
This study will aim at calculating incidence of normal gynaecoid and abnormal android type of pelvic in sdult females to form a reference data on female X-ray pelvimetry in province of Punjab.

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