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00:00Tell me, in which city were you born?
00:02I was born in Noshera.
00:03Were there other doctors in your family?
00:04Was your sister successful in becoming a doctor?
00:06My father was a doctor.
00:08My elder sister is a doctor.
00:10The other one is a dentist.
00:12Tell me, do you need intelligence for maths?
00:14Or do you need brains for biology?
00:16I did both.
00:18Did you learn how to cook?
00:20Or did you learn how to work?
00:22I had to learn that.
00:24How challenging are they?
00:25How do you contact them?
00:26How do you manage them?
00:28The founding block is the alumni.
00:30They say this platform should be kept non-political.
00:32Apna is a non-political organization.
00:34It has nothing to do with politics.
00:41Assalam-o-Alaikum viewers.
00:42The 100 successful doctors of Pakistan in America
00:44with a special series.
00:45Your host Mubeen Rashid is here once again.
00:47Today we are fortunate to have Dr. Arshad Rehan with us.
00:50He was the president of Apna recently.
00:52He was very successful in Dallas last year.
00:54He held his annual convention and did a lot of activities.
00:57Sir, thank you very much.
00:58We are very grateful to you.
00:59We try our best.
01:00Apna is an extraordinary organization.
01:02You were leading it.
01:03You are still very actively involved.
01:05We should highlight such organizations.
01:07In this regard, please tell us
01:09how much pressure did you face
01:11to become a doctor in Pakistan?
01:13Tell our viewers about your childhood.
01:16No, no.
01:17The pressure of the family was not to become a doctor.
01:20The pressure was from the mother
01:22that I have to study.
01:24How many siblings did you have?
01:26What did your father do?
01:28I had three brothers and three sisters.
01:30All the sisters were elder to me.
01:32My father was a doctor by profession.
01:36But he was also a politician.
01:39He was a social worker.
01:41Were there other doctors in your family?
01:43Did your siblings also become doctors?
01:45As I said, my father was a doctor.
01:48My elder sister is a doctor.
01:51My second sister is a dentist.
01:54And my third sister is a doctor.
01:56Tell us how you came up with the idea
01:58of studying biology or science.
02:00At what stage did you feel that
02:02you wanted to study medicine
02:04and you wanted to enter a medical college?
02:06It was a coincidence.
02:08I did not think much about it.
02:10I just went with a friend to college
02:12for admission.
02:14First, I took biology.
02:16After a month, I switched to maths.
02:20I switched to maths because
02:22I had more friends in that class.
02:24After a week, I switched to biology again.
02:28Wow!
02:30Now, you are in medical college.
02:32You have chosen MBBS.
02:34Did you have any other option?
02:36Or did your father say that
02:38you have good marks?
02:40You chose MBBS.
02:42You had two or three options.
02:44Let's go for this.
02:46I had good marks in FSC.
02:48I did not face any problem in admission.
02:50There were only two medical colleges
02:52in Frontier.
02:54Khyber and Ayub.
02:56Khyber was my first choice.
02:58My father was fond of King Edward's.
03:00He wanted me to go to King Edward's.
03:02But, I could not be considered
03:04for admission in King Edward's
03:06because my domicile was
03:08in Frontier.
03:10So, I went to Khyber.
03:12Which session was this
03:14of Khyber Medical?
03:16This was in 1994.
03:18I got admission in 1998.
03:20I graduated in 1994.
03:22How long did you stay in Pakistan
03:24and when did you leave for abroad?
03:26During my house job,
03:28I had planned to give
03:30an exam in America.
03:32But, I had to prepare
03:34for the exam.
03:36So, I went to Ireland.
03:38I spent a year there.
03:40I did my CP part 1.
03:42How was the experience
03:44in Dublin?
03:46I was not in Dublin.
03:48I was in a castle bar
03:50in the west of Ireland.
03:52So, I was there.
03:54In Ireland, I got
03:56a stepping stone.
03:58The difference between Pakistan and Ireland.
04:00So, you got the experience
04:02of living abroad.
04:04I liked it there.
04:06When I went to Ireland,
04:08I had passed my exam.
04:10I was not in the mood
04:12to come here.
04:14I was not in the mood
04:16to come to the US.
04:18A friend of mine
04:20asked me to go to America
04:22for an interview.
04:24So, I did the interview.
04:26I went back to Ireland.
04:28How did you remember
04:30America?
04:32My friend pushed me
04:34and we came to Detroit.
04:36Ireland was a small place
04:38with public transport.
04:40I was not shocked
04:42when I came to
04:44Detroit.
04:46Detroit was the
04:48headquarter of
04:50big three car companies.
04:52So, public transport was not
04:54available there.
04:56The house we rented in Ireland
04:58was furnished.
05:00Everything was there.
05:02The hospital gave us an apartment
05:04with only a carpet and a fridge.
05:06Everything else was empty.
05:08I was fed up.
05:10I was forced to
05:12go back to Ireland.
05:14Then I met
05:16a friend there.
05:18He told me that
05:20he met me on the way
05:22to Ireland.
05:24He gave me his phone number.
05:26He is still
05:28a friend of mine.
05:30He is a physiotherapist.
05:32Four or five guys used to live
05:34in the same apartment.
05:36He was very kind to me.
05:38He told me to come
05:40and live with him.
05:42He used to drop me at the hospital
05:44in the morning and pick me up
05:46in the evening and take me back.
05:48He was so busy
05:50that he used to come
05:52from one side for 40-45 minutes.
05:54I still tell him that I stayed in
05:56America because of you guys.
05:58When I was coming
06:00for the interview,
06:02he had his father's
06:04briefcase with him.
06:06I told him to take it back.
06:10I gave it back to him
06:12after 3-4 years.
06:14I told him to take it back.
06:16I still remember that.
06:18Tell us about your journey.
06:20Did you start your journey
06:22in America in 1997?
06:24I started my journey in America
06:26in 1998.
06:28First, I did a residency
06:30in a hospital in Detroit.
06:32It was St. John Hospital.
06:34I did a cardiology fellowship
06:36in that hospital.
06:38I did that for 3 years.
06:40After that, I did interventional
06:42cardiology training for 1 year.
06:44I completed all my training
06:46in 2005.
06:48In 2005,
06:50I started my practice.
06:52Did you get a passport
06:54in 2005?
06:56Did you have an easy access to
06:58move to America?
07:00No, I didn't get a passport in 2005.
07:02I was on a visa.
07:04When I completed my fellowship,
07:06I went to Pakistan.
07:08I got a visa there.
07:10I came back and
07:12started my practice.
07:14What did you do in 2015
07:16and what did you do in 2024?
07:18Did you work in the same hospital?
07:20No,
07:22I had a visa.
07:24I stayed in Detroit for 6 months.
07:28What was the stage
07:30where you felt
07:32you could contribute?
07:34I was introduced
07:36through my seniors.
07:38Dr. Amjad Hussain
07:40from Khyber Medical College.
07:42But,
07:44when I started
07:46my fellowship
07:48and entered
07:50professional life,
07:52I got introduced to myself.
07:54In 2007,
07:56my friends
07:58made me
08:00a Pakistani
08:02cardiologist of North America
08:04in 2005.
08:08We attended
08:10the first meeting
08:12in New Orleans.
08:14I started working with
08:16cardiologists.
08:18The organization
08:20of Khyber Medical College
08:22became non-functional.
08:24The organization
08:26of Khyber Medical College
08:28became non-functional.
08:30Dr. Amjad Hussain
08:32was my senior.
08:34We worked together
08:36and
08:38tried to
08:40make it work again.
08:42I was involved with cardiologists
08:44and with myself.
08:46How difficult is it
08:48to gather doctors
08:50from around the world?
08:52How challenging
08:54is it to
08:56contact them?
08:58I think
09:00we have
09:0216 alumni.
09:04We have
09:06more than 30.
09:08I have the exact number.
09:12You recently
09:14became the president
09:16of Khyber Medical College.
09:18You are the 4th one
09:20to represent Khyber Medical College.
09:22Did you try to
09:24do something different?
09:28Our vision was
09:30to change
09:32our identity.
09:34Our main work
09:36is to transfer
09:38the knowledge
09:40that we have.
09:42We collaborated with medical colleges
09:44and the government.
09:46We also
09:48decided
09:50last year
09:52to groom new leaders.
09:54We don't want to
09:56put one person in more than one committee.
09:58We have 4,000 members.
10:00We want to groom new leaders
10:02and give them opportunities.
10:04We also want to make
10:06new chairs
10:08instead of old ones.
10:10Is there anything
10:12we can do
10:14to contribute
10:16to our dream?
10:22I think
10:24what we should do
10:26and should have done
10:28when education policy
10:30changed in Pakistan
10:32is to build
10:34a state-of-the-art hospital
10:36in Pakistan
10:38with a medical school
10:40or medical college.
10:42I hope
10:44our new president
10:46will take this forward.
10:48I think it is very important
10:50that we do this.
10:52You talked about hospitals
10:54and colleges in Pakistan.
10:56Do you think
10:58that in the USA
11:00there should be a hospital
11:02or a college
11:04to facilitate new doctors
11:06and build a model project
11:08to expand it to 5-7 states?
11:10I heard that
11:12there was a discussion
11:14about this.
11:16When you build a hospital
11:18and start a residency
11:20you can't legally
11:22discriminate
11:24between people.
11:26We work on
11:28how to facilitate young residents.
11:30If you look at the
11:32numbers of the past
11:345 years,
11:36Pakistanis have a record
11:38number of residents.
11:40It is a big part of their hard work.
11:42But it is also a part of
11:44our own hard work.
11:46We tell them how to
11:48interview, how to make an application.
11:50This is not taught in Pakistan.
11:52When we talk about
11:54Pakistan's project,
11:56when you are in a hospital
11:58or medical college
12:00with American standards,
12:02when they come here,
12:04they will prefer it.
12:06When their teachers
12:08are trained,
12:10their letters will be more effective.
12:12Once the project starts,
12:14I expect it to go
12:16much further.
12:18As a doctor,
12:20you have a very good platform.
12:22But as a nursing paramedic,
12:24do you need to work on
12:26that as well?
12:28As far as nursing paramedics
12:30are concerned,
12:32there is a big need
12:34not only in America,
12:36but there is a big need
12:38in the Middle East as well.
12:40But how are you
12:42bringing your standards in Pakistan?
12:44The most important thing is
12:46that you teach them English.
12:48Without this, it is not possible.
12:50If they do not learn English,
12:52you teach them English.
12:54Secondly, there is a difference
12:56in the standards of nursing
12:58and doctors as well.
13:00But if you get a chance
13:02to go to the hospital
13:04there is a big gap
13:06in the standards of nursing.
13:08There is a need to fill that gap.
13:10You teach them English.
13:12Train them according to their standards.
13:14This was our special program.
13:16Inshallah, we will be back
13:18with another doctor.
13:20Watch our special series
13:22America and Pakistan's 100 Successful Doctors.
13:24Take care of yourself.
13:26Allah Hafiz.