Onvida Health (formerly Yuma Regional Medical Center)
09.2017 - Current
Provide comprehensive inpatient care as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high standards of medical practice and patient safety.
Serve as Physician Advisor, actively managing clinical documentation improvement, insurance denials, and conducting peer-to-peer reviews and secondary utilization reviews.
Actively contributed to multiple hospital committees, including Utilization Management, Readmission, and Medication Reconciliation, to optimize clinical processes and patient outcomes.
Involved in quality improvement programs across the organization; played a key role in developing and implementing patient safety protocols and evidence-based practices.
Collaborated with administrative and clinical leadership to align patient care strategies with evolving healthcare regulations and reimbursement requirements.
Provide instruction and guidance to medical students and family medicine residents, fostering clinical reasoning and professional development in inpatient care settings.
Recognized for bridging communication between care teams and insurance providers, improving case resolution efficiency, and ensuring documentation accuracy.
Resident Physician Internal Medicine
Queens Hospital Centre Affiliated With Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
07.2014 - 06.2017
Resident Medical Officer
Health Dept. Sindh
03.2014 - 06.2014
Externship
Essen Medical Associates, P.C.
07.2013 - 02.2014
Externship
Kings Brook Jewish Medical Center
02.2012 - 06.2013
Resident Medical Officer
Civil Hospital Dadu
01.2007 - 12.2011
Medical Officer
Rimsha Medical Centre
05.2006 - 12.2006
Internship (General Surgery)
Civil Hospital
10.2005 - 04.2006
Internship (General Medicine)
Civil Hospital
04.2005 - 10.2005
Education
MBBS -
Chandka Medical College (Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences)
01.2005
Affiliations
Member of the American College of Physicians
Member of ABOAURP
Member of the American College of Physicians Advisory
Certification
2024 - Certified Diplomate of ABQAURP with the designation of CHCQM.
2017 - American Board of Internal Medicine Certified
2012 - Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
LANGUAGES
English
Punjabi
Hindi
Urdu
Sindhi (Native/functionally native)
Timeline
Hospitalist & Physician Advisor
Onvida Health (formerly Yuma Regional Medical Center)
09.2017 - Current
Resident Physician Internal Medicine
Queens Hospital Centre Affiliated With Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
07.2014 - 06.2017
Resident Medical Officer
Health Dept. Sindh
03.2014 - 06.2014
Externship
Essen Medical Associates, P.C.
07.2013 - 02.2014
Externship
Kings Brook Jewish Medical Center
02.2012 - 06.2013
Resident Medical Officer
Civil Hospital Dadu
01.2007 - 12.2011
Medical Officer
Rimsha Medical Centre
05.2006 - 12.2006
Internship (General Surgery)
Civil Hospital
10.2005 - 04.2006
Internship (General Medicine)
Civil Hospital
04.2005 - 10.2005
MBBS -
Chandka Medical College (Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences)
Hobbies and Interests
I enjoy playing cricket, listening to music, traveling, reading books, and going to the gym, all of which help me return to work refreshed.
Publication/Presentation
2016 - Medical Sciences Case Report: "Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Scleroderma" (co-authored with Viki Kumar, Keerat Rai Ahuja, Nfn Anila, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Theo Trandafirescu)
2009 - Oral Presentation: "Social Media as an Effective Tool to Decrease the Incidence of Tuberculosis," presented at Civil Hospital Academic & Research Meeting, Dadu, Pakistan.
Confidential Secretary to Asst. Superintendent of Administration and Asst. Security Director at Bay Shore School DistrictConfidential Secretary to Asst. Superintendent of Administration and Asst. Security Director at Bay Shore School District