BEHIND THE CURTAINS with Prof. Dr. Azhar Hameed Graduated KEMC 1976 First Person to do fellowship in ENT from CPSP 1982 Professor ENT AIMC/PGMI (1993-1998) Head of Department ENT KEMU (1998-2015) Dean of Surgery & Allied Health Sciences KEMU Retired at Seniority no. 1 in Grade 21 (2014) A family man to the core and a gentleman by nature, Dr. Azhar Hameed is soft spoken, places extreme importance in morality and yearns to spend more time with his children. We were the pioneers when we shifted from Services Hospital to Jinnah Hospital, we had only one patient admitted in ward at the time and in the fear that he might leave in the night I appointed 9 doctors to come and stay with him in the ward all night for his comfort. Why did you become a doctor? I believed that I should have skill in my own hands and to earn my livelihood, I shouldn’t be dependent on pen and chair only. I should have a skill that is valued in the whole worl...