AIMA Executive Team Session 2023-2025

Dr Muhammed Afzal Kahloon

President AIMA

Urologist based in Canberra, Specialising in Laparoscopic and Robotic Oncological Surgery

Urologist based in Canberra, Specialising in Laparoscopic and Robotic Oncological Surgery, President Australian Islamic Medical Association
Ex member of Islamic Medical Association of South Africa.

I have done medical charity work under the auspices of Islamic Medical Association of QLD / Pakistan Medical Association and Federation of Islamic Medical Associations in Africa and Subcontinent. Participated in vesio-vaginal fistula repair camps in Tanzania and several Urological Surgical camps in Pakistan and Kashmir.

Dr Habib Bhurawala

Vice President AIMA

MBBB, MD, DCH, FRACP.

Head of Paediatrics, Nepean Hospital Kingswood, NSW 2747.

Associate Professor in Paediatrics, Sydney Medical School- Nepean, University of Sydney

Dr Omer Shareef

Vice President AIMA
MD, MRC Psych, FRANZCP, DCP, DAS
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Townsville, QLD

Yousuf Haroon Ahmad

Vice President AIMA

 MBBS, FRACGP, FACRRM, MHPE

Yousuf H. Ahmad has been a Family Physician and procedural generalist most of his professional life. He is a General Practitioner with specialisation in health professionals education, primary health management and governance of not for profit organisations. He is a GP supervisor involved in training and mentoring of registrars and international medical gradates for over 20 years, as well as medical education of students from University of Melbourne, Monash University and John Flynn Scholars. He has served many years as a Director and then Chair of East Gippsland Primary Health Alliance, as Deputy Chair and Board member of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Victoria. He has been the Chairperson of Board of Directors, Rural Work Force Agency, Victoria (RWAV). He is also the Recent past Chair of Muslims Health Professionals Australia (MHPA) and United Leaders Forum Australia

Ashraf Chehata

Executive Member

FRACS (Ortho)

Dr Chehata is a Melbourne Orthopaedic Upper Limb Surgeon with a particular interest in Elbow, Shoulder, and Wrist pathology.  He graduated from the University of Tasmania and performed 3 years of his undergraduate medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed his Orthopaedic Training in Victoria and has undergone further training in shoulder, elbow, and wrist injuries whilst on International Fellowships within Europe. He was awarded the Covidien Travelling Fellowship through the Royal College of Surgeons in order to further his subspecialty interest in Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist pathology. Whilst overseas he was able to work alongside the President of the European Shoulder and Elbow Society, Professor Alessandro Castagno and was involved in Kinematic Wrist research and clinical practice at the renowned international centre Institute Kaplan in Barcelona.

Muhammad Ashraf

General Secretary AIMA
MBBS, FRCSI, FRACS

Muhammad Ashraf has been working as a general surgeon and endoscopist for nearly 2 decades. He has previously been a senior lecturer at the James Cook University School of Medicine and is currently actively involved in the teaching of medical students, junior doctors, and trainee registrars.

Dr Ashraf gained extensive experience in general and trauma surgery in South Africa.  He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He has volunteered for many free surgical camps in Pakistan and Kashmir under auspices of Islamic Medical Association of Queensland.  Muhammad has previously served as the President of the Islamic Society of Mackay and is very active in his regional Australian community, working to improve Islamic advocacy in the area. He looks forward to working with the Australian Islamic Medical Association.

Amir Zayegh

Neonatal Consultant
Assistant Secretary

Amir is a Neonatal Consultant working at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. He studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne, and has completed a Masters of Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a Fiqh of Medicine course with Al Balagh Academy in the UK. His interests include Bioethics and Islamic Ethics, and point of care ultrasound. He looks forward to working with the AIMA community to develop spiritually uplifting peer support and education opportunities, and to contribute to improving the health literacy and outcomes of the Muslim and wider Australian community.

Muhammad Shakibur Rahman

MBBS, FRACGP

Assistant Treasurer

Dr Muhammad Shakibur Rahman- is a GP, based in Adelaide. He is also involved in multiple community and youth organisation.

Mustafa Majeed Omar

Executive Member

Executive Member of AIMA central team and president of Newcastle AIMA Chapter

Dr Mustafa Majeed Omar is emergency medicine specialist (FACEM) in Newcastle, NSW

He is also an AFRACMA and studying MBA in Healthcare management with Deakin University.

He can speak a few languages (English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil and Kutchi)

Wisam Ihsheish

President AIMA ACT

FRACS (Ortho) Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr. Imran Ali

General Secretary AIMA (ACT)

Anaesthetist and Pain management Specialist

General Secretary AIMA (ACT)

Dr. Imran Ali, consultant Anaesthetist. Originally from Malaysia where he did most of his training before passing the Australian Fellowship exam in Perth in 2004. He currently works as an Anaesthetic consultant at Canberra Hospital as well as some private practice. He also sees chronic pain public patients once a week at University of Canberra Hospital.

 Naing Imran Win

President AIMA (NSW)

Born in Burma, Dr Naing Imran Win, obtained his doctor of medicine degree from Marmara University of Istanbul, Turkey, before he migrated to Australia. He completed his GP fellowship training in the Southern Highlands, NSW and is now working as a GP in Sydney Southwest. Since he arrived in Australia, he has been volunteering in Islamic charity organisations and peacebuilding, education and community services. He is passionate in mentoring and nurturing youth.

Elhassan Elabbas

Secretary (NSW)

MBBS, FRACP

Elhassan Elabbas MBBS ,FRACP Dual trained in General Medicine and Geriatric areas of interest perioperative medicine,frailty,bone health ,geriatric oncology and endoscopy

Sufyan Akram

Clinical Science Coordinator, School of Medicine, Charles Darwin University, Darwin

President AIMA (NT)

Dr Sufyan is an educator and researcher with diverse experience of working in medical education across various universities. His clinical background, experience in teaching biomedical sciences, scholarly endeavours in higher education and leadership roles – have all enabled him to contribute to the integrated and innovative models of health professions education.

Abid Majid

MBBS, FRACGP

President AIMA Queensland

Dr Majid graduated from Pakistan’s University of Punjab in 1993. Moved to Australia in 2002. He has been working as a General Practitioner since 2004 in Queensland.  He has worked in South Africa before moving to Australia.  Dr Majid had the opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia as well.  He has had the honour of working with Pakistan Islamic Medical Association and Islamic Medical Association of South Africa.

Salih Ibn Mohamed

MD

General Secretary AIMA (QLD)

Dr Salih is a young doctor working in Queensland, graduating from the University of Queensland in 2020. His interests are critical care medicine, anaesthesia, medical education and mentoring. He has been a member Islamic Medical Association of Queensland (IMAQ), since he was a medical student. IMAQ has now transitioned into AIMA QLD

Mohamed Elwakil

MBChb, FACEM,FRCEM, EgyBEM, EBCEM

President AIMA (SA)

Mohamed Elwakil is an Emergency Medicine Specialists  in Adelaide, South Australia He is Master of Clinical Simulation and GradCertClinSim from Monash University

Originally from Egypt, where he did most of his training before moving to Saudi Arabia and ultimately settling in Australia.

While in Egypt, h ehave been actively engaged in Islamic charity organisations, Egyptian Medical Syndicate, and community services. Currently interested in teaching junior doctors in Australia and overseas.

Dr Noor Suhana Mohamed

MBBS, FRACGP

Secretary AIMA (SA)

Dr Noor Suhana Mohd Graduated with MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from The Adelaide University in 2011. She obtained her Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) in 2019.

She has worked in various hospital across Adelaide including Lyell Mcewin Hospital, Modbury Hospital and Flinders Hospital in various fields including Paediatrics and Emergency. She has also spent a year working rurally in Renmark.

Her special interests include Paediatrics, having also completed the Diploma of Child Health through Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She is currently pursuing advanced skills in Neuroprotective Developmental Care focussing on infant sleep & breastfeeding.

Outside of work, Dr Suhana has volunteered in her community in weekly Arabic school and various community projects including being a contributor for a local magazine, Light of Adelaide.

Muhajir Mohamed

 Muhajir Mohamed is the Director of Pathology & Clinical Haematologist at Launceston General Hospital and is an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania.

He obtained Haematology speciality qualification in India, followed by Fellowships from Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.

He is the Chair and Clinical Lead for Blood Management Committee and the Head of Bone marrow Transplantation Committee for Northern Tasmania and  is an active member of American Society of Haematology, Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand and Australia Lymphoma and Leukemia Group.

He is involved in clinical trials and research in haematology and has over 40 publications in national & international journals. He is also a reviewer for peer-reviewed haematology and medicine journals.