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She is a Pediatrician, Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Parenting Coach, and medical educator with over 27 years of experience in child health, preventive medicine, and community education. As the Director of Hamaray Bachchay, she has trained thousands of children, parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals through evidence-based educational programs that integrate Lifestyle Medicine, behavior change science, and Islamic values.

As the Founder and Director of Nurturing Our Health, she addresses the root causes of metabolic diseases with a patient-centered and holistic approach.

As Vice President of PALM, Dr. Abbasi is a passionate advocate for the life-changing potential of lifestyle medicine, while her teaching at the Riphah Institute of Lifestyle Medicine focuses on preparing future leaders with innovative curricula.

Equally committed to physician wellbeing, Dr. Abbasi actively addresses burnout and promotes self-care among healthcare professionals, focusing on the importance of balance and resilience in the field medicine.

Chair of the Advisory Board of the Pakistan Association of Lifestyle Medicine (PALM)

Accumulated experience of 35 years

16 years in international service (WHO)

– 13 years in not-for-profit sector

– 4 years in the public sector

– 2 years in the private sector

▪ Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health (State Minister, 2019-2020)

▪ Set-up and led internationally appreciated national response to global pandemic of Covid-19

▪ Led development of National Package of Essential Health Services for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

Extended health insurance to transgender and disable people of Pakistan

▪ Currently, Professor of Health System & Population Health, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad

Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad is a social scientist and Meritorious Professor, he specializes in Islamic thought and jurisprudence. He is meritorious Professor of comparative ethics and religion and founder Vice Chancellor of Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Prime Minister of Pakistan appointed him Chairman National Rahmatulil ‘Almin Authority in March 2022.

Founder President of The Pakistan Association of Lifestyle Medicine (PALM)

Dr. Shagufta Feroz is Pakistan’s first Physician who is running a Drug-less Family Medicine Clinic for past 17yea s, based on
the principles of Lifestyle Medicine, Integrative Medicine and her independent research •called “Synchronized Lifestyle Modification Program-SLP”