Dr. Naureen Mushtaq

Dr. Naureen Mushtaq

Dr Naureen Mushtaq is an Associate Professor and Paediatric Neuro-oncologist from Pakistan. She is the section head of Paediatric Oncology at the Aga Khan University hospital, Karachi.

As the only trained Pediatric Neuro-oncologist in Pakistan she has established Pediatric Neuro-oncology MDT at AKU with the help of an excellent twinning initiative with The Hospital of Sick Children Toronto. She also developed four National Pediatric Brain Tumor Boards across Pakistan with the help of My Child Matter Grant (Sanofi Espoir Aventis Fondation) for Capacity building of Pediatric Neuro-oncology services in 13 private/public sector hospitals of Pakistan. Her research interests are Low grade glioma and medulloblastoma in children. She is author of more than 33 peer reviewed manuscripts and few book chapters. She is also the founder of Pediatric Neuro-oncology fellowship in Pakistan at Aga Khan University Hospital. PNO (Pediatric Neuro-oncology) team led by her developed Pakistan National Guidelines for the treatment of Medulloblastoma, Low Grade Glioma and High-Grade Glioma.

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