Alumni Profiles


Zafar Iqbal

Organization Information

Over the past decade, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre has established itself as a centre of excellence providing comprehensive care free of cost to thousands of indigent cancer patients. This pioneering, state-of-the-art hospital located in the heart of the Punjab was founded by Imran Khan, one of Pakistan's most illustrious cricketers. As a charitable institute, it is funded predominantly from the donations of friends and well-wishers from around the country and across the world.

Describe the work that you do in your role

Application Specialist,
DICOM, HL7, HIPAA standards,
CLSI and ASTM Standards,
RIS/PACS Administrator,
RIS/PACS Developer,
RIS/PACS Support,
RIS/PACS Trainer,
HL7 Implementation Engineer,
Lab Automation System Developer,
Teleradiology,
Telemedicine,
PACS Network Management,
Strong Software Engineering & Problem Solving Skills,
Java Development Language (DICOM Toolkits, HL7 APIs, Web services, WSDL, Hibernate, SOA, MVC, GUIs, JMF, JavaBeans, XML Parsing, JSP, Servlets)
Java SIG API

Indicate previous experience and/or areas of career proficiency/achievenments

Previously I worked as Java developer in a company and was good to be there.

Describe your success in your professional life and achievements

- MIS-Software Development Best Employee of the Year 2009

- Java Developer

- Developing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solution for my company with all latest features and successfully developed and deployed most of the PACS basic features.

- Studied DICOM, ASTM, CLSI and HL7 protocols in depth.

- PACS Network Management

- Working with the Imaging and Information department to support RIS driven initiatives and optimize workflow of the system.

- Work closely with users, Consultant Radiologists and Radiology Management team in the development of PACS/RIS operating standards, Policies and procedures.

Write your activities and achievement if you were member of any club or society in UMT?

I was not part of any.

What do you remember about your time in ILM / IMT /UMT?

Teachers are good. I remember Ahmad Adnan sb pretty much. He is good teacher. My classfellows are good. I enjoyed a lot. Although it was evening program but it was nice to be there. Some events were good. I never used IPC or library in UMT, i dont know the reason.