Faisal Sultan, CEO Shaukat Khanum

Faisal Sultan is a physician and has remained the Chief Executive Officer of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre from 2003 till publish date of this podcast. He was later appointed the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services in August 2020. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skmch Instagram: http://instagram.com/shaukatkhanum/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SKMCH and https://twitter.com/fslsltn Timestamps: 00:00 Inception of Shaukat Khanum and Dr. Faisal’s 2:02 Studying Medicine in the USA 3:48 Allopathy, Homeopathy and Herbal medicines 6:35 Herbal or Chinese medicine 7:25 Scientific side of Acupuncture 8:25 Incorporating herbal into modern medicine 10:11 Vaccination and immunization 13:20 COVID and its management in Pakistan 15:58 Resistance for COVID vaccination 17:22 Cell theory or germ theory of disease 19:18 DNA, PCR, and Crispr 22:35 Shaukat Khanum and Cancer therapies 23:33 Types of Cancers and its molecular reasons 28:42 Tumor vs Cancer 34:30 Healthy lifestyle for longevity 37:04 Journey at Shaukat Khanum to becoming CEO 39:22 Learning and support from all the stake holders 40:41 Imran Khan as a Chairman of Shaukat Khanum 42:36 Balancing between several roles and grooming sub-ordinates to scale-up 47:44 The universe bends towards you when you are onto something 48:53 Shaukat Khanum at Peshawar and Karachi 50:15 Fundraising for Shaukat Khanum 52:35 Challenges of capacity building for serving more cancer patients 55:40 Doctor’s attention and its significance 58:15 Symptoms and root cause of diseases 59:47 Isolated scientific findings 1:02:10 Vision of IK behind Shaukat Khanum 1:03:00 Thank you and Good bye