Health and Hospital Management

Biography

Ms. Sumaira Khowaja-Punjwani, CPB, MBeth & BScN, is Nurse Academician by profession with an interest and specialization in Pediatric Ethics and Public Health. She has worked at the rank of Senior Instructor and has vast experience of curriculum designing and modifications for novice to expert nurses. Currently, she is serving as HOD Nursing Services/Education at Afzaal Memorial Thalassemia Foundation (AMTF), Pakistan. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BScN) in 2007 from Aga Khan University School of Nursing. She received her Master of Bioethics (MBeth) in 2010 from Aga Khan University Medical College funded by Fogarty International Centre, NIH USA. Recently, she has obtained Certificate in Pediatric Bioethics from Children Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, USA. She has participated in several national and international conferences as facilitator and paper presenter. She has served in two Ethical Review Committees as member including Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and The Kidney Center (TKC). Moreover, she has initiated and established an ERC at AMTF on which she serves as Secretary. She has published her work in the area of Bioethics and Nursing.

Research Interest

Pediatric Bioethics,Clinical practice of Nursing students and issues involved in it, Informed consent: from theory to practice,Need of advance nursing education in Pakistan.Clinical-ethical decision making,End of life issues,Research Ethics,Religion and Bioethics,Ethical issues of vulnerable population Nurses’ right to choose specialty for practice after graduation .