Events & programmes
Conferences, professional education, public-health dialogue and student-led activities.
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Programme archive
13 October 2026
International Participation & Advocacy
ReadPakistan’s Voice at SBNS100: TBI Advocacy
Prof. Muhammad Tariq Khan represented Pakistan at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons’ centenary meeting, discussing the proposed TBI resolution and the campaign for recognition, reporting and continuing care.
7–9 May 2026
Innovation & Medical Education
ReadMaking Artificial Intelligence Practical for the Next Generation of Healthcare
The first AI Symposium brought students, clinicians, researchers, educators and technology professionals together in Peshawar for three days of learning designed to make artificial intelligence more accessible, practical and relevant to medicine, research and global surgery.
23–25 February 2024
Flagship Conference
ReadPeshawar at the Centre of Global Neurosurgery
A landmark three-day programme brought international neurosurgeons, researchers, policymakers, trainees and advocates to Peshawar to examine not only advances in neurosurgical care, but the systems, partnerships and public-health priorities needed to make that care more equitable.
23 February 2024
Education & Capacity Building
ReadGlobal Neuro-Nursing Course
The Global Neuro-Nursing Course placed nursing professionals at the centre of neurosurgical education, bringing together clinical practice, rehabilitation, research, mentorship and advocacy within a multidisciplinary model of care.
25 February 2024
Rehabilitation & Training
ReadRecovery Beyond the Operating Room
The Spinal Neurorehabilitation Workshop brought neurosurgeons, physicians, physical therapists, rehabilitation professionals and community-health perspectives together around a fundamental question: how can neurological care better support patients beyond acute intervention and throughout recovery?
Date not specified
Advocacy & Awareness
ReadPrevention Before the Operating Room
A public-awareness seminar brought neurosurgeons, a person with lived experience of head injury, emergency responders and traffic authorities into the same conversation—shifting the focus from treating neurotrauma to preventing it.
23 February 2024
Public Health & Prevention
ReadPrevention Begins Before Birth
An international seminar brought clinicians, global-health leaders, policymakers and families together around an opportunity to prevent neural-tube defects through folic-acid awareness, supplementation and fortification of staple foods.
23 February 2024
Equity & Global Surgery
ReadWho Shapes Global Neurosurgery?
A dedicated roundtable brought international perspectives together to examine colonial legacies, lived experience, language, representation and the power relationships that can influence how global neurosurgery partnerships are designed.
22 February 2024
Partnership Milestone
ReadFrom Agreements to Opportunity
Ten memoranda of understanding between Alliance Healthcare and Humanitas University and Research Hospital in Italy established new pathways for academic exchange, specialist training and institutional collaboration.
23 February 2024
Institutional Milestone
ReadCreating an Institutional Home for Global Surgery at NWSM
The inauguration of the Global Surgery Directorate marked an important step in creating a formal institutional structure for global-surgery collaboration, education and future development at Northwest.
2025
Interest Groups & Training
ReadMedicine Interest Group Inauguration
Medicine Interest Group Inauguration session 2025 | Chief Guests Dr. Khushnood Ali Baaz, Dr. Tariq Hashim, Dr. Noor ul Iman, Dr. Bilal Sethi, Dr. Arshid Hussain.
9 May 2025
Interest Groups & Training
ReadA Day with Surgeon — Surgery Interest Group Inaugural Session
Guest Speaker: Dr. Imran Mohib Khan. Inaugural Talk: Prof. Dr. Tariq Khan Hasham.
November 2025
Interest Groups & Training
ReadUpSurgeon Workshop
UpSurgeon Workshop | Nov 2025