Prof. Faisal Faiyaz Zuberi

Name

Prof. Faisal Faiyaz Zuberi

Designation

Professor of Pulmonology & HOD / Director MD Pulmonology Program

Email

faisal.zuberi@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Chest Unit-I OICD, Dow Ojha Campus

Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • FCPS (Medicine)
  • FCPS (Pulmonology)
  • FCCP
  • CHPE

Research

  1. Raza F, Zuberi FF, Islam AU, Shafeeque A. Characteristics of Connective Tissue Diseases Interstitial Lung Diseases (CTD-ILD) Presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital. J Bahria Uni Med Dental Coll. 2026;16(1):101-106 DOI: https://doi.org/10.51985/JBUMDC2025757

  2. Islam AU, Zuberi FF, Raza F, Salari S. Prognosticating pleural infection based on RAPID score in a tertiary-care hospital. Infect Dis J Pak. 2025; 34(3): 170-175. https://doi.org/10.61529/idjp.v34i3.451

  3. Kumar R, Zuberi FF, Arif ul Islam. Frequency of patients classified as Pre–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Pre COPD) in tertiary care chest clinic. Professional Med J 2025; 32(08):1058-1063. https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2025.32.08.9789

  4. Zuberi BF, Shaikh MA, Zuberi FF, Rasheed T, Ali FS, Nawaz Z. Medical Students’ Perceptions at Dow University of Health Sciences using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Inventory. Pak J Med Sci. 2024;40(4):711-717. doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.4.7712
  5. Ghafoor L, Zuberi FF, Khan GM, Ismail M. Yield & Accuracy of Gastric Lavage in Non-Expectorating Adults with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Pak J Med Sci. 2023; 39(5): 1468-1472.
  6. Zuberi FF, Bader N, Rasheed T, Zuberi BF. Association between insulin resistance and BMI with FEV1 in non-hypoxemic COPD out-patients. Clin Respir J. 2021 May;15(5):513-521. doi: 10.1111/crj.13336. Epub 2021 Feb 5
  7. Zuberi FF, Zuberi BF, Ali FS, Bader N. Muscle weakness assessment in non-hypoxic COPD out-patients at tertiary care hospitals. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(2):536-542
  8. Zuberi FF, Haroon MA, Haseeb A, Khuhawar SM. Role of Montelukast in Asthma and Allergic rhinitis patients. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(7):1517-1522
  9. Khan GM, Zuberi FF, Bizat-uz-Zahra S, Ghafoor L. Frequency of Blood Eosinophilia in newly diagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(4):750-754
  10. Hameed S, Zuberi FF, Hussain S, Ali SK. Risk factors for Mortality among Inpatients with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(5):1361-1365
  11. Ali SK, Zuberi FF, Hameed S. Frequency and Risk Factors of Bronchopleural Fistula in Tube Thoracostomy patients. J Dow Uni Health Sci 2019;13 (2): 95-101
  12. Khan N, Mirza T, Zuberi FF, Bari MF. Immunostaining of TTF-1, Napsin-A, P63 and P40 in differential diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Pak J of Medicine and Dentistry. 2019; 8 (03):12-18.
  13. Zuberi FF, Zuberi BF, Rasheed T, Nawaz Z. Non-specific impairment of Lung Function on Spirometry in patients with Chronic Hepatitis-C. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(2):360-364.
  14. Zuberi FF, Hussain S, Hameed S, Zuberi BF. Role of Bronchial Washing Gene Xpert in Sputum-Scarce Cases of Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(1):211-214.
  15. Zuberi FF, Zuberi BF, Ali SK, Hussain S, Mumtaz F. Yield of Closed Pleural Biopsy and Cytology in Exudative Pleural Effusion. Pak J Med Sci. 2016;32(2):356-360
  16. Azam F, Shaheen A, Zuberi FF. Comparative effect of ATT alone and in combination with Vitamin D on physiological and laboratory parameters in pulmonary TB. J Dow Uni Health Sci 2015; 9(3): 92-98.
  17. Zuberi BF, Zuberi FF, Bader N, Alvi H, Salahuddin J. Comparison of British Thoracic Society and American Thoracic Society reintroduction guidelines for anti-tuberculous therapy induced liver injury. J Pak Med Assoc.2014 Aug;64(8):896-9
  18. Zuberi FF, Zuberi BF, Salahuddin M. Asthma and Myths: An online survey. Pak J Med Sci 2011;27(1): 157-161
  19. Zuberi FF, Khan JA. Prospective comparison of prediction rules of mortality risk for CAP in a developing country. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008 Apr; 12(4):447-52.
  20. Haque AS, Zubairi ABS, Shiraz A, Zuberi F, Karim SI, Pervez R, Awan S. Asthma Know-how and Approach among Pakistani Family Physicians and the Impact of an Educational Program. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2007 Nov;11(11):1260-5
  21. Zuberi BF, Alvi H, Zuberi FF, Rasheed T, Nawaz Z, Fatima-tuz-Zohra. Frequency of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in illiterate patients with compensated cirrhosis. Pak J Med Sci. 2016;32(3):595-598.
  22. Zuberi BF, Zuberi FF, Hasan SR, Kumar R, Memon SA, Afsar S. Frequency of Acute Hepatitis C after needle stick injury and its treatment outcome. Pak J Med Sci 2009; 25(5): 766-769
  23. Zuberi BF, Zuberi FF, Vaswani A, Faisal N, Afsar, Rehman J, Qamar B, Jaffery B. Appraisal of the knowledge of internet users of Pakistan regarding hepatitis using an on-line survey. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2008 Jan-Mar;20(1):91-93.
  24. Zuberi BF, Zuberi FF, Memon SA, Qureshi MH, Ali SZ, Afsar S. Sustained virological response based on rapid virological response in genotype-3 chronic hepatitis C treated with standard interferon in the Pakistani population. World J Gastroenterol 2008;14(14): 2218-2221.
  25. Zuberi FF, Zuberi BF, Khan MA, Khan MH. Frequency of rectal varices in patients with cirrhosis. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2004; 14 (2): 94-97.

CASE REPORTS

Soomro NH, Zafar AA, Zuberi FF, Maqbool A. Pulmonary synovial sarcoma; a rare primary lung tumor. J Pioneer Med Sci. 2015; 5(4):144-146

DISSERTATION

Frequency of rectal varices in patients of cirrhosis of liver.