Education
MD - University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
FCPS-Peds (Pak) - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan
MRCP-Peds (U.K.) - Royal Colleges of Physicians (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh), U.K.
Research Interests
- Late effects of childhood cancer
- Second malignant neoplasms
- Pediatric oncology in resource limited settings
Selected Publications
Ramirez O, Aristizabal P, Zaidi A, et al., Childhood cancer survival disparities in a universalized health system in Cali, Colombia. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 3:79-87, 2018
Howard S.C, Zaidi A, Cao X, et al. The My Child Matters programme: effect of public-private partnerships on paediatric cancer care in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Oncol 19: e252-e266, 2018.
Zaidi A, Johnson LM, Church CL, et al. Management of concurrent pregnancy and acute lymphoblastic malignancy in teenaged patients: two illustrative cases and review of the literature. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology 2014; 3(4):160-75.
Asim M, Zaidi A, Ghafoor T, Qureshi Y. Death analysis of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: experience at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2011; 61(7):666-70.
Ghafoor T, Zaidi A, Al Nasser I. Granulocytic sarcoma of small intestine: An unusual presentation of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. J Pak Med Assoc 2010; 60(2):133-5.
Ahmad N, Zaidi A, Badar F, et al. Clinical characteristics and outcome analysis of pediatric B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Experience with FAB-LMB 96 and UKCCSG B-cell NHL guidelines in a developing country. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol 2010; 6(1):49-56.
Zaidi A, Badar F, Ahmed Q, et al. Colorectal carcinoma in children - experience at a tertiary care cancer center in Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2009; 10(5):789-92.
Saeed H, Zaidi A, Adhi M, et al. Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A review of 27 cases over 10 years at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2009; 10(5):917-20.
Badar F, Mahmood S, Zaidi A, Bhurgri Y. Age-standardized incidence rates for childhood cancers at a cancer hospital in a developing country. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2009; 10(5):753-8.
Siddiqui N, Ayub B, Badar F, Zaidi A. Hodgkin's lymphoma in Pakistan: a clinico-epidemiological study of 658 cases at a cancer center in Lahore. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2006; 7(4):651-5.
Last update: April 2019