Prof. Dr. Ammarah Jamal

Qualifications

FCPS (Paediatrics), Nov 1999

CPSP/NICH, Karachi

MBBS, Karachi University/SMC, 1988

FSc, PAF Degree College Peshawar/Federal Board, 1981

Matric, Cant Public School Peshawar/Fed, 1979

Research

1. Case report: Ammarah Jamal, Uzma Siddique, Syed Inam Ur Rehman, Mustafa Arain, Ahmer Hamid. Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of spleen in a 8-year-old girl. J Pak Med Assoc. Vol. 70, No. 8, August 2020:1448 https://doi.org/10.5455/JPMA.31769 (A. Jamal, U. Siddique, S. Inam-1450 Ur-Rehman, et al.)

2. Case report: Nageen T, Muhammad S, Jamal A (April 29, 2020) Seizures and Basal Ganglia Calcification Caused by Hypoparathyroidism. Cureus 12(4): e7888. DOI 10.7759/cureus.7888

3. Case report: Nida Manzoor, Aiman Rehan, Manahil Akmal, Tayram B. Khalid, Ammarah Jamal. Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Tetralogy of Fallot: An Unusual Association in a Three-month-old Baby. Published: June 20, 2019 (see history)DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4949

Cite this article as: Manzoor N, Rehan A, Akmal M, et al. (June 20, 2019) Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Tetralogy of Fallot: An Unusual Association in a Three-month-old Baby. Cureus 11(6): e4949. doi:10.7759/cureus.4949

4. Case report: Sumreen Shahid , Maria Khan , Laila Tul Qadar , Manahil Akmal , Ammarah Jamal. (May 07, 2019) The First Case of Rowell Syndrome with Lupus Nephritis and Lobar Pneumonia in a Male Child Reported in Pakistan. Cureus 11(5): e4604. DOI 10.7759/cureus.4604

5. Case report: Maira Abdul Razzak , Laila Tul Qadar , Maria Khan , Mohammad Hasan , Ammarah Jamal. Maculopapular Cutaneous Mastocytosis in a Six-month-old Boy Who Presented with Respiratory Distress. Cureus. Published 02/22/2019,DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4117

6. Original Article: Ammarah Jamal, Wajeeha Batool, Saad Shakil, Samar Sajid. Consent Refusals for Lumbar Puncture in Children: Frequency and Factors Behind Them - An Experience in a Public Sector Hospital. Pak Pediatr J 2018; 42(4): 235-41

7. Original Article: Jamal A, Raheem H, Sajid S, Batool W. Decline in Age of Nutritional Rickets, Need for Routine Vitamin D Supplementation in Young Infants [Online]. Annals ASH KM&DC 2018;23: (ASH & KMDC 23(2):72;2018)

8. Case Report: Firoz M, Jamal A, Ur rehman S (April 06, 2018) Non-pseudomonal Ecthyma Gangrenosum and Idiopathic Myelofibrosis in a Two-Year-Old Girl. Cureus 10(4): e2441. doi:10.7759/cureus.2441

9. Original Article: Ammarah Jamal, Yousuf Yahya, Aisha Mehnaz, Zakira Mastoor. Spectrum of Tuberculosis in children at tertiary care hospital: sharing experience. Pak Pediatr J 2018; 42(1): 32-36

10. Original Article: : Jamal A, Yahya Y, Karim MT. Do we need to give measles vaccine to children earlier than the currently recommended age? J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2018;30 (1):111–4.

11. Original Article: Jamal A, Yahya Y, Ashfaq AM, Baloch Z. Impact of Measles Vaccination on the Acquisition and Frequency of Measles Infection in Province of Sindh. Annals ASH KM&DC 2017;22:237-42. (ASH & KMDC 22(4):237;2017)

12. Original Article: Ammarah Jamal, Irum Latif, Sajid Atif Aleem. Comparison of Respiratory Rate in Children having Pneumonia with and without Rickets. Annals of ASH & KMDC 21(4):228;2016

13. Original Article: Irum Latif, Ammarah Jamal. Hematological Changes in Complete Blood Picture in Paedriatric Patients of Malaria Caused By Plasmodium Vivax And Falciparum. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2015;27(2): 350

14. Original Article: Ammarah Jamal, Anam Tajammul, Mubaira Shakeel, Qurat-ul-ain, Farhan Essa Abdullah. Seasonal variation and Identification of Plasmodium species in Blood samples of patients in Labs of Karachi for Suspected Malaria from 2009- 2011.Annals of ASH & KMDC 19(2):73;2014.

15. Original article; Iqbal A.Memon, Fehmina Arif, Ammarah Jamal. Status of Routine Immunization in Polio Patients. Medical Channel Jan-Mar 2012

16. Case report: Shahbaz Latif, Ammarah Jamal, Iqbal Memon, Shagufta Yasmeen, Veena Tresa, Sattar Shaikh . Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Coeliac Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) J Pak Med Assoc issue Vol:76, No:10 October, 2010

17. Original article; Student's Corner: Raheela Hanif, Erum Khalil, Anum Sheikh, Amrita Harji, Sadaf Haris, Muhammad Waqas Rasheed et al. Knowledge about breastfeeding in accordance with the national policy among doctors, paramedics and mothers in baby-friendly hospitals . JPMA issue Vol:76, No:10 October, 2010

(Acknowledgement : We extend our gratutude for the guidance and supervision of Dr. Ammarah Jamal, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics department, Civil hospital Karachi and Dr.Rumina Tabassum, Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics department, Civil Hospital Karachi for this study.)

18. Original article; Iqbal A. Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Fehmina Arif, Ghulam Murtaza. Causes of Non-polio Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Children residing in the province of Sindh. Medical Channel Number 3, Volume 16, July - Sept 2010

19. Original article; Ammarah Jamal, Iqbal A. Memon, Yousuf Yahya. A Clinical Experience of Drug Resistance Malaria among admitted Paediatric Patients. Pak Paed J Mar 2010; 34(1): 3-9

20. Original article; Shabnam Iqbal Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Iqbal Amemon. Anthropometric measurements at birth in babies born at Civil Hospital Karachi Pak Paed J Sep 2009;33(3):185-90. Civil Hospital Karachi

21. Original article; Iqbal Ahmed Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Hamida Memon, Naila Parveen. Intestinal amoebiasis in children and its effect on nutritional status J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jul 2009;19(7):440-3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Civil Hospital, Karachi

22. Original article; Iqbal A.Memon, M.N.Lal, G. Murtaza, Ammarah Jamal, RN.Bhatti, Samina Tariq. Recurrent abdominal pain in children. Pak J Med Sci Jan 2009; 25(1): 26-30

23. Original article: Iqbal Ahmad Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Hamida Memon. An experience of oral acyclovir in treating children with varicella infection Pak J Med Sci Jul - Sep 2008;24(3):590-4. Civil Hospital Karachi

24. Original article; Ammarah Jamal, Afroze Ramzan Sherali. The immediate outcome of acute renal and post renal failure and predictors of the outcome Pak Paed J Jun 2008;32(2):123-32.  National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi

25. Original article; Ammarah Jamal, Iqbal Ahmad Memon, Farheen Lateef. The association of Plasmodium Vivax malaria with thrombocytopenia in febrile children Pak Paed J Jun 2007;31(2):85-9. Civil Hospital Karachi

26. Original article: Bushra Siddique, Iqbal Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Rizwan Aslam. Assessment of risk factors & case fatality rate of malnourished admitted children. Medical Channel Oct-Dec 2006 ;12(4): 47-51

27. Case report: Ammarah Jamal. Hereditary Methemoglobinemia J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Feb 2006;16(2):157-9. Dow University of Health Sciences and Civil Hospital, Karachi

28. Original article: Ammarah Jamal, Afroze Ramzan. Renal and post-renal causes of Acute Renal Failure in Children J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jul 2004; 14(7):411-5. National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi

29. Original article: Ammarah Jamal, Afroze Ramzan. An experience of Renal Replacement therapy in children J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan 2002;12(1):43-7. National Institute of Child Health, Karachi

30. Case report: Ammarah Jamal, Afroze Ramzan. Association of Hb-D Trait with Nephrotic Syndrome: A Fact or Coincidence? J Pak Med Assoc Feb1999 49(2); 44-45