Shoukat Ali

Senior Lecturer
Pathology
Alfaisal University
Saudi Arabia

Academician Pathology
Biography

Dr Shoukat Ali Arain is a senior lecturer in Pathology at the College of Medicine. He obtained his basic medical education from Islamia University Bahawalpur and earned his PhD from Ziauddin University Karachi Pakistan. His research work focused on non-invasive monitoring of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. At Alfaisal University, he is involved in teaching, research and university service. He has been pathology course director for Neurosciences block, co-director for Head and Neck and Special Senses block. He is heavily involved in problem-based learning (session facilitation, co-ordination, and case writing and review). He has been involved in exam writing as member and coordinator of exam review process.

Research Intrest

Noninvasive biochemical markers for the assessment of liver fibrosis and inflammatio n, Student - centered vs. teacher - centered learning strategies.

List of Publications
Arain SA, Jamal Q, Omair A. "Liverscore" is predictive of both liver fibrosis and activity in chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastro enterol. 2011 Nov 7;17(41):4607 - 13.
Arain SA, Meo SA, Jamal Q. Serum hyaluronic acid level does not reliably differentiate minimal and significant liver disease in chronic hepatitis C. Saudi Med J. 2011 Dec;32(12):1241 - 5.
Meo SA , Al - masri A A, Al - rouq F , Usmani AM , Hassan A , Arain SA , Zaidi SZ . Status of research p ublications in various science subjects among Muslim countries (1996 - 2010).Asia life sci ences . 2014; 23(1):39 - 48.