Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi

Qureshi worked on interventions for Congenital Heart Disease. In the late eighties he developed the Tyshak balloon, a device to dilate blood vessels in children, which is widely used in such procedures.^[2]

In 2004, Qureshi was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his efforts to develop paediatric cardiology in Pakistan.^[1][3] He has said that he experienced racism throughout his medical career.^[2][3] He served as Present of the Association of European Paediatric Cardiologists until 2013.^[4]

Qureshi is a member of the board of directors at Chain of Hope. He started working with the charity whilst treating children at Evelina London Children's Hospital.^[5] He represented them on medical missions in Uganda and Ethiopia.^[6]

Qureshi was knighted in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to paediatric cardiology and charity.^[7][8]

Scholia has a profile for Shakeel A Qureshi (Q100512580).

• Philipp Bonhoeffer; Younes Boudjemline; Shakeel A Qureshi; et al. (1 May 2002). "Percutaneous insertion of the pulmonary valve". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39 (10): 1664–1669. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01822-3. ISSN 0735-1097. PMID 12020495. Wikidata Q74135615.
• Reidy JF; Anjos RT; Qureshi SA; Baker EJ; Tynan MJ (1 July 1991). "Transcatheter embolization in the treatment of coronary artery fistulas". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 18 (1): 187–192. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(10)80239-6. ISSN 0735-1097. PMID 2050921. Wikidata Q34620023.
• Shakeel A Qureshi (21 December 2006). "Coronary arterial fistulas". Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 1: 51. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-51. ISSN 1750-1172. PMC 1764722. PMID 17184545. Wikidata Q34573547.