DR. Nasir Abdul Latif Sarwani

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Department of Anatomy

College of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Bio▼

     Dr. Nasir Abdul Latif received his Bachelor’s degree from King Edward Medical College, Lahore-Pakistan. During his stay, he also received a Master’s degree in Arabic from University of Punjab out of self-interest. Dr. Nasir worked as a lecturer of Anatomy & Physiology at College of Health Sciences, Kingdom of Bahrain for two years. During that time, as part of faculty training program, he obtained a post-basic diploma in health sciences with honors and was awarded a Distinction medal by the Prime Minister of Bahrain. Dr. Nasir then left for Glasgow-Scotland where he obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in Medicine (Anatomy) in 1993. His area of interest was innervation of the lumbar zygapophyseal joints in relation to low back pain.  He was awarded a gold medal by His Majesty the King of Bahrain.  Dr. Nasir joined the Arabian Gulf University in 1993, and ever since has been serving his institute as faculty in the Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Academic Background▼
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow – Scotland (United Kingdom), 1993.
  • Post Basic Diploma in Health Science Education (Hon), College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain, 1988.
  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) in Medical Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan, 1986.
  • Master’s Degree (M. A.) in Arabic, University of Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan, 1979.
Research Interests▼
  • Anatomical basis of low back pain
  • Teaching methods in PBL
Selected Publications▼
  1. Implementing Formative Assessment in Human Anatomy Practical Sessions: Medical Students’ Perception and Effect on Final Exam Performance. Hani Salem Atwa, Bhagath Kumar Potu, Raouf Abdelrahman Fadel, Abdelhalim Salem Deifalla, Ayesha Fatima, Manal Ahmed Othman, Nasir Abdul Latif Sarwani, Wael Amin Nasr El-Din. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2024:15 551–563. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S465384
  2. Prenatal aripiprazole induces alterations of rat placenta: a histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Manal A Othman, Mariwan Husni, Wael Amin Nasr El-Din, Abdel-Halim Salem, Nasir Sarwani, Aisha Rashid, Raouf Fadel. Journal of Molecular Histology, 2024 Aug;55(4):415-426. Epub 2024 May 7. doi.org/10.1007/s10735-024-10199-0
  3. Learning Anatomy Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: Students’ Perceptions and Exam Performance. Bhagath Kumar Potu, Hani Atwa, Wael Amin Nasr El-Din, Manal A Othman, Nasir Abdul Latif Sarwani, Ayesha Fatima, Abdelhalim Deifalla, Raouf Abdel-Rahman Fadel. Morphologie. 2022 Sep;106(354):188-194. doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2021.07.003. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34384681; PMCID: PMC9376010.
  4. Restoring Oslerian clinical training in place of Flexnerian reductionism in medical education: A historical perspective. Nasir Abdul Latif Sarwani, Henry James, Mohamed Yasin AlTabban, Hala Ebrahim A.Aziz AlMehza, Ayesha Fatima, Manoj Chakravarty. Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science 9 (10): 606-610 (2019). ISSN (O) 2277:4939. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15520/ijmhs.v9i2.24
  5. Medicine in Shakespearean Plays: Compilation of Descriptions of Clinical Features and Pathophysiology. Nasir Abdul Latif Sarwani, Durjoy Kumar Shome, Manoj Chakravarty. Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing 62, (2019). ISSN 2422-8419. DOI: 10.7176/JHMN