Dr. Niaz Ali was born in village PirPiai, Nowshera NWFP Pakistan on December 1960. He did his Secondary education (Peshawar Board) from Govt. High School No.1 Nowshera Cantt, his FSc (pre- medical) from Islamia College Peshawar University .

Then he did his MBBS from Khyber Medical College University of Peshawar 1985. After passing MBBS he completed his house job in LRH and KTH Peshawar, worked as MO in londikothal hospital for 2 years followed by MO in cardiovascular surgery LRH. He completed his TMO training in PGMI LRH Peshawar.

He did FRCS Royal College of physicians & Surgeons Glasgow UK 1997. He was trained in Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic surgery in Prestigious Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast Northern Ireland (UK) from August 1996 to Nov 04. Royal Victoria is a University Hospital and a tertiary referral center for Cardiac and thoracic services to the whole province and is teaching center to Students of Queen University of Belfast.

He has membership of CTSNet for Cardiothoracic Surgery Network & European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

His clinical experience is very vast which includes,

• Senior registrar Cardiac Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 05/08/03 to Nov 04.
• Senior registrar Thoracic Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 0 6/08/02 to 05/08/03 .
• Senior registrar Cardiac Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 04/02/01 to 05/08/2002 .
• Specialist registrar Cardiac Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 03/02/00 to 03/02/01 .
• SpR FTT Thoracic Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 0 4/02/99 to 2/02/00 .
• Specialist registrar Cardiac Surgery in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 06/08/97 to 04/02/99 .
• SHO Cardiac Surgery Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland from 07/08/96 to 05/08/97 .
• SHO Surgical Rotation A &E & Surgery Coleraine Hospital Coleraine N .Ireland from 02/08/95 to 06/08/96 .
• Trainee Registrar Cardiovascular Surgery Postgraduate medical Institute Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 04/01/93 to 10/07/93 .
• Trainee Registrar Casualty P.G.M.I Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 04/07/92 to 03/01/93 .
• Trainee Registrar General Surgery P.G.M.I Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 30/06/91 to 03/07/92 .
• Medical Officer Cardiovascular Surgery Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 31/12/89 to31/01/91.
• MO Medicine Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 03/05/89 to 30/12/89 .
• MO Surgery Agency Hospital Landi kothal Khyber Agency Pakistan from 12/03/87 to 23/04/89 .
• JHO Medicine (Honorary) Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 11/10/86 to 10/01/87 .
• JHO Medicine Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 01/02/86to 31/07/86 .
• JHO Surgery Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar Pakistan from 01/08/85 to 31/01/86 .

He participated in many national and international meetings such as,

• International conference of G. I. Endoscopy and Endoscopic surgery 28 -31 March 1995 Peshawar Pakistan .
• Irish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons 9 th October 1998 , NEWCASTL N. Ireland UK
• Annual meeting 1999 SCTS UK & Ireland 14 ? 17 March Nottingham UK .
• Annual meeting 2000 SCTS UK & Ireland 12- 15 March London UK .
• First Biennial meeting SHVD 200115 - 18 th March London UK .
• Joint ESCTS/ESTS annual Meeting 16 - 19 th September2001 Lisbon Portugal .
• Irish Cardiac Society annual meeting 28- 29th September Belfast UK .
• Irish Thoracic Society annual meeting 9 - 10 th November 2001Cavan Rep - Ireland
• The World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ISCTS) 12 th World Congress 3 - 6 th March 2002 Luzerne Switzerland .
• Cancer Care Ireland 2002, 13 - 15 October 2002, Belfast UK .
• Surgical management of Heart failure Symposium, 21 Feb 2003 RVH Belfast.
• Cardiology Grand Round, 5th April 2003 Hilton Belfast .
• EACT/ESTS joint meeting, 12 -15 sept04, Leipzig Germany .

Besides attending these meetings, here are his presentations in some national and international meetings,

• Mechanical or Bioprosthetic Valve in the Elderly
  A Nineteen Year Comparison
  H. O'Kane, P. Sidhu, N. Ali
  VIII International Symposium on Cardiac Bioprosthesis
  Mexico 3 - 5th November 2000
  
• OPCAB (Beating heart surgery) Belfast Experience
  N. Ali, G. Campalani
  Up- Beat off Pump Cardiac Surgery
  Live Teleconference at Alexandra Hospital Cheadle's UK
  21 October 2000
  
• The Influence of Prosthetic size on Stress Haemodynamic Assessment following
  Mechanical AVR
  A. Muir, N. Ali, M. Danton, G. Campalani, N. Campbell
  Irish Cardiac Society Annual meeting
  Belfast 28-29 th Sept 2001
  
• Management of Empyema FEV1 and Patient Satisfaction similar treated by
  Decortication or conservatively
  N. Ali, P. Bonde, J.McGuigan, K. Mcmanus, A Graham
  Irish Thoracic Society Annual meeting
  Cavan Republic of Ireland 9-10 th November 2001
  
• Mono-leaflet VS Bio-leaflet aortic mechanical prosthesis after AVR -
  Haemodynamic Evaluation.
  Mahdevan, N. Ali, G. Campalani, N. Campbell , M. Danton
  World Cardiology Congress 7 May 2002 Sydney Australia

Following are Publications of Dr. Niaz Ali,

• Mechanical or Bioprosthetic Valve in the Elderly,
  A Nineteen Year Comparison,
  Sidhu P, O'Kane H, Ali N, Gladstone D, sarsam M, Campalani G, MacGowan,
  (Annals of Thoracic Surgery) Supp. May 2001.
  
• Fibroelastoma of aortic valve unusual presentation with Hypothyroidism,
  S. Mahadevan, Niaz Ali, G. Campalani, G. Dalzell,
  International Journal of Cardiology 84 (2002) 95-96.
  
• Traumatic Thoracic Aortic rupture in pregnancy,
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery.
  
• Comparison of Stress Haemodynamic single Vs Bileaflet mechanical heart,
  Valve (for publication submitted to JTCV).