Dr. Adeel Iqbal is a medical consultant at the Medway Maritime Hospital in the United Kingdom. Dr. Iqbal trained in some of London’s busiest tertiary hospitals including St. Mary’s Hospital, Charring Cross Hospital and the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He graduated from Imperial College London winning the Rector’s Gold Medal Award as well as multiple academic prizes for the highest performance in undergraduate medical exams - including the Abraham’s Award for medical pathology and a first-class honours degree from the National Heart and Lung Institute in Cardiovascular Sciences.

 

Dr. Iqbal has extensive experience of the NHS having worked at hospitals including the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Colchester University Hospital, Nobles Hospital, Isle of Man and Whipps Cross University Hospital, London.

 

Research & Publications

 

Immunosuppressive Agents Modulate Function, Growth, and Survival of Cardiomyocytes and Endothelial Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Földes Gábor, Mioulane Maxime, Kodagoda Thusharika, Lendvai Zsuzsanna, Iqbal Adeel, Ali Nadire N, Schneider Michael D., and Harding Sian E.. Stem Cells and Development. March 1, 2014, 23(5): 467-476. doi:10.1089/scd.2013.0229.

 

Growth and proliferative activity of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes is modulated in a calcineurin-NFAT-dependent manner. Gabor Foldes, Maxime Mioulane, Adeel Iqbal, Michael D. Schneider, Nadire N. Ali, Sian E. Harding. NHLI, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

 

Immunosuppressants block proliferation and growth of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Gabor Foldes, Maxime Mioulane, Adeel Iqbal, Michael D. Schneider, Nadire N. Ali, Sian E. Harding. National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Presented in Hungary 2013.

 

Key Roles

 

 Founder of Developing World Healthcare – UK Charity Number 1170788

 

 Formative Examiner for The University of Aberdeen Medical School

 

 Surgical Delegations to Asia -  Committee Founder

 

 Medical Training Network - Lecturer in General Medicine & Surgery

 

 Government of Punjab – Water Sanitation and Provision

 

 Program launches of IEF in Nigeria, Kashmir, Algeria and The Western Sahara

 

Awards

 

 Winner of BMA Humanitarian Fund Award for Cleft Palate & Burns work

 

 Lord Avebury Award of Excellence in Teaching

 

 AKAB International Award for Services to Blind Children

 

 Royal College of Ophthalmologists – Patrick Trevor-Roper Scholarship

 

 Imperial College Trust Award for International Advancement of Education