Fast Facts
Hometown: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Medical School: Baqai Medical College/University of Karachi
Residency: Northwest Deanery NHS UK/ChristianaCare
Fellowship (Critical Care): R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
EMS affiliations: Prehospital doctor with NorthWest BASICS (UK), EMS physician MD1 NJ
Special Interests: Tactical EMS, prehospital trauma, critical care transport, medical simulation
Hobbies: Hiking, travel, movies, collecting model airplanes
Fun Facts: Dr. Qasim has worked as a crowd doctor for Manchester City Football (Soccer) Club, and has held the Olympic Torch as it passed around the UK for the 2012 London Olympics
More About Dr. Qasim
Dr. Qasim obtained his medical degree from the University of Karachi and completed residency and fellowship training in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in the United Kingdom. There, he also worked as an attending (consultant) emergency physician and operational EMS physician. He moved to the United States to complete training in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland before moving to Philadelphia in 2017. He is now an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania.
His academic interests lie in advanced trauma and endovascular resuscitation, simulation, tactical EMS, and critical care transport.