A three-day aesthetic surgery workshop will commence at Pak Italian Modern Burn Centre from December 26.

As-Salam o alaikum!

Sir I'm honoured to write you about my visit and experience to the cleft hospital gujrat and working with your team from UK.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your tremendous efforts on organising my overseas clinical fellowship in Plastic surgery to Pakistan, for the three months period between March and June 2019.

Mr Riaz presented to plastic surgeons in Northern Ireland his technique of ‘R’ Face and Neck lift on 1st of June and ran a workshop on his technique on 2nd of June 2019 in North West Independent Hospital. The meeting and workshop was kindly organised by Mr Abid Rashid. 

Mr Riaz presented in the annual meeting of the British Society of Rhinoplasty Surgeons on 1st June 2019 in London on Nose tip Aesthetics and his “Gujrat Technique “ of unilateral Cleft Nose correction.

Mr Riaz was invited to give talks on facial rejuvenation to trainees during BAAPS training day on 21 February 2019 in Preston. With faculty.

This year OPSA recruited a UK faculty to travel to Pakistan to teach breast surgical skills. Penny McManus, Consultant Breast Surgeon in Hull, was joined by Richard Sutton from Bath, Brendan Smith from Reading and Steven Thrush from Worcester.

Mr Riaz will be running second Aesthetic Surgery Workshop on 1-2 January 2019 in Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, Nishtar Hospital, Multan, Pakistan.

Mr Riaz is planning to start Aesthetic Surgery Courses and Workshops in Islamabad, Pakistan to share his experience and techniques with trainees and colleagues.

For dates of these events, contact:
Royal Cosmetic Surgery Clinic
Ammar Centre
College Road, Markaz F-7
Islamabad, Pakistan 
Ph 009251265491

At British Society of Rhinoplasty Surgery Autumn (2018) Meeting in Newcastle, England with Mr Dan Saleh, Mr Reda Elbadawey (host) and Prof Metin Onerci (guest speaker) from Ankara, Turkey.

After finishing my full day list in Cleft Hospital, Gujrat, went to Lahore to join team of British Breast Surgeons who came to run Basic Skills Course in Oncoplastic Surgery in Lahore and Islamabad. They had dinner in Cocoos Restuarant, at its roof top in old city overlooking Iconic Badshahi Mosque. I was there to thank them for their time and visit to Pakistan. They have safely returned with the promise to come back for further courses. Special thanks to Miss Penelope McManus for getting the team together.

Team included:

Miss Penelope McManus
Mr Steven Thrush
Mr Richard Sutton 
Mr Brandan Smith.

At launch of audiology programme in Cleft Hospital, Gujrat, Pakistan. This programme will help in the early diagnosis and intervention of deafness in children.

At BAAPS annual meeting 4-5 October 2018 in London with trainees where Mr Riaz shared his experience of Abdominoplasty techniques with Trainees.

Left to right: Ms Annette Middleton, Dr Yasir Iqbal, Mr M Riaz, Dr Aseem Tufchi

Mr Will Holmes (who is soon to take up a position as a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in the NHS) joined Mr Riaz for 3 months earlier this year, at the end of his formal plastic surgery training, when he was successful at securing the much sought-after 3-month BAAPS/BAPRAS aesthetic fellowship.  

Mr Riaz is preparing for his next trip to Gujrat, Pakistan, in a few days’ time. This will be the first of the bi-annual trips for 2018.

Mr Riaz's technique of unilateral cleft nose correction called "Gujrat Technique " was recently presented at the 20th international conference of Craniofacial Surgery in Amsterdam and won The Best Presentation Award.