Omar Ali joins Medical College of Wisconsin
Tuesday, 27 June 2006 05:00
Pediatric endocrinologist Omar Ali, MD, FAAP, has been appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and to the medical staff of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, a major teaching affiliate.
In addition to caring for children in all aspects of endocrinology, his research interests are in childhood obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes, as well as the endocrine problems of children with chronic neurological disorders such as Prader-Willi syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Dr. Ali comes to the Medical College from Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., where he served as assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology, after completing a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UCLA-Mattel Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.
He also completed a fellowship in ambulatory and community pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and a pediatric residency, as chief resident, at Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey, where he was honored as Best Attending Physician of the Year, by residents.
A native of Pakistan, he graduated second in a class of 300 from King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan, where he won awards as the best student in physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry.
Dr. Ali completed his premedical studies at Cadet College in Hasanabdal, Pakistan, where he was named top student in the premedical program.