Dr. Naqvi is a Pulmonologist with more than 28 years of experience. He graduated from Sindh Medical college in 1986, did MSc in physiology form University of Toronto in 1989, residency from St Lukes/Rosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York 1989 to 1992, did his fellowship in Pulmonery/Critical Care Medicine from University of California Irvine, 1992 to 1995. He served as associate professor at UCI and since 1997 has been in private practice. He served as the Chief of Staff at Kindred Hospital in Westminster, California, from 2006 to 2010, and currently, is serving as the Chairman of Pulmonary Division at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California. He is proficient in multiple pulmonary invasive procedures and was one of the first few in California to use Ion Robotic bronchoscopes for robotic lung biopsies.

He served on the board of Relief International from 2006 to 2010. He was awarded the Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP Humanitarian Award from the American College of Chest Physicians in 2010 and the same year, was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award from Canada-Pakistan Business Council Toronto, Canada. In 2015, he was awarded a humanitarian award by All Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) California and in January 2017 Extraordinary Impact Award by Access California Services.

In October 2005, he personally participated in earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan by working in medical camps and was instrumental in setting up emergency medical facilities and earthquake-proof houses.

He cofounded SHINE Humanity, a 501(c)3 non for profit organization in 2009 that is currently running 7 medical clinics and has provided primary healthcare services to 1.2 million in rural Pakistan. He also personally participated in medical relief efforts during Haiti earthquake 2010, participated in Peru medical mission 2013, took teams to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladash, 2018 and took the largest medical mission to Skardu, Baltistan with help of Pakistan Army Medical Corps in 2019.

Phone : +19492319678

Email : salmannaqvi@shinehumanity.org