Personal Profile About Dr Adeeb Rizvi
Dr. Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi is a Pakistani philanthropist, physician, and renal transplant surgeon. He founded SIUT in 1972 as an 8-bed unit, which has now become the largest urology, nephrology, and transplant center in South Asia. The Dr. Adeeb Rizvi biography shows that he is the president of the Transplant Society of Pakistan. He has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
He graduated from DMC, Karachi, in 1968 and pursued his postgraduate training in the UK. He acquired his Fellowship in Surgery from the RCS England in 1967, worked in various hospitals in the UK until 1971, and then returned to Pakistan as an assistant professor of urology at Civil Hospital, Karachi.
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi Daughter
Dr. Adeeb has not publicly disclosed information about his children in detail. His family is known to be very private. No verified public information about Dr. Adeeb Rizvi daughter is available.
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi Age
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi age is 87 Years old. He was born on September 11, 1938, in Kalanpur, Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He came to Karachi after his parents were alarmed by communal riots in the pre-Partition era. He studied at D.J. Science College. He has dedicated over five decades of his life to building SIUT.
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi Net Worth
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi net worth is not publicly confirmed. He is regarded as a person who deliberately chose not to accumulate personal wealth. He went to work by public bus for five years because he had no car and lived hand-to-mouth in the early years of building SIUT. Up to 70 percent of SIUT's expenses are generated from public donations.
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi Wife
Dr. Adeeb Rizvi wife is Hajra Shabana. He met her during his college years, and she later became his wife, standing by him through thick and thin until her last breath. Hajra supported him through the most difficult years of building SIUT. It was a time when resources were scarce and there was strong opposition.