Dr. Tarbia Hamid (MBBS, FCPS) has joined as Junior Consultant, General and Breast Surgeon at Northwest General Hospital.

Dr. Tarbia has graduated from Khyber Medical College and has completed her postgraduate training, initially, from Khyber Teaching Hospital and later, continued from the Memon Medical Institute’s Residency Programme in General Surgery, Karachi. Thereafter, she joined Aga Khan University, Karachi as a Research Associate at the department of surgery. During her time in Karachi she gained valuable experience at the breast surgery section at Aga Khan University. She has recently, moved back to Peshawar and is keen to offer her services in an area where female access to healthcare is otherwise limited due to cultural limitations.

Dr. Tarbia has also authored research publications focused on breast surgery and continues to be an active participant of research projects.