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About Dr Imran Salim Malik
Is your mother’s or father’s knee or hip wearing out? Back pain running down the leg, a sports injury or a broken bone? Dr Imran Salim Malik, orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, sees patients at Omar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Johar Town, Lahore.
How Dr Malik works with you
He explains your problem and your choices in whichever language you prefer.
Not only operations. If treatment is needed, you and your family decide together.
Bring your MRI or X-ray and the other doctor’s advice. He goes through your options and gives you time to decide.
Check-ups after treatment, and a physiotherapy plan to help you move again.
Qualifications and training
“My goal is to always be honest and play safe; to know when to hold back the knife when it is not needed.”Dr Imran Salim Malik
Education
- MBBS, Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of the Punjab, Lahore (2001)
- Basic surgical training, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore (2005 to 2007)
- MS (Trauma & Orthopaedics): Master of Surgery in bones, joints and injuries, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore (2011)
- Certificate in Health Professions Education, University College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore (2019)
Fellowships and registration
- FICS: Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics, International College of Surgeons, USA (2017)
- FACS: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (2020)
- Registered with the Irish Medical Council (2011 to 2013)
- PMDC Reg. 39646-P (since 2002)
Where he works now
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Omar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Johar Town (since 2022)
- Clinic: Monday to Saturday, 7 to 9 PM
- Operations at Omar Hospital & Cardiac Centre
You can check his PMDC registration on the PMDC website.
Experience
More than 20 years in surgery and orthopaedics, in Lahore and Ireland.
- 2022 to nowConsultant Orthopaedic SurgeonOmar Hospital & Cardiac Centre, Johar Town, Lahore
- 2017 to 2023Consultant Orthopaedic SurgeonHorizon Hospital and Bahria Orchard Hospital, Lahore
- 2016 to 2020Assistant Professor of OrthopaedicsUniversity of Lahore Teaching Hospital
- 2015 to 2019Consultant Orthopaedic SurgeonAl Razi Healthcare Hospital, Lahore
- 2011 to 2013Senior House Officer, Trauma & OrthopaedicsGalway University Hospitals, Ireland
- 2005 to 2011Trainee Registrar, OrthopaedicsSheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore
- 2003 to 2004House jobJinnah Hospital, Lahore
Operations and treatments he performs
In plain words. Dr Malik examines you first, then advises whether you need any of these.
Total knee and total hip replacement. Bipolar (half) hip replacement for a broken hip.
Minimally invasive hip nail (PFN), screws for a broken hip neck, or a half hip replacement.
Plates through small cuts (MIPO); rods inside the thigh bone, shin bone and collarbone; screws, wires and tension-band wiring; frames outside the limb for open or complex fractures.
Flexible nails for broken long bones in children (and for some adult collarbone fractures).
Bone grafts for bones that have not joined; treating infected bones and joints; cleaning out wounds, VAC dressings and skin grafts; keyhole washout of an infected knee.
Knee, shoulder and ankle keyhole surgery, including ACL ligament reconstruction.
Minimally invasive spine surgery: slipped disc removal, kyphoplasty for a collapsed vertebra, and spinal fixation and fusion.
Facet joint and nerve-block (medial branch) injections for back pain; injections for neck, shoulder, hip, knee and ankle pain, and for sciatica.
Problems Dr Malik treats
Knee replacementFor knees worn out by arthritis
Hip replacementWorn-out hips and some hip fractures
Spine treatmentSlipped discs, sciatica and spine fractures
ACL and keyhole surgerySports knee injuries and arthroscopy
Fracture careBroken bones, including complex fractures
Pain without surgeryMedicines, physio and injectionsWhat happens when you contact us
You always know what comes next.
Book an appointment
WhatsApp or call +92 300 4890692. We tell you the exact fee before you book. A follow-up visit within 5 days of your first consultation is free to go through your reports and scans.
Meet Dr Malik
He asks about the problem, examines you and looks at your X-rays or MRI. Bring all your old reports.
Decide together
If treatment is needed, he explains the options, including ones without surgery. You and your family decide.
Recovery and follow-up
Check-ups after treatment and a physiotherapy plan to help you move again.
“Operation ka jab main ne suna… main bhi dar gaya.”
“Hamare jitne bhi … sawalaat the, woh un se pehli meeting mein hi hal ho gaye.”
“When I heard the word operation, I was scared too. All our questions were answered in the very first meeting.”
Farooq Haider, whose father had both knees replaced
Book a consultation
WhatsApp or call +92 300 4890692. Urdu or English, whichever you prefer.
What to send us
- The patient’s name and age
- The problem, in a line or two
- A photo of any X-ray or MRI