Serving Faith, Profession, and Community

About the Book

In 1967, seven Muslim physicians arrived in the United States from various countries—India, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan—for advanced training. They found themselves in a new culture with few Muslims around. They formed an organization where they shared common concerns, supported each other, and maintained their identity, faith, and culture. Thus began the journey of the Islamic Medical Association (IMA). Serving Faith, Profession, and Community, by author Faroque Ahmad Khan, captures the essence of that journey, including how this was accomplished, what some of the challenges were, and who the key individuals involved in organizing and laying the foundation of IMA (now called the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)) were. Describing the major contributions American Muslim physicians have made toward the health and well-being of Americans, Serving Faith, Profession, and Community chronicles the organization’s first fifty years and sets goals and plans for the future.

About the Author

Faroque Ahmad Khan graduated from the Government Medical College in Kashmir, specializing in internal medicine and pulmonary diseases. He was chairman of medicine at Nassau University Medical Center in New York from 1987 to 1999. Dr. Khan was appointed professor of medicine at Stony Brook University. He is a regent of the ACP, president of the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation, president of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA), and president of the Islamic Center of Long Island in Westbury. He has also served on the Majlis Ash-Shura of the Islamic Society of North America. Dr Khan helped launch the interfaith institute of the Islamic Center of Long Island in 2015. Dr Khan and his wife, Arfa, currently live in Jericho, Long Island, New York.