Consultant Physician

MBBS · FCPS (Internal Medicine) · MME · CHPE

Internal medicine is the study of what happens inside.

So the first visit is mostly questions.

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Consultant Physician

Prof. Dr. Faisal Amin Baig

MBBS · FCPS (Internal Medicine) · MME · CHPE

Internal medicine in Lahore. Diabetes and metabolic health, endocrinology, rheumatology and gastroenterology.

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Prof. Dr. Faisal Amin Baig, photographed in black and white against a dark background.

The physician

Practice held to a teaching standard.

Academic medicine

A teaching post means practising in front of people who ask why. Decisions get examined, protocols get revisited against current evidence, and the standard a department teaches is the standard it has to meet in clinic.

Departmental leadership

Directing a department is largely about consistency: the same standard of assessment, escalation and follow-up regardless of who is on duty. Patients feel that as care that does not depend on which day they came in.

  • University Hospital LahoreMedical Director and Head of Department, Internal Medicine
  • Doctors Hospital & Medical CenterConsultant of Medicine

What he treats

Five areas, and what a consultation actually covers.

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Diabetes and body weight run through the same metabolic machinery, which is why treating them separately so often stalls. Insulin resistance, appetite regulation, sleep, blood pressure and cholesterol move together. A plan that addresses one while ignoring the rest tends to hold for a few months and then drift.

Management is an ongoing relationship. Medication is adjusted as circumstances change, weight is approached as a clinical matter with medical supervision, and the screening that protects long term health, kidneys, eyes, nerves and feet, is scheduled rather than left to chance.

Included

  • Type 2 diabetes, assessment, treatment and long term review
  • Type 1 diabetes in adults
  • Pre-diabetes and insulin resistance
  • Medically supervised weight management
  • Blood pressure and cholesterol as part of overall metabolic risk
  • Screening for diabetes related complications
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Persistent fatigue, unexplained weight change, temperature intolerance, hair and skin changes, disrupted periods, low mood. Each of these has a long list of explanations, and a hormonal one is somewhere on most of those lists. That is what makes endocrine problems easy to miss and easy to over-diagnose in equal measure.

Included

  • Thyroid disorders, overactive, underactive, nodules and goitre
  • Diabetes and disorders of glucose metabolism
  • Calcium, vitamin D and bone metabolism
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome and related hormonal patterns
  • Adrenal and pituitary evaluation
  • Investigation of hormonal causes of fatigue and weight change
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Most joint pain is mechanical and settles. Some of it is inflammatory, and that distinction matters enormously. Inflammatory disease responds to treatment that does nothing for wear and tear, and it causes damage while it goes unrecognised. Morning stiffness that lasts, swelling, pain that improves with movement, and involvement of several joints at once are the details that shift the picture.

Included

  • Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis and degenerative joint pain
  • Gout and crystal related arthritis
  • Spondyloarthritis and inflammatory back pain
  • Connective tissue disease, including lupus
  • Interpretation of autoimmune blood tests
  • Monitoring for patients on long term immune modifying therapy
Read more about rheumatology

Reflux, bloating, altered bowel habit and abdominal discomfort are among the most frequent reasons adults see a physician, and the overwhelming majority have a manageable explanation. A smaller number do not. Distinguishing between them relies on which symptoms are present, how long they have been there, and whether any of the features that warrant prompt investigation are among them: bleeding, difficulty swallowing, unintended weight loss, anaemia, or a change in bowel habit that persists.

Included

  • Acid reflux and persistent heartburn
  • Peptic ulcer disease and H. pylori infection
  • Irritable bowel syndrome and functional gut symptoms
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Chronic liver disease and abnormal liver blood tests
  • Coeliac disease and malabsorption
  • Investigation of anaemia, bleeding and unexplained weight loss
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Internal medicine exists for the situations that do not sort neatly into one department: symptoms that cross several systems, several long term conditions interacting, or an illness that has not yet been given a name. The value of a consultant physician is largely in that integrative work, holding the whole picture, sequencing investigation sensibly, and knowing when a specialist opinion genuinely adds something.

Included

  • Symptoms that span more than one system
  • Hypertension and cardiovascular risk
  • Managing several long term conditions together
  • Medication review and rationalisation
  • Pre-operative medical assessment
  • Investigation of abnormal blood results
Read more about internal medicine

Look closer

Hold to see underneath.

Press and hold

This is not a diagnosis. It is the list a physician has to work through. Which is why the first visit is mostly questions.

Looking inside

Investigations, explained before you agree to them.

What each one is, why it might be recommended, and what to expect on the day.

Upper GI Endoscopy

A direct look at the oesophagus, stomach and the first part of the small intestine.

A thin, flexible tube with a camera is passed through the mouth to examine the upper digestive tract. It shows what a scan cannot, the surface of the lining itself, inflammation, ulceration and narrowing, and it allows small tissue samples to be taken.

What to expect

  • Nothing to eat for several hours beforehand
  • Sedation or a throat spray is generally offered
  • Usually a day case procedure
  • If sedation is used, arrange for someone to accompany you home
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Colonoscopy

An examination of the large bowel, from the inside.

A flexible camera examines the full length of the large bowel. It is the most reliable way to investigate a persistent change in bowel habit, bleeding, or unexplained anaemia. Polyps can generally be removed during the same procedure, which is why colonoscopy is both an investigation and, often, a treatment.

What to expect

  • Bowel preparation beforehand, following clinic instructions
  • Dietary adjustments for a day or two before
  • Sedation is generally offered
  • Arrange for someone to accompany you home
Read more about colonoscopy

Sleep Studies

Measuring what happens to breathing during sleep, to explain what happens during the day.

Loud snoring, witnessed pauses in breathing, waking unrefreshed and daytime sleepiness are the usual reasons for a sleep study. Untreated sleep apnoea is associated with raised blood pressure, poorer glucose control and cardiovascular risk, which is why it sits alongside metabolic care rather than separately from it.

What to expect

  • Breathing, oxygen, heart rate and movement recorded overnight
  • May be done at home or in a monitored setting
  • Worn during normal sleep, nothing is invasive
Read more about sleep studies

Your visit

A consultation, start to finish.

  1. 01

    Before the appointment

    Bring what you already have: previous results, current medications with doses, letters from other doctors. A long standing problem is usually easier to read from its history than from a single day's numbers.

  2. 02

    The consultation

    Most of it is listening. What the symptom feels like, when it started, what makes it worse, what has already been tried. Examination and investigations follow from that conversation rather than replacing it.

  3. 03

    Afterwards

    You leave knowing what is being considered, what is being ruled out, and what happens next, including when to come back and what would be a reason to come back sooner.

Online consultation

The same physician, from anywhere.

A consultation held to the same standard as one in clinic. The same history, the same examination questions, the same plan.

  • Suitable for follow up, results review and medication adjustment
  • Useful when travel is difficult, or you are outside Lahore
  • Prescriptions and investigation requests issued as needed
  • If you need to be examined in person, you will be told so
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Clinics

Where to find him.

Doctors Hospital & Medical Center

Johar Town, Lahore

Consultant of Medicine

TimingsMon to Sat, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

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University Hospital Lahore

1-Km Defence Road, Bhoptian Chowk, Lahore

Medical Director and Head of Department, Internal Medicine

TimingsMon to Sat, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Friday until 12:00 PM

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Timings can change around public holidays. Call or message +92 308 888 6565 to confirm before you travel.

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