A self-employed medical consultant and a resident physician with the University of Louisville, Dr. Ali Farooqui builds upon years of experience as a healthcare executive and a doctor. In addition to treating patients directly, Dr. Ali Azam Farooqui has contributed to the medical profession as a clinical researcher and the author of articles such as “Use of Electronic Medical Record to Track Continuity of Care in Neurosurgical Residency.” Coauthored by fellow medical doctors N. Scott Litofsky, Tomoko Tanaka, and Thor Norregaard, “Use of Electronic Medical Record to Track Continuity of Care in Neurosurgical Residency” appeared in the September 2014 Journal of Graduate Medical Education. The article addressed the problem of determining the extent of continuity of care in neurological surgery patients in a time-sensitive environment that requires multiple stages of planning and treatment. By employing electronic health record data, the authors of the article were able to effectively track continuity of care among neurological surgery patients and assess critical changes in resident rotation requirements.
A resident physician at the University of Louisville, Dr. Ali Farooqui is responsible for patient care in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. A board member of addiction recovery nonprofit Fresh Start for Kentucky, Inc., Dr. Ali Farooqui works to help patients struggling with addiction in the hospital as well as within the community. Medications are tremendously useful in the treatment of addiction. The first role they play is to help patients deal with the withdrawal symptoms that accompany drug detox. Detox is usually the first part of addiction recovery. This period is usually accompanied by severe withdrawal symptoms which can including anxiety, sweating, nose bleeds, seizures, muscle aches, and depression. Medication can be used to relieve some of these withdrawal symptoms, helping patients stick to the detox program.Furthermore, medication is used in addiction treatment to prevent relapse. Some medications are prescribed for patients with opioid addictions as an alternative to abstinence. These pharmaceutical drugs mirror the effects of opioids in the human body, relieving the drug cravings without causing the feeling of being high. Other pharmaceutical drugs are prescribed to block alcohol and drugs from creating the same high effect when ingested by patients, promoting long term abstinence.
Kentucky-based physician Ali Azam Farooqui works with patients in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville. Outside of his work as a medical professional, Dr. Ali Azam Farooqui maintains an interest in a variety of topics, including Urdu poetry. Developed in central Asia in the 12th century, Urdu is a hybrid language that is widely spoken in Pakistan and India. Many Urdu speakers are also in urban areas of Afghanistan as well as Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries. Urdu poetry, which had become well developed by the 18th century, features many different forms, including masnavi, long narrative poems, and marsia, elegiac-type poems. Urdu poetry also includes humorous and satirical verse as well as devotional poems directed toward secular and religious leaders. One of the most popular forms of Urdu poetry is ghazal, a form of romantic poetry written in stanzas that often move freely from one topic to the next. Although modern literary movements have changed some forms of Urdu literature, ghazal and other Urdu poetry remain popular.
A graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Dr. Ali Azam Farooqui serves as a resident physician in psychiatry at the University of Louisville. With an interest in addiction medicine, Dr. Ali Azam Farooqui serves as a board member at Fresh Start for Kentucky, a nonprofit group that provides transitional services for individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse. Kentucky has seen a significant rise in the number of people dealing with addictions to prescription painkillers and illicit opioids, such as heroin. The state ranks third in the United States in overdose deaths. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 989 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in Kentucky in 2016, a number that was nearly double the national rate. The problems of addiction are especially prominent in Kentucky's rural communities. The University of Kentucky was recently promised $40 million over the next two years to address health disparities and other issues contributing to substance abuse. Additionally, the state's lawmakers are leading efforts to promote drug treatment and rehabilitation over incarceration for drug offenders. Lawmakers are also working in partnership with public and private organizations to provide training and supportive services for those in recovery. The ultimate goal is to help those dealing with addiction while investing resources to address the causes of the problem, including economic, regulation, and treatment issues. With targeted research, education, and community involvement, Kentucky hopes to make a lasting difference that will change the trajectory of the opioid epidemic.
In addition to his role as an independent medical consultant, Ali Azam Farooqui, MD, has served as a resident physician with the University of Louisville since June of 2018. In 2015, Dr. Ali Azam Farooqui authored a chapter in the second edition of Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery entitled “Building a Radiosurgery Practice.”Published by Springer and edited by Lawrence S. Chin and William F. Regine, Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery includes contributions from dozens of experts in the stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) field. Topics covered in this comprehensive 842-page textbook range from radiation biology and physics to patient care and socioeconomic issues. The textbook offers a theoretical basis for the use of therapeutic radiation in imaging techniques/radiobiology and addresses specific treatment modalities for dozens of disease types.Considered a definitive textbook in its field, Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery bills itself as the only essential reference for radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons, medical physicists, and students with a specialized interest in SRS.
