Rate My Professor Najeebullah Shafaq

Dr. Shafaq's research focuses on orthopedic surgery, spinal pathology, and congenital musculoskeletal disorders. He is affiliated with the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine. Key publications include 'Investigating the birth prevalence of congenital club foot in both Paktya and Kapisa provinces of Afghanistan,' published in the International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics (2021, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 264-266). This cross-sectional study of live births in Paktya Regional Hospital and Alberoni Teaching Hospital from September 2019 to 2020 reported a prevalence of 0.35% or 3.5 per 1,000 live births, predominantly in males and unilateral cases, underscoring the need for early intervention. In 2012, he co-authored 'Asymmetric Degeneration of Paravertebral Muscles in Patients With Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis' in Spine (Vol. 37, No. 14, pp. 1198-202), which used MRI and histology to show greater degeneration on the concave side. He also contributed to studies on fatty infiltration in lumbar paraspinal muscles correlated with spinopelvic alignment. More recently, in 2024, Dr. Shafaq provided organizational instruction for 'Enhancing medical training in conflict zones and remote areas: introducing the Canadian Virtual Medical University Initiative' in EClinicalMedicine.