Amin Ul Haq M.d.
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Amin Ul Haq, M.D.
VA staff physician
On Feb. 17, 2019, our much loved Amin Ul Haq, M.D. passed away of natural causes at his home. He was buried in the Islamic tradition at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Wilmington, Del., on Feb. 18, 2019, at approximately 2 p.m. Prior to burial, prayers were held at the Islamic Society of Delaware in Newark, Del. Reception followed at his home.
He is survived in life by his beloved wife of 37 years, Mary Beth (Barb) Haq, PhD, FNP and a large extended family. Dr. Haq was born on April 23, 1942 in Mahlpur, India. His family migrated to Pakistan during partition and settled in Bhaun, Chakwal, and residing in Lahore, Pakistan.
He spent the last 19 years of his life as a spiritual seeker expressing a profound love for God. He expanded his beliefs and practices to include all religious writings, practices and meditation. His greatest desire was to serve God and to communicate with him. Dr. Haq wrote many blogs on this subject starting on April 6, 2008, and these are available at www.afnta-questforallah.blogspot.com which he describes as a "an aspirant's several years search for Allah, made possible by His grace/mercy and not through any efforts of the seeker." He dedicated his blog writings to "MB' who was his wife and he wrote that she "sustained me in this effort." He wrote his blogs to express his feelings and to 'tell the world the goodness of God".
Dr. Haq was a graduate of the Liaquat Medical College in Jamshoro, Hyderabad 1960 - 1965. At graduation, war had broken out between East Pakistan and Pakistan. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps on Nov. 13, 1965 and released on Feb. 11, 1971 as a reservist. Amin had the unique and well-known distinction of re-enlisting in the second war to go to the battlefront.
In the second war between East Pakistan (Bangledesh) and Pakistan, India intervened and all was lost. Thousands of Pakistan soldiers were rounded up and placed in prisoner of war camps all throughout India. A POW for two years, a group of his friends, who were Special Forces commandos locked in a more fortified place, were able to get him transferred to them. Mary Beth gives them full credit for taking loving care of him and saving his life at this dreadful time. Amin never would talk about his time as a POW only of waiting for the last train home and being a POW camp Scrabble champion.
After the war, Dr. Haq had developed a strong, unrelenting desire to dedicate his life to medical science. In 1976, he migrated to America and worked as a house physician for one year at St. Luke's Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.; internship at Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; then two-year residency at Helene Fuld Hospital in Trenton, NJ where he met his wife.
In 1980, Dr. Haq received a three-year combined Fellowship in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Exceptional for a foreign medical graduate to be accepted, there were only four cancer research hospitals in America. Developing research skills as well as clinical expertise in both Hematology and Oncology, he worked under the direction and collaboration with John J. Rinehart, M.D. and Stanley P. Balcerzak, M.D.
With a photographic memory, his brilliant diagnostician abilities were noted in annual performance reviews and well utilized across specialties. A Diplomate in the American Board of Internal Medicine (1980), American Board of Hematology (1982). American Board of Oncology (1983) and American Board of Geriatrics (1994), he published over 19 cancer research publications on topics such as T-cell subset modulation, human monocytes, secretion of Interleukin, gamma interferon effects on IL-1 secretion, IL-1 synthesis, etc.
In 1983 to 1988, he was a staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, La., and assistant professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University Hospital. In 1988, he became a staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ and assistant professor of Medicine UMDNJ. He loved working at the VA Hospitals and loved the veterans.
Dr. Haq came to the defense of a colleague while at the East Orange, NJ VAMC. Conclusions of the Board of Investigation supported Dr. Haq's part and agreed with his case presentations. Even with this finding, Dr. Haq suffered severe punitive actions that affected him greatly.
Services were held at the Islamic Society of Delaware, Newark, Del., and burial at Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Islamic Society of Delaware, 28 Salem Church Road, Newark, Del. 19713.
In his last writing, Dr. Haq wrote: ' To understand others, try to put yourself in their shoes. Before reaching a conclusion, listen to both sides. As Ghazali pointed out, human nature is defective; one tends to accept those arguments which supports one's point of view and rejects those of opposing side.'
VA staff physician
On Feb. 17, 2019, our much loved Amin Ul Haq, M.D. passed away of natural causes at his home. He was buried in the Islamic tradition at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Wilmington, Del., on Feb. 18, 2019, at approximately 2 p.m. Prior to burial, prayers were held at the Islamic Society of Delaware in Newark, Del. Reception followed at his home.
He is survived in life by his beloved wife of 37 years, Mary Beth (Barb) Haq, PhD, FNP and a large extended family. Dr. Haq was born on April 23, 1942 in Mahlpur, India. His family migrated to Pakistan during partition and settled in Bhaun, Chakwal, and residing in Lahore, Pakistan.
He spent the last 19 years of his life as a spiritual seeker expressing a profound love for God. He expanded his beliefs and practices to include all religious writings, practices and meditation. His greatest desire was to serve God and to communicate with him. Dr. Haq wrote many blogs on this subject starting on April 6, 2008, and these are available at www.afnta-questforallah.blogspot.com which he describes as a "an aspirant's several years search for Allah, made possible by His grace/mercy and not through any efforts of the seeker." He dedicated his blog writings to "MB' who was his wife and he wrote that she "sustained me in this effort." He wrote his blogs to express his feelings and to 'tell the world the goodness of God".
Dr. Haq was a graduate of the Liaquat Medical College in Jamshoro, Hyderabad 1960 - 1965. At graduation, war had broken out between East Pakistan and Pakistan. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps on Nov. 13, 1965 and released on Feb. 11, 1971 as a reservist. Amin had the unique and well-known distinction of re-enlisting in the second war to go to the battlefront.
In the second war between East Pakistan (Bangledesh) and Pakistan, India intervened and all was lost. Thousands of Pakistan soldiers were rounded up and placed in prisoner of war camps all throughout India. A POW for two years, a group of his friends, who were Special Forces commandos locked in a more fortified place, were able to get him transferred to them. Mary Beth gives them full credit for taking loving care of him and saving his life at this dreadful time. Amin never would talk about his time as a POW only of waiting for the last train home and being a POW camp Scrabble champion.
After the war, Dr. Haq had developed a strong, unrelenting desire to dedicate his life to medical science. In 1976, he migrated to America and worked as a house physician for one year at St. Luke's Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.; internship at Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; then two-year residency at Helene Fuld Hospital in Trenton, NJ where he met his wife.
In 1980, Dr. Haq received a three-year combined Fellowship in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Exceptional for a foreign medical graduate to be accepted, there were only four cancer research hospitals in America. Developing research skills as well as clinical expertise in both Hematology and Oncology, he worked under the direction and collaboration with John J. Rinehart, M.D. and Stanley P. Balcerzak, M.D.
With a photographic memory, his brilliant diagnostician abilities were noted in annual performance reviews and well utilized across specialties. A Diplomate in the American Board of Internal Medicine (1980), American Board of Hematology (1982). American Board of Oncology (1983) and American Board of Geriatrics (1994), he published over 19 cancer research publications on topics such as T-cell subset modulation, human monocytes, secretion of Interleukin, gamma interferon effects on IL-1 secretion, IL-1 synthesis, etc.
In 1983 to 1988, he was a staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, La., and assistant professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University Hospital. In 1988, he became a staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ and assistant professor of Medicine UMDNJ. He loved working at the VA Hospitals and loved the veterans.
Dr. Haq came to the defense of a colleague while at the East Orange, NJ VAMC. Conclusions of the Board of Investigation supported Dr. Haq's part and agreed with his case presentations. Even with this finding, Dr. Haq suffered severe punitive actions that affected him greatly.
Services were held at the Islamic Society of Delaware, Newark, Del., and burial at Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Islamic Society of Delaware, 28 Salem Church Road, Newark, Del. 19713.
In his last writing, Dr. Haq wrote: ' To understand others, try to put yourself in their shoes. Before reaching a conclusion, listen to both sides. As Ghazali pointed out, human nature is defective; one tends to accept those arguments which supports one's point of view and rejects those of opposing side.'
Fonte: Newark Star Ledger
Publicado em: 10-03-2019