Advisory Board

The Extensions, Inc. Advisory Board is comprised of industry leaders in knowledge management, technology, health care, advocacy, politics, and management. It is the vision and leadership of these individuals which help shape the direction and capabilities of Extensions, Inc.

Dr. Barkat Charania

Barkat Charania, a medical doctor, has earned formal Postgraduate degrees in Surgery, and Law. However, informally, he has been student of History, Philosophy, Logic, and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Charania got trained as an Orthopedic Surgeon in United Kingdom, and practiced surgery for 30 years. While practicing the profession, he simultaneously established a 200-bedded private hospital facility with all its ancillary services, like ICU, CCU, ORs, X Ray and Laboratory departments. He was CEO of this facility for 16 years.

Dr. Charania served as director and then as advisor to International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD), Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. In these capacities he attended several senior level country specific and general consultation meetings in different countries, including Belgium, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Switzerland, Tanzania, and Pakistan. Project to eradicate IDD from Northern areas of Pakistan was personally executed by him with the help of AKF volunteers.

While being Hon Secretary and Treasurer with Society of Surgeons of Pakistan, he organized three International Symposia. He taught graduate and postgraduate students at Aga Khan University, and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan. He has co-edited, authored and published three books, several original research articles in Medical Journals, and has written Editorials for Surgical Journals by invitation.

While his deep rooted pursuit of Philosophy, Logic and History continues unabated, and while he remains an Entrepreneur at core, Dr. Charania presently serves on the Boards of various organizations involved in Real Estate investments and development, trading of Fuel Products and Electricity, Healthcare Delivery and Banking. He possesses a well-rounded experience of initiating, strategizing, and managing, while bringing worldly wisdom from his real life experiences to Altus HMS.