1978-2001
Qualifications
2001
Founded IMRA
2007
Intercollegiate FRCS
2009
Middle Ear Surgery
2012
IMRA Pakistan
2012
First Free Cochlear Implant
2014
Charity Event
2015
IMRA USA
2019
100th Implant
2023
Charity Event
About
Dr Haroon Khan is a visionary humanitarian whose international medical charity work is transforming the lives and quality of life of people in Pakistan, in particular. He actively contributes to the development of ENT doctors and supports the community in Britain through the voluntary work he does for the British Muslim Heritage Centre.
Early life and career summary
Haroon was born and educated in Pakistan and qualified from Dow Medical College, Karachi.
In 1979, Haroon worked as an Assistant ENT Consultant in Malta for a year and a half, then moved to the UK and continued his ENT career in Scotland.
He worked at a teaching Hospital in Manchester as an ENT Registrar and then in Liverpool, where he finished his training. He was accepted as the Specialist Registrar in 2001 and started working as a Consultant in ENT.
Haroon works as a Consultant ENT (Part-Time) with Beacon Medical Services Group, Manchester.
"Without Haroon, this Cochlear Implant programmeMr Noweed Ahmad
would not have been possible.
He is the driving force which makes all this good work happen"
Consultant in Otology and Skull Base Surgery
International Medical Charity Work
Haroon founded, runs, and fundraises for the UK-based medical charity IMRA (International Medical Relief Agency), which he set up to provide medical relief across the world.
He has grown IMRA into the world's largest charitable provider of free Cochlear Omplants (each device costs approximately £10,000) and, through IMRA, Haroon has so far given the life-transforming gift of hearing and speech to more than 150 impoverished, profoundly deaf children in Pakistan.
The charity's first major work was to build temporary wards for victims of the 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan. The charity also donates vital medical equipment to medical establishments in Pakistan, Gambia and Senegal.
Beyond IMRA, Haroon is an executive member of the UK-registered charity Medical Aid UK, through which he has made outstanding contributions to the free provision of life-transforming kidney dialysis to patients in Pakistan
He was actively involved till 2016 with the Noor Foundation, which also provides free kidney dialysis in Pakistan and was instrumental in the setting up of two free dialysis centres in Karachi and one in Mirpurkhas, in Sindh province.
"Without Haroon's vision and ongoing commitment, there would be no IMRA and many poor, profoundly deaf children in Pakistan would still be trapped in a world where they were unable to hear and talk. He is the beating heart of IMRA"Mrs Razia Shamim MBE
Aiding the development of other doctors
Haroon is an experienced ENT consultant who is committed to helping junior ENT doctors increase their knowledge and skills. This support includes organising free academic meetings where experts share their experiences.
He is seen as a role model and trailblazer for aspiring young doctors of South Asian heritage, having successfully risen through the hospital clinician ranks, and in so doing made it easier for others to follow.
Supporting the Muslim community in Britain
Haroon has done much to support the community in Britain and promote cohesion.
He secured the first radio licence for Radio Ramadan in North West and 5th in the UK in 1997, which had become a much-appreciated educational and faith support resource for the community.
For eight years Haroon has been in charge of the Media Committee for the British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC) and continues to support their important work as an advisor to their executive team.
