Dr. Afzal Anees, Reader in the Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU Aligarh has been awarded with the Fellowship of Colo-Rectal Surgery in a Joint Congress of Asian Federation of Colo-proctology and Association of Colo-rectal Surgeons of India held at Goa. He received the award from Mr. Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister of Goa.

Dr Afzal takes keen interest in Coloproctology. He has been instrumental in starting several kind of surgeries at J.N. Medical College Hospital such as low anterior resection in rectal cancer, restorative procto-colectomy with j pouch anal anastomosis, minimal invasive procedure for hemorrhoids and other advance surgeries of colorectal conditions.

Dr. Anis said that the Tertiary Care Centre of J.N. Medical College is recognized by advanced infrastructure and procedures it carries out. Dr. Anis believed that a change in the mindset, hard work and cooperation from allied branches is required to achieve the goal of excellence. He personally appreciated the efforts put in by the Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis for the advancement of medical services at JNMC.