Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Cardiologist in Abbottabad

Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan is a Consultant Cardiologist in Abbottabad. He holds an MBBS and FCPS (Cardiology), and has more than ten years of experience with heart disease. He sees patients at two clinics in the city, six days a week, for Rs. 2,000 a consultation. Online video consultations cost Rs. 2,500.

Who is Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan?

He did his MBBS at Ayub Medical College, Khyber Medical University, then took the FCPS (Cardiology) fellowship from the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. FCPS is the qualification that marks a doctor as a trained specialist rather than a general physician with an interest in hearts. He is now Consultant Cardiologist at the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed (DHQ) Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, and is affiliated with Woman Medical College Abbottabad Hospital.

His work covers heart failure management, angiography, interventional cardiology and ordinary general cardiology. Earlier in his career he was a cardiologist at Civil Hospital Havelian, which is why a fair number of families across the district already know the name.

Most people who book an appointment are not arriving with an exotic diagnosis. They come with chest tightness on the stairs, blood pressure that will not settle, a flutter in the chest at night, or a bundle of reports from somewhere else that nobody has properly explained to them. Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan consults in simple Urdu and English, explains a test before ordering it, and goes through reports line by line so you leave knowing what was found and what happens next.

Where does Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan see patients in Abbottabad?

At two clinics. Both run Monday to Saturday, both charge Rs. 2,000, both are by appointment only, and both are closed on Sunday. What really separates them is the time of day.

Consultations at both clinics are with Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan himself, not with an assistant. Which diagnostic tests can be done on-site at each clinic is still being confirmed, so bring the reports you already have and he will arrange whatever new testing you need.

If you have not been to ADC before, call or send a WhatsApp message to 0315 5563036 when you book and the team will tell you how to find it.

How do I choose between the two clinics?

Go by the hour you can realistically get there. ADC takes the afternoon, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, and closes as IDC opens. The two sessions run back to back, so the doctor is available from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM without a gap. If your afternoon is beyond your control, book the evening at IDC rather than gambling on ADC.

IDC Abbottabad opens at 6:00 PM and runs to 9:00 PM. It sits on Small Industry Road near Ayub Medical Complex, on the Mandian side, so it is the natural choice if you live in Mandian, Nawan Sheher or Qalandarabad, or you are coming down the Karakoram Highway from the Mansehra direction.

Patients travelling in from nearby towns can use the guides for Mansehra, Haripur and Havelian. Each covers the journey and the timings from that side.

Can I consult Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan online instead?

Yes. An online video consultation runs Monday to Saturday, 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and costs Rs. 2,500. It works well for report reviews, follow-up visits, second opinions and medicine adjustments, where the useful work is reading your papers and talking to you rather than examining you.

It is not a substitute for an Emergency. Chest pain happening right now, severe breathlessness or a suspected heart attack needs a hospital, not a video call.

How do I book an appointment?

Both clinics are by appointment only, so the booking comes first. Use the appointments page to request a visit, choose the clinic you want, and share your details; the team confirms your slot. Requests can also be sent by WhatsApp message using the option shown on that page, or by calling 0315 5563036.

For the first visit, bring every previous report you own: ECGs, echo reports, blood tests, hospital discharge slips. Add your complete medicine list, or just the strips themselves, which is easier and more accurate anyway. If you have been checking your blood pressure at home, bring those readings with the dates and times written beside them.

If your problem is recurring chest discomfort, the page on chest pain evaluation explains what the workup usually involves, so the visit is less of a surprise. If it is long-standing high blood pressure, a week of home readings is the single most useful thing you can carry in. One reading taken after a journey and a wait in a corridor tells nobody very much.

What should I do in a heart emergency?

Do not book an appointment. If someone near you has crushing chest pain, cold sweats, severe breathlessness or has fainted, call 1122 or take them straight to DHQ Hospital Abbottabad Emergency, which runs round the clock. Clinic consultations handle what comes before an emergency and what comes after it: the check-up, the diagnosis, the treatment, the follow-up. The emergency itself belongs in a hospital, and every minute spent driving to a clinic instead is a minute lost.