Mission and Vision:

• Educating and Training Students and health care workers in the Field of clinical Microbiology .

• Best Diagnostics Care for Patients.

• Quality control and Quality assurance systems for all the tests employed in our lab

• To Lead in Antibiotic policy and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.

• Academic Research for Students and Faculty Members .

• Education and sensitization of medical and paramedical staff for hospital infection control, HIV and STIs.

• Surveillance of hospital acquired infections

Awards and Achievements:

• Training Certificate in Molecular detection of MDR TB by PCR based line prove assay from National Tuberculosis Institute – Pune, India

• Certificate course on The Global challenge of Vector Borne Diseases and how to control them - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Certificate course on Challenges in Antibiotics Resistance : Gram Negative Bacteria - BSAC approved by : Royal College of Pathologists

• Certificate course on Introduction to practical Microbiology- BSAC approved by: Royal College of Pathologists.

• Certificate of achievement in Genomic Technologies in clinical Diagnostics: Next Generation Sequencing- St Georges, University of London.

• Certificate of achievement in Managing COVID-19 in Primary Care- St Georges, University of London.

• Certificate of achievement in Protecting children during infectious disease outbreaks- The Alliance for child protection in Humanitarian action.

• Life Member Indian Association of Medical Microbiology (IAMM)

• Life Member Hospital Infection Society India (HISI)

• Life Member Epidemology Foundation of India(EFI)

• Life Member American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

• Member South Central Association of Clinical Microbiology (SCACM)

• Life Member European Society of Medical Oncology ( ESMO )

• Member International Research Conference

Research Publications and Presentations:

• Microbiological profile and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in endotracheal tube tip culture/endotracheal aspirates of mechanically ventilated patients a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir valley - a cross sectional study : Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

• COMPARISON OF PERCENT POSITIVITY OF TWO DISTRICTS OF KASHMIR DURING THE 3RD COVID WAVE : Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

• Early Detection of Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis and Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates using Line Probe Assay from a Tertiary Care Centre in Northern India : Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

• A STUDY OF BIOFILM PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS CANDIDA SPECIES ISOLATED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN INDIA: JK practioner - International journal of current Medical Science and Practice

• Prevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection among asymptomatic health care workers in a designated COVID -19 Hospital in Kashmir valley : International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases

• MANNHEIM PERITONITIS INDEX AS A PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR IN PATIENTS WITH PERITONITIS : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS – IJCRT

• Microbiological Profile and Clinical Outcome of Ventilator -Associated Pneumonia Patients in an Intensive Care Unit at a Tertiary Care Institute of North India. : International Journal of Research and Review

• Poster Presentation on Segregation of Biomedical Wastes. Conference on Swatch Bharat - GMC Srinagar

• Listeriosis: a cause for concern : International journal of current Medical and Pharmaceutical Research

• Epidemiology Of Non-Albicans Candida Infections in ICU Patients with Hematological Malignancies -African Journal of biomedical Research)

• Impact of Antibiotic Use on Vaginal Microbiome and Biochemical Profiles in Women Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) - Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

• Aerobic Microbiological Profile and Antibiogram in Sterile Body Fluids from a Tertiary Care Centre in Kashmir Valley- Panacea journal of medical sciences

Membership organisatons:

• Life Member: Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists

• Member Infection Control Academy of India

Research & Publications:

• Jan, A., Benazir, S. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards needle-stick injury and prevention of hepatitis B infection among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Kashmir, India.. Journal of Medical and Life Science, 2025; 7(1): 85-102. doi: 10.21608/ jmals. 2025.

• Nazir U, Benazir S , Rather RH, Khan SMS, Wani FA.Impact of Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation on Nutritional Anaemia and Associated Infective Morbidities Among Children Under Five Years: A Field Study in Hazratbal, Srinagar. JK Pract2024;29(4):34-39

• Asifa B, Shazia B, Fomda B. Efficacy of Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method for Carbapenemase Detection and Comparative Evaluation with Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Identification of CarbapenemaseProducing Klebsiella pneumonia Isolates. International Journal of Current Research and Review. 2021 Jan 1;13.

• Benazir S, Kakru D, Khurshid S, Bhat A, Nazir U, Nazir S, et al. Identification, Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and Biofilm Detection of Isolates in Orthopaedic Implant Infections. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research. 2018 Feb 16;25:1–12.

• Shazia B, Bhat A, Fomda B, Nazir S, Angmo D, Akhtar S, et al. Emerging multidrug resistance and extensive drug resistance in bacterial pathogens isolated from pus samples at a tertiary care institute of kashmir, India. International Journal of Microbiology Research. 2018 Apr 30;10:1139

• Benazir S, Nazir U, Nazir S, Shafi A, Bashir L, Angmo D, et al. Orthopaedic implant infections: interplay of associated factors. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 2019 Mar 25;6:357

• Nazir T, Nazir S, Benazir S, Dekyong Angmo. Role of nitrate reductase and leucocytes esterase tests as rapid screening tests for diagnosis of urinary tract infections in children. National Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences | Vol 7 | Issue 1| 2018.

• Dr Dekyong Angmo, Dr Shaista Nazir, Dr Bashir A Fomda, Dr Shadan Akhtar, Dr Shazia Benazir, Dr Asifa Bhat, Dr Leenah Bashir. Microbiological Profile of Urinary Tract infections among Patients attending a Tertiary care Hospital. JMSCR Volume 06 Issue 06 June 2018.

• Dr. Shaista nazir, Dr. Angmo dekyong, Prof. Bashir A fomda, Dr. Shazia benazir, Dr. Asifa bhat and dr.lenahbashir. Providencia rettgeri: an unexpected cause of sepsis. Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(12), 1442-1444

• Asifa Bhat, Dalip k. Kakru, Suhail farooq, Dekyong angmo, Mohmmad Suhail, Shaista Nazir, Shazia Benazir and Lenah Bashir. Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of carbapenem resistance in an indian tertiary care hospital. Int. J. Adv. Res. 6(5), 1452-1457

• Asifa Bhat, Dalip K. Kakru, Mohmmad Suhail, Shazia Benazir, Shaista Nazir and Dekyong Angmo .Occurrence and Detection of blaKPC Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Indian Tertiary Hospital. 26(8): 1-7, 2018; Article no.JAMMR.41632

• Feroza Owaice, Dr. Gulnaz Bashir, Irfan Nissar, Dr.Aadilrafeeq, Dr Shazia, Dr Shaista. A Tale of Candidal Infections from a Tertiary Care Centre.International Journal of Science and Research(IJSR) Volume 8 Issue 5,May 2019 1713-1716

• Dr. Umar Nazir, Dr. Rouf Hussain Rather, Dr. Shahid Anjum and Dr. Shazia Benazir .Changing trend of caesarean section rate in kashmir division. International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 08, pp. 14847-14850, August, 2017

• Shaista Nazir, Dekyong Angmo, Bashir Ahmad Fomda, Shazia Benazir, Asifa Bhat, Leenah Bashir and Shadan Akhtar.Organisms Isolated and Their Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern from Renal Transplant Recepients in Kidney Transplant Unit 26(7): 1-6, 2018; Article no.JAMMR.40944.

Publications:

• Clinico-radiological profile of COVID-19 in Kashmiri population: A descriptive study. Shahnawaz M, Wani AH, Upadhyay S, Pattnaik S, Mustafa H, Azad AM,et al. 2021; J Family Med Prim Care

• Nipah Virus: Outbreaks, Diagnosis and Prevention, Wani S, Farhana A, Nasir R, Pattnaik S, Fazli T and Zahoor D (2019) 9: 60-64 Journal of Research and Development.

• Seroprevalence of Herpes simplex virus 1 & 2 in high risk behavior individuals in a tertiary care centre. Wani, S., Farhana, A., Pattnaik, S., Nasir, R., Fazli, T., Zahoor, D., Mohiuddin, Z. and Rashid, K.,2019 24(3-4), p.23. JK-Practitioner