King Edward Medical University was established in 1860 as the Lahore Medical College. King Edward Medical University is the oldest educational institute in Pakistan. It is the fourth oldest medical school in South Asia, after Medical College Kolkata(January 28, 1835), Madras Medical College, Chennai (February 2, 1835) and Grant Medical College, Bombay (1845).

 On December 21, 1911, Lahore Medical College was renamed King Edward Medical College in Honor of the late King and Emperor and was elevated to the status of an independent, degree-granting university on May 12, 2005, when it became King Edward Medical University. King Edward Medical University has been actively engaged in postgraduate studies with emphasis on research projects.

During the tenure of Prof Naseer M. Akhtar (1995-1997, Directory of all the research work done & being conducted was prepared and Annals of King Edward Medical University-a quarterly journal was launched and recognized by PMDC.  It was first published in April 1995 with Prof. Abdul Majeed Ch. as Editor of Annals of KEMU. Then Prof. Syed Muhammad Awais, who worked very devotedly and efficiently and contributed a lot for the progress of Annals, was appointed as Editor in 2007. After his retirement in Dec 2015, Dr. Saira Afzal (The Chairperson of Department of Community Medicine) became the First Female Editor of Annals in the history of KEMU. Under her dynamic leadership the Annals is setting a new trajectory of brilliance and a novel precedent of success in research. Apart from being recognized by PMDC, the Higher Education Commission has upgraded the Annals of KEMU to category ‘X’.

Annals of KEMU is indexed on:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) 2007
• ICMJE Database (2010)
• Pak MediNet (1996)
• EMRO Indexus Medicus of WHO (1997)
• PKP Harvester Database (2010)
• Open J Gate Database (2010)
• Google Scholar (2010)
• EBSCO Host (2015)
• Clarivate Index (Formerly Thomson Reuters) (2017)

EXECUTIVE MEMBERSHIP/ RETIRED PROFESSORS

1. Muhammad Saeed Shafi, Professor & Head of Department Anatomy, Shifa College of Medicine., H-8/4, Islamabad.
2. Dr. Syed Qamar Alam, Professor of Biochemistry, Shifa College of Medicine, Sector-H-8/4, Islamabad.
3. Abdul Khaliq Naveed, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi
4. Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Professor of Community Medicine, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi
5. Muhammad Ayaz Bhatti, Assoc. Prof. & H.O.D. Community Medicine, Islamic International Medical. College, 274 Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi
6. Nighat Nisar, Associate Professor and H.O.D., Community Medicine, Sindh Medical College, Karachi.
7. Imdad Khushk, Senior Research Officer, Community Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Sindh.
8. Dr. Masroor Ellahi Babar, Professor / Chairman of Livestock Production, Livestock Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
9. M. Pervaiz Iqbal, Assistant Professor, Operative Dentistry, Nishtar Medical College, Multan.
10. Shahjahan Katpar, Assistant Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences-Karachi.
11. Muhammad Naqaish Sadiq, Associate Professor and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology, Shifa College of Medicine, Sector-H-8/4, Islamabad.
12. Faisal Murtaza, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi.
13. Samina Jahangir, Professor of Ophthalmology, Allama Iqbal Medical University / Jinnah Hospital, Lahore.
14. Gen. Nasim-ul-Majeed, Maj. Gen. and Advisor, Orthopaedic / Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.
15. Dr. M. Nasir Afzal, Professor of Physiology, Shifa College of Medicine, Sector-H-8/4, Islamabad.
16. Gen. (R) Muhammad Aslam, Professor of Physiology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
17. Dr. Zafar Ali Ch., Professor and H.O.D. Physiology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore.
18. Tanvir Ali Khan, Professor and H.O.D. Physiology, Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI), Lahore.
19. Dr. M. Akhtar Khan, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
20. Fazli Ghani, Asstt. Prof. and H.O.D., Prosthodontics, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar.
21. Fawad Kaiser, Assistant Dean, Psychiatry, Shifa College of Medicine, Sector-H-8/4, Islamabad.
22. Abdul Sami Qazi, Assistant Professor, Radiology, PGMI / LGH, Lahore.
23. Abdul Sattar Memon, Professor and Director, Medical Research Centre, Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Sindh.
24. Muhammad Latif Aftab, Associate Professor of Surgery, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore.
25. Manzoor Ali, Associate Professor and H.O.D. Surgery, Saidu Medical College, Sawat.
26. Mumtazuddin Haider, Associate Dean and H.O.D. Surgery, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Karachi.
27. Zafar ul Ahsan, Associate Professor of Urology, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore.
28. Syed Zafar Abbas, Professor of Medicine, Muhammad Medical College/ Hospital, Mirpurkhas.
29. Amer Bilal, Associate Professor / Incharge Thoracic Surgery, PGMI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar
30. Asmat Ara Khattak, Associate Professor / Incharge Children A Unit, Paediatrics, Lady Reading Hosp., PGMI, Peshawar
31. Abid Jameel, Assistant Professor and Incharge, Medical Oncology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, PGMI, Peshawar.
32. Muhammad Pervaiz Iqbal, Assistant Professor Dentistry, Nishtar Medical College, Multan.
33. Nasir M. Akhtar, Ex-Professor Orthopaedics, Naseer Hospital / Accident Emergency and General Hospital, 16-Ahmed Block, New Garden Town, Lahore.
34. Taifur-ul-Islam Gillani, Professor of Anaesthesia, Services Institute of Medical Sciences / Services Hospital, Lahore.
35. Dr. Sajid Usman Kaul, Professor of Anaesthesia, 14-Abu Bakar Block, New Garden Town, Lahore.
36. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Associate Professor Microbiology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences / Services Hospital, Lahore.
37. M. Nawaz Anjum, Professor of Radiology, R-782, Shadman-I, Lahore.
38. Dr. Lubna Hassan, Professor / Incharge, Obst. & Gynae., Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar.
39. Dr. Haleema Akhter, HOD of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Liquat National Hospital, Karachi.
40. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, Professor of Pathology, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore.
41. Majida Tahira Malik, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Lahore, Raiwind Road, Lahore.
42. Masood Hameed Khan, Prof. of Medicine, Editor in Chief JDUHS, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.
43. Tabassum Alvi, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt.
44. Dr. Muhammad Zahoor-ul-Hassan Dogar, Professor of Biochemistry, Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha.
45. Syed Humayun Shah, Head of Pathology Department, NIMS Medical College, Murree Road, Abbotabad.
46. Farooq Javed, Department of Pharmacology, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore.
47. Faisal Nazeer Hussain, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women, Lahore-Pakistan.

ADVISORY BOARD

1. Muhammad Arshad Chohan (Obst & Gynaecology)
2. Nosheen Javed (Preventive Paediatrics)
3. Aftab Asif (Psychiatry)
4. Ijaz Hussain (Dermatology)
5. Aisha Malik (Obst & Gynaecology)
6. Riaz Ahmad Warraich (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
7. Samia Jawed (Physiology)
8. Muhammad Ashraf Shaheen (Neurosurgery)
9. Ayesha Shaukat (Surgery)
10. Rakhshindah Bajwa (Pathology)
11. Maroof Aziz Khan (ENT)
12. Tallat Seyal (Paediatric Medicine )
13. Farhat Naz (Obst & Gynaecology )
14. Sajid Abaidullah (Medicine )
15. Abrar Ashraf Ali (Surgery)
16. Tahir Jamil Ahmad (Dermatology)
17. Muhammad Athar Javed (Neurology)
18. Prof Arif Rasheed Malik (Forensic Medicine &  Toxicology)
19. Tariq Waseem (Medicine)
20. Fridoon Jawad Ahmad (Biomedical Sciences)
21. Prof .Nooman Gilani (Medicine)
22. Ali Madeeh Hashmi (Psychiatry)
23. Nazish Imran (Child Psychiatry)