Education

Doctorate of Humane Letters (Hon.)
Goodwin University, East Hartford, Connecticut, June 4, 2016
Master’s in Public Health
Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, September 1996 -May 1998
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, June 1996 -May 1998
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut, June 1995 -May 1998
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut, June 1995 -May 1998
Residency in Internal Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, St. Francis Medical Center, Illinois, July 1992 – June 1995
FLEX and FMGEMS Certifications
FLEX: Component 1 and 2, December 1992
FMGEMS: Day 1 -January 1992, Day 2-July 1991
Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology
The Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan, Salmonella typhi transmission research, December 1991 – June 1992
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)
The Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan

Certifications

Connecticut Medical License Issued March 3, 1995. Remains valid
Diplomat American Board of Internal Medicine: Sept 1996 to Jan 2017.
Diplomat American Board of Pulmonary Medicine November 1997 to 2027.
(But removed for non-payment of MOC Amount Jan 2024)
Diplomat American Board of Critical Care Medicine November 1998 to Jan 2019.
Diplomat American Board of Disability Analysts Feb 2006 to date.

Deputy President Pro Tempore
State Senate, 2019 – Present
Chair, Children’s Committee Connecticut General Assembly, 2021 -Present
Chair, Public Health Committee Connecticut General Assembly, 2022 -Present
Vice Chair, Insurance and Real Estate Committee Connecticut General Assembly, 2021 -Present
Chair, Housing Committee
Connecticut General Assembly, 2019 -2020
Member, Judiciary Committee
Connecticut General Assembly, 2020-2022
Member, Appropriation Committee
Connecticut General Assembly, 2020-Present
Member, Planning and Development Committee Connecticut General Assembly, 2020 -2022
Board Member World Affairs Council of Connecticut, 2015 – Present
Advisory Board Member Manchester Community College, 2015 – Present
Board Member Karuna Peace Building Center, 2015 -2023
Board Member Connecticut Health Foundation, 2016-2019
Advisory Board Member Prospect Health Care-ECHN Health Care System, 2017 -2021
Board Member Prospect Physicians Group – CT ECHN Independent Physicians Association, 2017 -2019
Chair, Quality, Utilization Management, and Peer Review Committee Prospect Physicians Group – CT ECHN Independent Physicians Association, 2006 -2018
Board Member South Windsor Community Foundation (SWCF), March 2008 -2019
Advisor Federal Bureau of lnvestigation, Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee (MCAC), New Haven CT, March 2008 -2018
Chief Medical Officer Paradigm Research Institute, Meriden, CT, February 2001 February 2002
Chairperson, Department of Internal Medicine and Family Practice Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, January 2007 -2013
Chairperson, Department of Internal Medicine,  Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester Memorial and Network, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, January 2007 – Present
Honorary Chair State of Connecticut Democratic Convention, First Congressional District, May 2014
Instructor, Cultural Competency Training
US Department of Justice (USDOJ), AMS Program for First Responders Across Connecticut, 2012 -2018
Chair, Emergency Relief and Assistance Committee Pakistan Public Health Foundation (PPHF), 2000 -2003
Chairperson, Disaster Management Committee
Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA),
April 2001 – December 2002
Chief Coordinator, International Disaster Management Alliance for
Pakistan (IDMAP)
May 2002 -2005
Chairperson, Pneumonia Quality Improvement Team
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), Manchester
Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, January 2000 -2006
Chair, US-PAK Foundation
Maryland, USA, 2009 -2015
President
South Windsor Haiti School Inc., Preschool focused on the
education of Haitian Girls in Lilavois, Haiti, 2011 -2015
Member, Respiratory Disease National Visiting Professors (NVP)
Program
March 2001 -2010
Commissioner, Asian Pacific American Commission
State of Connecticut, July 2008 -2013
Member Executive Committee
Connecticut Immigration and Refugee Coalition: CIRC, 2007 –
2012
Board of Directors
Ibtida: The Beginning, supporting schools in underprivileged parts
of South Asia, 2005 -2012

HONORS AND AWARDS
President, Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (P AKP AC), January
2008 – December 2009
Vice Chairperson, Hospital Ethics Committee
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), Manchester
Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, July 2001 -2011
Board of Directors Pakistan Public Health Foundation (PPHF), Maryland, 1999- 2005
Vice President Pakistan Public Health Foundation (PPHF), Maryland, September
2002-2005
Fellow Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

Redlich CA, Anwar MS: Occupational Asthma: Keys to Diagnosis and Management. The Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 19(6): 508-519, June 1998.

Thill-Baharozian MC, Anwar MS, Hardie DK: Functional Assessment of Hospital Ethics Committees. Archives of Internal Medicine.

Anwar MS, Rochester C: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema; Does it Make Sense? Contemporary Internal Medicine, 9(10): 25-36, October 1997.

Anwar MS: The National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower: XX The Changing Demographics of Internal Medicine Residency Training Programs.
(Letter) Annals of Internal Medicine, 1995; 122: 477.

Anwar MS: Book review of “The Function of Myth in the Akan Healing Experience: A Psychological Inquiry into Two Traditional Akan Healing Communities.” Desmond Ayim Aboagye (Ed), Uppsala University, Sweden.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 4, July 1995: 442.

Ali B, Anwar MS: Psychiatric Morbidity: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Significance. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association; Vol 43, No 4, April 1993: 69-70.

Anwar MS, Lyall N, Sturm AW: Handshaking Habits’ of the Indian Subcontinent as a Potential Mode of Transmission ofEnteric Pathogens. (Submitted for Publication: Journal of Infectious Disease)

Anwar MS, Rizvi I: Evaluation of Computerized Tomography and Ultrasound in Jaundiced and Non-Jaundiced Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. Pakistan Journal of Surgery.

Ishaque M, Midhet F, Anwar MS: Risk Factors Associated with Myocardial Infarction: A Case-Control Study. Pakistan Journal of Cardiology, Jan-March 1991; 12-16.

CHAPTERS

Anwar MS: Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Pearls on Endobronchial TB, Multidrug-Resistant TB, and Legionnaires Disease Presenting as Acute Renal Failure. In Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Pearls for Primary Care Physicians. Publisher: Clinical Communications Inc., 1997.

Anwar MS, Nichols D: Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies. In Pocket Companion to Principles and Practice of Medical Intensive Care. Editors: Kruse J, Carlson RW, Parker MM, Geheb MA. Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co., 1996.

Carlson RW, Anwar MS, Henderson C: Oxygen Transport. In Procedimientos En El Paciente Critico (Spanish) Procedures in the Critically lll. Editor: Pedro Gutierrez Lizardi. Publisher: Ediciones Cueller, Mexico City, 1993.

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY KEYNOTE SPEAKER

• Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT, Class of 2022, May 2022

• Aga Khan University, Post Graduate Medical Education Graduation Ceremony, 2021

• Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT, Class of 2016 Graduation

MEDIA APPEARANCES

US NATIONAL TV MEDIA

CNN WolfBlitzer
CNN Deborah Fayereck
CNN Susan Candiotti
CNN John Berman
CNN Chris Cuomo
CNN Alisyn Camerota

CT TV MEDIA

PBS (Connecticut Public Television-CPTV)
NBC: WVIT Channel 30
CBS: WFSB Channel 3 (Hartford) broadcasts CBS network shows and local coverage.
ABC: WTNH Channel 8 (New Haven)
FOX: WTIC Channel 61 (Hartford).

INTERNATIONAL TV CHANNELS

Vectone TV -UK
Geo TV- Forum
ARY Digital TV- Focus on America
PTV Prime- News and Views
VOA- International
VOA- Indonesia
Detiknews

RADIO

WNPR
WDRC
WTIC- Newstalk 1080
VOA
BBC

INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Understanding Radicalization and Deradicalization Strategies Talks in the United States (CT, DC) and Europe (UK, Belgium)
• Pulmonary Hypertension Multiple Grand Rounds across Connecticut and Massachusetts
• Preparation for Bird Flu Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester, CT, March 2007 Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2006
• Ethical Challenges in Disaster Management Focused on Bird Flu Epidemic Application and Challenges, October 2007
• Policy Statement for Rebuilding and Rethinking Health Care Systems in Pakistan Post-Disaster Post-Disaster Health Care Systems in Pakistan: A National and International Challenge Conference, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 23, 2005
• The Role of International and National NGOs in Improving EMS Services Post-Disaster Health Care Systems in Pakistan: A National and International Challenge Conference, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 22, 2005
• Bio-terrorism: A Step Toward Preparedness Presented at North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Inc. Annual Meeting, Worcester, MA, March 14, 2002
• Acute Inhalation Injuries American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Inc. (AAOHN) Connecticut Chapter Meeting, New Haven, CT, March 20, 1997
• Disseminated Blastomycosis Presented at American College of Physicians, Illinois Scientific Meeting, Peoria, Illinois, October 28-29, 1994. Presented at American College of Physicians Twenty-First Annual Illinois Associates’ Program, Westmont, Illinois, October 13, 1994
• Acculturation Training for International Medical Graduates XII International Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology, Pamplona, Spain, July 24, 1994
• Cultural Conflict in the Clinic Association of American Medical Colleges’ Central Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 21-24, 1994
• Risk Factors Associated with Myocardial Infarction: A Case-Control Study. Tenth Annual Pakistan Congress of Cardiology, Karachi, Pakistan, December 6-7, 1990
• Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity and Its Socio-Demographic Determinants in Ambulatory Patients Second International Conference of Family Practitioners, Lahore, Pakistan, December 20-22, 1991