Dr. Pathan trained at the at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston and Harvard Medical School. He has since worked extensively in public and private healthcare systems in Pakistan, expanding available interventions based on evidence-based medicine.

His area of expertise include complex coronary interventions, including CTO, Left Main and multi-vessel CAD. Structural heart interventions: TAVI, ASD Closure, mitral valvuloplasty, para-valvular leak closure. Peripheral vascular intervention: carotid stents, acute stroke intervention, TEVAR, CLI He established the clinical research department at Tabba Heart Institute and the first cardiac cath-PCI and myocardial infarction registry in Pakistan.

Dr Pathan is well published and has been involved in several international research projects. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention.