About the Author

Abdul Shakoor Khan is a physician, educator, mentor, and author whose life journey spans Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.

Born in Pakistan in 1972, Dr. Khan earned his medical degree from Rawalpindi Medical College in 1996. His early career included serving as the sole physician in a rural village near Kahuta, Pakistan, where he experienced firsthand the profound impact of compassionate healthcare.
He later pursued advanced training in general surgery and served as an Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Islamic International Medical College in Islamabad.

From 2005 to 2013, Dr. Khan worked as a general surgeon in Saudi Arabia before immigrating to the United States. Like many immigrants, he endured years of perseverance and reinvention. 

Since 2019, Mr. Khan has served at START Center for Cancer Care as a chemotherapy scheduler,  where he assists and supports hundreds of cancer patients and their families with compassion and understanding. He also teaches healthcare students at Southern Career Institute San Antonio South Campus and mentors international medical graduates pursuing careers in medicine through USMLE Sarthi. Hundreds of his students are working in Medical field in san antonio and acrss the state.

A lifelong learner and lover of nature, travel, and family, Dr. Khan lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, son, and their beloved cat, Taro. The Last Human Physician represents his first official book and the culmination of ideas and reflections developed over many years.



”Artificial intelligence can help physicians diagnose and treat disease, but healing remains a deeply human experience. Numbers matter, but compassion gives those numbers meaning. I hope that this book inspires healthcare professionals and readers alike to preserve the human soul of medicine.”