Consultant Psychiatrist, Immediate Past President World Psychiatric Association; Honorary Professor, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK; Chairman, Pakistan Psychiatric Research Centre, Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Afzal Javed is the immediate past president of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). He is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, and an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK. He is also chairman of the Pakistan Psychiatric Research Centre and a Board member of Fountain House Lahore.

He graduated from King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan, and received higher specialized training in Psychiatry in Pakistan & UK.
He was also the Past President of the Asian Federation of Psychiatrists Associations (AFPA) from 2017 to 19 and of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) from 2012 to 15.

His areas of special interest are Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, and Psychiatric Research. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and is the author of six books/monographs on various psychiatry topics.