Dr. Nawaz received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from Nishtar Medical College in Pakistan. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He then completed a certificate in Translational and Clinical Investigation at the University of Iowa followed by a fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Nawaz served as a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Trainee Council during his fellowship. He is an associate member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. He is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Saraiki