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A BIOGRAPHY OF PROF. DR. QUAZI DEEN MOHAMMAD
Prof. Dr. Quazi Deen Mohammad was born in 1955. He is a neurologist, professor, and physician from Bangladesh. He is the founding director of National Institute of Neuroscience in Dhaka. He served as the 19th President of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) and the 37th principal of Dhaka Medical College.
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Born: 1955
Place of Birth: Luxmipur, Faridpur of Bangladesh
Known For :
Physician
Academic Researcher
Neurologist
Administrator
Speciality: Neurologist
Education:
MBBS
MD (Neuro)
FCPS (Medicine)
Fellow Neurology (USA)
Alma Mater: Dhaka Medical College
Notable Awards:
Honorary fellowship, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Professor Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal
Early Life and Education:
Quazi Deen Mohammad was born in Luxmipur, Faridpur of Bangladesh, the then East Pakistan. He earned his HSC from Government Rajendra College and his SSC from Faridpur Zilla School. In 1978, he graduated from Dhaka Medical College with an MBBS. In 1983, he completed fellowship in Medicine from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1989, he completed a residency in clinical neurophysiology at University Hospital Madison in the United States. In 1994, he graduated from the University of Dhaka with an M.D. in neurology.
Career
In 1984, Quazi Deen Mohammad began working at the former IPGMR, currently known as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, as an assistant professor of neurology. In 1996, he started working at Dhaka Medical College as a professor of neurology. Later, from 2004 to 2012, he served as the principal of Dhaka Medical College. He thereafter was appointed as the National Institute of Neuroscience’s first director. He provides treatment to his patients at S.P.R.C & Neurology Hospital on a regular basis.
Academic Positions:
- Assistant Professor Neurology in IPGMR – 1984
- Associate Professor Neurology in IPGMR – 1991
- Professor of Neurology in DMC – 1996
- Principal, Dhaka Medical College -2004 to 2012
- Founder Director, NINS – From 2012 to till now
- Councilor, BCPS since 1999
- President, BCPS- 2019-2021
Research Activities:
⦾ Chairman, Neurology research center, NINS
⦾ Advisor, Neurology Asia, Malaysia
⦾ PI, Annexon 005 clinical trial (C1q suppressor in GBS) in Bangladesh
⦾ PI, community survey Stroke, Epilepsy, Dementia
⦾ Senior contributor in the collaborative study between NINS and Citran (University of Sheffield, UK) on Neurodegenerative disease particularly motor Neuron disease and Parkinson’s disease.
⦾ Senior contributor in different collaborative study between NINS and Erasmus MC (Netherlands), CDC Atlanta (U.S.) Annexon (U.S.) and ICDDR,B
International Reviewer:
⦾ Journal of Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders- Netherlands.
⦾ Hindawi Publication, UK.
⦾ Horizon Research Publishing, US.
⦾ Neurology Asia.
Publications:
⦾ He co-authored Epilepsy- Beliefs & misbelieves – WHO Bulletin.
⦾ He published 186 research articles in national and internationally reputed journals.
Awards and honors
⦾ Honorary fellowship, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.
⦾ Professor Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal.
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