M Iqbal Arslan is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

physician and academic. He is the incumbent president of

Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad ( bn, স্বাধীনতা চিকিৎসক পরিষদ) aka ''SWACHIP'' is an organisation of pro-Awami League doctors of Bangladesh. M Iqbal Arslan is the president and M A Aziz is the incumbent ge ...

(SWACHIP), an organisation of pro-

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

doctors of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. He is the former dean of the Faculty of Basic Science and Paraclinical Science at

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1965. The university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees. History Est ...

(BSMMU).

Education

Arslan passed

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

from Dhaka Medical College. He completed a M.Phil in

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

later.

Academic career

Arslan joined BSMMU and served as chairman of the Department of Biochemistry. In 2010, Arslan was elected dean of the Faculty of Basic Science and Paraclinical Science.

Organisational affiliation

Arslan was elected as general secretary of SWACHIP in 2003. He was elected as president of the same organisation in 2015. Arslan was elected general secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association in 2012. Arslan was also elected as member of Dhaka University senate in 2018. Arslan is also a member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council, the regulatory authority for doctors of Bangladesh. Arslan is appointed as member of the National Technical Advisory Committee of COVID-19 management in

References

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