Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam is a Bangladeshi

surgeon In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before spec ...

and a former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Education

Alam passed MBBS from

Sir Salimullah Medical College Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC), commonly known as Mitford, is a public medical college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1875, it is the oldest medical school in Bangladesh. It includes Mitford Hospital, which is the oldest hospital in th ...

. He obtained FCPS in

surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

from

Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons The Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons (BCPS) is a statutory professional membership body in Bangladesh dedicated to improving the practice of medicine and surgery, chiefly through accreditation of doctors by examination. This institutio ...

and MS in

Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

. He also achieved

FRCS Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional certification, professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland or the United Kingdom. It is bestowed on an wikt:intercollegiate, ...

from

Royal College of Surgeons of England The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgery, surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wa ...

Career

Alam was long serving head of the department of surgery at Comilla Medical College. He was head of surgery at Dhaka Medical College until he took the job as director general. He also worked as honorary secretary of

References

Living people Bangladeshi surgeons Bangladeshi civil servants Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons Sir Salimullah Medical College alumni Academic staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital {{Bangladesh-med-bio-stub