Curriculum Vitae

Of

Brigadier General Dr Md Saidur Rahman (on Leave Preparatory to Retirement)

MAILING ADDRES     :                       House # 5A, Road # 4A

DOHS, Banani. Dhaka Cantonment.

Dhaka 1206.

Bangladesh.

Telephone: (+880) 2 8715051, (+880) 2 9832778

+88 01712009555 (mobile)

E-mail: [email protected]

CAREER OBJECTIVE                         To contribute in the healthcare management and other areas of social science activities including Strategic leadership, Personnel & resource management, Project management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Change management, Risk & conflict management, Training & Development, Communication and Counseling, Cross Functional Team Management and Vertical & Horizontal Collaboration etc using my attained pertinent qualifications, relevant working experiences and confidence gained as seasoned tertiary level Health Care Administrator, Team Leader, Public Health Professional and also keen to facilitate medical education & instructional methodology as a qualified Medical Educationist.

EDUCATION

Master’s in Medical Education (MMEd), Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)

Master’s in Public Health (MPH), Dhaka University

Executive Master’s in Business Administration (EMBA), American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Sylhet Osmani Medical College (SOMC)

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Notre Dame College. Dhaka

Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Cumilla Education board, Bangladesh

EMPLOYMENT, EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT

2020-Till now               Associate Professor, Department of Public Health. North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

·       Successfully facilitating and teaching graduate students on all aspects of Hospital Management and Health policy under MPH program (as adjunct faculty)

·       Participating in several NSU academic program.

2018-2019        Deputy Commandant (Vice Principal), Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC). Dhaka. Bangladesh

§  Dealt and successfully managed 700 undergrad students, 90 faculty members and 60 staffs.

§  Improved the overall educational performance of undergraduate medical students in AFMC and in its affiliated hospitals (pass rate increased to 92 % from 86 %) by ensuring adequate academic atmosphere as Medical Educationist.

§  Streamlined the classroom and dormitory discipline by troubleshooting at individual student, faculty and parents level.

§  Worked as regular faculty member of Community Medicine and Public Health in the capacity of Professor.

2016                 Chief Health Officer (CHO), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)

§  Led a team of 400 technical staffs comprising doctors, food & sanitary inspectors, veterinarians, field supervisors and insecticide sprayers and flawlessly managed the overall Urban Health and Hygiene in DSCC area.

§  Contributed to services improvement of 38 Urban Primary Health Centers (under ADB aided UPHCP) as its Program Manager and thoroughly managed standard general and maternal health within city dwellers’ satisfaction.

§  100 % achievement in doing Birth and Death registration of city population.

§  Led a technical team to successfully contain and control the vector borne disease (Lowered the House Index of Aedes mosquito larva below 20 % in peak season by an Anti-Mosquito crush program in 2016).

§  Led the veterinarian team and implemented 40 % mass dog vaccination and male dog sterilization for Rabies prevention program.

§  Led the Food Inspectors team to regularly collect randomly desired food samples from city market for testing at DSCC owned modern food testing laboratory, took health & legal steps on adverse results to sustain food security and food hygiene, thereby controlled food and water borne disease in city area.

§  Achieved almost 94 % coverage of Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) in all city hospitals and vaccine centers.

§  Worked with waste management team and managed biomedical waste properly.

2014-2016        Director, Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka

Administered a team of 600 staffs comprising specialist doctors, nurses, paramedics and clerical staffs by efficient personnel management, performance appraisal system and conflict resolution techniques.
Implemented best outdoor patients care services by placing specialist doctors at outdoors and reducing patients’ waiting time.
Gained the public confidence in indoor patient care services by enhancing laboratory investigation & imaging capacity, operation theatre facility through procuring modern electromedical equipment and resource management.
Performed efficient Financial management including annual budget planning.
§  Planned, conducted and presided over Monthly Clinical Meeting/Presentation, regular Inter departmental Coordination Meeting for overall quality and safety issues.

§  Attended “Academic Council” meeting in Medical College as its prestigious member.

§  Participated and contributed in Periodical meeting in Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOH&FW), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), and Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (IEDCR) on emerging infectious diseases (e.g, Ebola, Dengue) and hospital management issues.

§  Partnering KGH & Civil Aviation authority with International Health Regulations (IHR).

§  International Collaboration with USAID, JAICA, WHO etc

2012-2014        Director Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Led a multi skilled and multilevelled team of 2000 staffs comprising professors, mid-level post-grad trainee doctors, intern doctors, nurses, technical and clerical staffs by efficient personnel management, performance appraisal system and conflict resolution techniques.
Improved indoor patient care services by increasing bed capacity from 500 to 1200 beds with related support and utility services (e.g, Diet, Medical gas, Laundry).
Supervised proper hospital set-up clinical training with issuance of training certificate of the following:
Mid-level trainee doctors (Assistant Registers, Registers, Indoor Medical Officers, Non-government Medical Officers as honorary MOs)
Internship training of MBBS doctors, BSc & Diploma Nursing.
·       Undergrad clinical students, nursing students and paramedics students of Health Technology Institutes.

·       Performed efficient Financial management including annual budget planning.

·       Communicated, motivated and counseled Registers, Assistant registers, Indoor medical officers, Internee doctors etc (on medical administration, patient care, international classification of diseases), taught BSc nursing student in Nursing College, Rajshahi (on nursing administration, basic clinical nursing)-that gave dividend in clinical services outcome.

·       Planned, conducted and presided over Weekly Clinical Meeting and Monthly Inter Departmental Coordination Meeting with all stakeholders and evaluated the procedural & technical correctness.

·       Conducted and presided over monthly coordination and counseling meeting of “One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC)” team as its government nominated adviser, instantly addressed and solved multifarious social, legal and clinical aspects of Gender Based Violence (GBV) victims (e.g, rape, physical violence etc).

·       Presided over Annual “Blood Bank Governing Body” meeting as its chairman and ensured smooth flow of blood transfusion to needy patients

·       Participated and contributed “Academic Council” meeting and “Institutional Review Board (IRB)” meeting of MS, MD thesis of Medical College as its esteemed member.

·       Contributed on supervised knowledge disseminating meeting in Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (IEDCR), Dhaka on different hospital-based surveillance (e.g, Rota virus, Influenza, Nipah, DOTS etc)

·       Collaboration with Damien Foundation, icddrb, giz etc

2011-2012        Worked as Assistant Director Medical Services (ADMS) in Division Headquarter of 24 Infantry Division in greater Chattogram Army.

·       Planned and prepared regional health policies/instructions and guided district agencies regarding all matters related to health & hygiene of military & affiliated civil organizations in Chattogram & Chattogram Hill Districts.

COURSES/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP: HOME AND OVERSEAS

1993-1996        Served in Kuwait Armed Forces, Kuwait on deputation from Bangladesh Army as military medical officer in military bases, provided primary clinical care to multinational patients and also served as medical staff officer of Director Medical Services in Kuwait Army Head Quarters.

2007                 Attended a course on “Modular Management of Tuberculosis” organized jointly by WHO and National Tuberculosis Control Program in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2007                 Participated a Seminar in Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh on “Avian Influenza” jointly conducted by Bangladesh Army and US Army.

2010                 Gained unique experiences in Mitsubishi Company, Japan for Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) for purchasing Ambulances for Bangladesh Army working in UN Mission area

2014                 Participated “National Introductory Course on Disaster Preparedness” organized jointly by WHO, Thailand based “Public Health Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific Program (PHEMAP)”, Non Communicable Disease Control (NCDC) Program, Director General Health Services (DGHS), Dhaka, Bangladesh and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC).

2015                 Attended WHO, SEARO arranged workshop at Infectious Disease Hospital, Bangkok in Thailand on Ebola & Emerging Infectious Disease and gained UpToDate knowledge on ways to prevent infectious disease.

2017                 Visited several Australian hospitals and State Medical Regulatory Offices and became oriented with Australian primary & tertiary healthcare network.

2019                 Attended and experienced the Chiang Mai University-International Medical Challenges (CMU-IMC), Thailand as observer of students’ participation in medi-carnival quiz competition on behalf of AFMC, Bangladesh.

2020                 Successfully completed online course on “COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Corona Virus” by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (https://www.futurelearn.com/certificates/j0qd5m3).

SPECIAL INTEREST

Healthcare administration and management
Emerging public health problems.
Bio Medical Waste Management
Facilitate and teach Public Health and Community Medicine
Bengali music.
AFFILIATION WITH PROFESSIONAL BODY

Honorary member and resource person of Institute of Cholera & Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) based Bangladesh Biosafety & Biosecurity Association (BBBA), conducted TOT of microbiologists and presented paper in International APBA conference.
Member of Centre for Medical Education (CME) based “Association of Medical Educationist (AME)” and working to improve Medical Education Methodology in undergrad and post grad levels.
PUBLICATIONS

As Principal Author:

Dissertation on “Occurrence of Streptococcus on skin sore among under five children” prepared while undergoing ‘master’s in public health’ course.

Thesis on “Activities of Medical Education Unit in Medical Colleges of Bangladesh” as a part of Master of Medical Education program under BSMMU.

Several health awareness articles on medical & public health issues within military organizations like on Avian Flu, Dengue, Hepatitis, Anthrax, Dust Borne Disease, Biosafety & Biosecurity etc.

As Co-Author:

“Monitoring of Pesticide Poisoning in Different Occupational Groups by the Estimation of Serum Cholinesterase (PChE), ALT, AST & Bilirubin”, British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 16(5):1-12, 2017; Article no BJPR 33468, ISSN 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759

“Medico-legal Issues and Socio-demographic Profile of Suicidal Death in People of Dhaka City-A Study of 827 cases”, Journal of Armed Forces Medical College (JAFMC), Bangladesh Vol 13. No 1 (June) 2017

OTHER SKILLS:

Computer         : MS Word
MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

SPSS

·       Language          : Able to read, write & speak English fluently.

Able to read & partially speak Arabic.

·       Driving : Able to drive all sorts of light vehicle.

Kuwaiti & International Driving License holder previously.

Singing              : Incomplete institutional learning at Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA).                           Interested in singing at familial/indoor occasion.
CERTIFICATES AND ACCOLADES

§  “Certificate of Appreciation” by General Aziz Ahmed, Chief of Army Staffs, Bangladesh Army on commendable contribution in military services.

§  “Certificate of Appreciation” by Major General Md Fashiur Rahman, Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College (presently Director General Medical Services of Bangladesh Armed Forces), Dhaka, Bangladesh on performance as academics, administrator and counselor.

COUNTRY VISITED

Australia
United Kingdom
Japan
Kuwait
Saudi Arab
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
PERSONAL INFORMATION

Permanent Address                               : House 5A Road 4A, DOHS, Banani, Dhaka 1206
Bangladesh

Father’s Name                                      : Md Siddiqur Rahman.
Mother’s Name                                     : Mrs Hosne Ara Begum.
Spouse’s name                                      : Nuzhat Choudhury MSc. MPH.
(undergoing PhD in Durham University, UK)

Place of Birth                                        : Chandpur, Bangladesh.
Date of Birth                                         : 01 January 1962
Date of Retirement from military            : 31 December 2019
services

Marital Status                                       : Married
(Spouse: Associate Scientist, icddr,b. Dhaka. Now    undergoing PhD in Durham University, UK)

Nationality                                            : Bangladeshi.
Religion                                               : Islam
Passport No                                          : OC 7254293
National Identification (NID) No            : 820 980 4528
Tax Identification Number (TIN)            : 822206793142
Driving License, No                              : DK0755617L00009 (Once International
driving license holder while served in Kuwait)

Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council   : A 17572
(BMDC) registration no

REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST:

1.         Professor Dr A. H. M. Enayet Hussain MBBS, FRCS, FCPS, ICO

Director General, Health and Medical Education.

Directorate General of Health Services. Mohakhali. Dhaka 1212

Phone: +8801711838613

Email: [email protected]

2.         Dr Asadulghani

Head, Biosafety & BSL-3 Laboratory, LSSD Special Activities

Laboratory Sciences and Services Division, icddr,b

68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

+880-29827001-10, Ext: 3490, +880 1730453509

[email protected]

3.         Helal Ahmed Chowdhury

Supernumerary Professor, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)

Former Managing Director and CEO, Pubali Bank Limited

Member, ICC Banking Commission, Bangladesh

Mobile phone: +88 01713008408. Residence phone: +88 02 55034330

Email: [email protected]

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(Md Saidur Rahman)