Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam | |
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আবুল বাশার মোহাম্মদ খুরশীদ আলম | |
Director General of Directorate General of Health Services | |
Assumed office 23 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Abul Kalam Azad |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Sir Salimullah Medical College |
Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam FRCS is a Bangladeshi surgeon. He is the incumbent director general of the Directorate General of Health Services of Bangladesh. [1] [2]
Alam passed MBBS from Sir Salimullah Medical College. He obtained FCPS in surgery from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons and MS in Orthopedic Surgery. He also achieved FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of England. [3] [4]
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 Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. [5] [6] [7]
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