Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University appointed new chairperson as head of department in 28 departments, starting on Wednesday.
Vice-chancellor of the university professor Deen Mohd Noorul Huq made the appointments for the next three years, said a press release.
New chairpersons appointed in the faculty of medicine are 鈥� professor Md Farid Uddin at Endocrinology department, professor AH Hamid Ahmed at Nephrology, professor Md Mohsin Ali Shah at Psychiatry, professor Abu Shaheen at Rheumatology, professor Md Shahinul Alam at Hepatology, professor Md Rafikuzzaman Khan at Haematology and professor AKM Matiur Rahman Bhuiyan at Palliative medicine.
New chairpersons in the faculty of paediatrics are 鈥� professor Md Golam Hafiz at Paediatric Haematology and Oncology department, professor Md Abdul Mannan at Neonatology and professor Ranjit Ranjan Roy at Child Nephrology.
New chairs in the faculty of surgery are 鈥� professor Saif Uddin Ahmad at Surgical Oncology department, professor Md Ibrahim Siddique at general surgery, professor Bidhan Chandra Das at Hepatobiliary, pancreatic and liver transplant surgery, professor Md Abu Taher at Colorectal surgery, professor Fahmida Zabin at obstetrics and gynaecology, professor Md Habibur Rahman Dulal at urology, professor Md Aslam Hossain at cardiac surgery, professor AHM Zahurul Haque Sacchu at otolaryngology head and neck surgery, professor Sushankar Kumar Mondal at paediatric surgery and Md Saif Ullah Khan at vascular surgery.
New chairs in the faculty of basic science and Para clinical science are 鈥� professor Md Saidur Rahman at pharmacology department, professor Nahid Farhana Amin at anatomy, professor Md Saiful Islam at laboratory medicine, professor Taskina Ali at physiology and professor Munira Jahan at virology department.
New chairs in dental faculty are 鈥� professor Gazi Shamim Hasan at orthodontics department, professor Mahmuda Akhter at oral and maxillofacial surgery and professor Md Amjad Hossain at Prosthodontics.