Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam

Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam
আবুল বাশার মোহাম্মদ খুরশীদ আলম
Director General of Directorate General of Health Services
Incumbent
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]

Education

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]

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 Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons.[5][6][7]

References

1. "Prof Khurshid made new DG of DGHS". The Daily Star. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. "Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam made new DGHS DG". Daily Sun. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. স্বাস্থ্য অধিদফতরের নতুন ডিজি কে এই ডা. খুরশীদ?. Jugantor (in Bengali). 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
4. সংকট উত্তরণে প্রত্যয়ী নতুন ডিজি. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. "Bangladesh appoints Khurshid Alam, a professor of surgery, as DG of health services". bdnews24.com. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. "DMC Prof Dr Khurshid Alam made new DG of DGHS". The New Nation. 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons(BCPS). "Executive Committee Members". bcps.edu.bd. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.