My Mission

Contributing to the mental health through quality teaching, training, research and services

Present Position

Consultant Psychiatrist 
Bangladesh Psychiatric Care 
Shimanto Shambhar Shopping Complex 
Shimanto Square, Road no – 2 
Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205 
April 2021-Present 

Experience

Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 
Department of Psychiatry 
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) 
Dhaka, Bangladesh 
October 2006- March 2021

Chairman 
Department of Psychiatry 
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka 
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh 
June 2009-July 2015

Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 
Department of Psychiatry 
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) 
Dhaka, Bangladesh 
August 2000-October 2006

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 
Department of Psychiatry 
IPGM&R followed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) 
Dhaka, Bangladesh 
February 1995 -August 2000 

Medical Education

• FRCPsych– The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK in 2011
• PhD– Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Science & Research, University of Dhaka in 2007
• MRCPsych– The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK in 2004
• DCAP– (Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)- Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College    
• London   and Institute of Child Health, University College London- University of London in    1997
• FCPS(Psychiatry)- Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons, Dhaka in 1983

Training

• Obtained professional training through extensive rotation in highly reputed psychiatric hospitals and Institutions both at home and abroad
• Received Continuous Professional Development by attending a huge number of training courses, workshops, institutes, seminars and symposiums, debates, etc. both at home and abroad
• The topics of the training were highly diverse ranged from clinical intervention to research and covered almost all spheres of psychiatry

Services

• Doing Psychiatry Consultation since 1983
• Doing Child and Adolescent Consultation since 1997
• Offering best possible patient care with updated treatment options
• Skilled in Biopsychosocial Assessment, Crisis Intervention, Clinical Supervision, Dual Diagnosis, and Prevention
• Founded first formal child and adolescent mental health services in Bangladesh have expanded it
• Developed Mental Health Services by individual and institutional initiatives and advocacy

Research

• Have more than 125 research papers both in general psychiatry and child psychiatry published nationally and internationally.
• Conducted the first child psychiatric epidemiological study in Bangladesh, the findings of which have a substantial impact on child psychiatric services.
• Have diverse research paper on general adult psychiatry and almost all the subspecialties in psychiatry, chiefly on depression, somatization, obsession, autism, stressors.
• Have extensive research works in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry including developing culturally adaptable scales, cross cultural variation of disorders, risk and resiliency, psychopathology, and interventions.
• Proposed a baseline concept of a model of Mental Health Services in developing world in several occasions that has been appreciated by the regional and international community.
• Presented papers on several occasions at national, regional, and international forum.

Professional Affiliations

At home:

• Life member, Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)
• Life member, Association of Physicians of Bangladesh (APB)
• Life Member, Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists (BAP)
• Life Member: Bangladesh Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (BACAMH)
• Life Member, Association of Therapeutic Counselor, Bangladesh (ATCB)
• Member, Faculty of Psychiatry, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS)

In abroad:

• Member, South Asian Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Executive Committee Member, Asian Society for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions (ASCAPAP)
• Member, The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), UK
• Member, The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents (APSA), UK
• Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Life Member, Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAMH)