Prof. Dr. M.U. Kabir Chowdhury
Prof. Dr. M. U. Kabir Chowdhury is a well regarded, internationally reputed, one of the leading Dermatologist and pioneer Skin Surgeon in Bangladesh. He has a brilliant academic and professional record. After graduation from Dhaka Medical College in 1974, he has started his career as a medical teacher in 1976 at Dhaka Medical College. He has obtained specialty in Dermatology and Venereology with excellent grade and top of the list from university of Vienna in 1985.
Thereafter he received intensive training in Paediatric Dermatology, from Vienna University Hospital, Skin Pathology from American Academy of Dermatopathologist, Skin Laser Surgery from Harvard Medical School, training in Sexual Medicine from The University of British Columbia, Canada and Skin Surgery from All India Medical Institute, India.
He started his career as a Practicing Dermatologist in Holy Family Hospital as a Senior Consultant and Founder Head of the Department of Dermatology & Venereology in Holy Family Hospital and became Professor as soon as Holy Family became a Medical College.
For outstanding performance he was appointed as a Visiting Professor of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada.
He is also working as Chief Consultant, National Skin Centre, Dhaka, Dhaka, Faculty member of Rita Skin Institute, Kolkata, India, Guest professor, Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka, The College of the General Practitioners, Dhaka. Professor Chowdhury possesses wide teaching experience in Dermatology and is being acknowledged as an excellent teacher with wide spectra of updated information. He has published a number of research papers in Clinical Dermatology and Dermatosurgery. He is a widely travelled person and visited almost all of the country and attended in numerous conferences and seminars throughout the world. He has born in 1951 at Sunamgonj and he is blessed with two daughters and a son. Eldest daughter Dr. Mehnaz Kabir is also a dermatologist, qualified from Cardiff University, UK.
His Present Position
Principal
MH Samorita Hospital & Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2010.
Professor of Dermatology (Hon.)
Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2003.
Ex. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada from 1 May 2003 to 30 April 2005.
Guest Professor of Dermatology, Dhaka Medical College
Since 1st January 2006.
Guest Professor of Dermatology, Armed Forces Medical College
Since 1st June 2002.
Guest Professor of Dermatology, Bangladesh College of General Practitioner
Since 1st June 1996.
Faculty Member, Rita Skin Institute, Kolkata, India
Since 1st March 2002