Training & Academic Positions:

Additional Professional Training (Seminars/Workshops/Courses etc.):

1. Participant, Workshop on Hypertension, Sponsored by WHO, 1978.
2. Participant, Workshop on Ethical Consideration in Research of Human Subjects. Sponsored by Government of Bangladesh and ICDDR,B, Dhaka. December 1981.
3. Participant, National Course on Research Methodology, Clinical Sciences and Microbiology. Sponsored by ICDDR,B, Dhaka. 1982
4. Participant, National Course on Training in Cardiovascular Diseases. Sponsored by WHO & Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka. 1982
5. Participant, National Workshop on Research Methodology. Sponsored by WHO and Bangladesh Medical Research Council . 1983
6. Participant, National Workshop on Liver Diseases. Sponsored by WHO and Bangladesh Medical Research Council . 1983 & 1984
7. Participant, Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984
8. Participant, Annual Scientific Meeting, Gastroenterological Society of Australia. 1986
9. Participant, Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Jakarta, Indonesia. 1990
10. Participant, International Liver Disease Delegation to China. Sponsored by Citizen Ambassador Programme, Spokane, Washington, USA. 1990
11. Participant, First International Scientific Conference, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1992
12. Participant, Annual Scientific Meeting, Association of Physicians of Bangladesh . 1992
13. Participant, Biennial Scientific Meeting, International Association for the Study of the Liver, Brighton, UK. 1992
14. Participant, International Symposium on Subacute Hepatic Failure & Update in Liver Diseases, Bombay, India. 1992.
15. Participant, Annual Scientific Meeting, Association of Physicians of Bangladesh . 1993
16. Participant, International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis & Liver Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. 1993
17. Visiting Scientist in the Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College, London and in the Gastrointestinal and Liver Service, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. Sponsored by WHO. 1993
18. Participant, Congress ’93, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi. 1993
19. Participant, 9th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Kuala Lumpur. 1994
20. Organizer, Symposium on Liver disease, Department of Hepatology Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Dhaka. 1994
21. Participant, 2nd Annual Convention, Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Dhaka. 1994
22. Participant, 3rd Annual Convention, Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Dhaka. 1995
23. Invitee Speaker, Workshop on Transplantation. Dhaka. 1995
24. Invitee Speaker, 31st Annual Convention of Japan Society of Hepatology, Fukuoka, Japan. 1995
25. Participant, First International Conference on Hepatitis E Virus, New Delhi. 1995
26. Invitee Speaker, 6th World Congress of International Gastro-Surgical Club, Bangkok. 1995
27. Participant, 10th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 1996
28. Organizer, Symposium on Liver disease, Department of Hepatology Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Dhaka. 1996
29. Invitee Speaker, 4th Athens International Postgraduate Course in Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gastric Diseases, International Gastro-Surgical Club, Athens. 1996
30. Participant, 4th Annual Convention, Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Dhaka. 1996
31. Invitee Speaker, Scientific Conference in Dhaka. Organized by Cromwell Hospital, London. 1996
32. Participant, Postgraduate Courses and 49th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Chicago, 1997
33. Participant and Co-Chairman of a session, 11th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Perth, Australia. 1998
34. Participant, American Association for the Study of the Liver Diseases, Dallas. November, 1999
35. Participants, SAARC Liver conference Karachi, Pakistan, February, 2000
36. Participant, APASL – IASL Biennial scientific meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, May, 2000
37. Participant, 37th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the study of the Liver, Madrid, Spain, 2002.
38. Participant, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Meeting, Taiwan, Korea, 2002
39. Participant, 39th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the study of the Liver-Berlin, Germany, 2004
40. Participant, 14th Biennial Annual Meeting of APASL, New Delhi, India, 2004
41. Participant, 15th Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-Bali, Indonesia, 2005
42. Participant, 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Liver-Cairo, Egypt, 2006
43. Participant, 17th Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-Kyoto, Japan-2007
44. Participant, 18th Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-Seoul, Korea-2008
45. Participant, IASGO Meeting- Istanbul, Turkey-2008
46. Participant, 19th Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-Hong Kong, 2009
47. Participant, 20th Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-China, 2010
48. Participant, 21st Conference of Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver-Bangkok, 2011
49. Participant, 47th Conference of European Association for the Study of the Liver-Barcelona, 2012

Papers Read at Scientific Meetings:

1. Complications of Cirrhosis of Liver, Bangladesh Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting. 1978
2. Management of Hypertension, WHO sponsored Seminar on Hypertension, Dhaka. 1979
3. Primary Carcinoma of Liver, Scientific Seminar on the occasion of Reunion & Convention of Postgraduates, Dhaka. 1981
4. Hypertension in Rural Population in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting. 1982
5. Hypertension in Urban and Rural Population of Bangladesh. 38th Annual Conference of the Association of Physicians of India, Urissa, India. 1983
6. Bronchogenic Carcinoma. Bangladesh Chest & Heart Association Annual Scientific Meeting. 1983
7. Pattern of Rheumatic Diseases in Hospital Population. Bangladesh Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting. 1983
8. Gastrointestinal Reflux. 8th Saudi National Guard Medical Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1983
9. Management of Chronic Hepatitis, National Workshop on Liver Diseases, Dhaka. 1983
10. Atypical Presentation of Amoebic Liver Abscess, Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Bangkok, Thailand. 1984
11. Caffeine Pharmacokinetics as a quantitative Liver Function Test with Particular Reference to Prognosis. Annual Scientific Meeting, Gastroenterological Society of Australia. 1986
12. Caffeine Pharmacokinetics as a quantitative Liver Function Test with Particular Reference to Prognosis. International Association for the Study of the Liver, Biennial Scientific Meeting, Caracus, Venezuela. 1986
13. Natural Course of Viral Hepatitis in Bangladeshi Population. Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Jakarta, Indonesia. 1990
14. Renal Functional Abnormalities in Cirrhosis of Liver. First National Convention & Scientific Seminar on Kidney Disease, Urology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Dhaka. 1990
15. Diagnosis of Jaundice. 8th Reunion & Scientific Seminar, Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Dhaka. 1990
16. Hydatid Disease of Liver : Clinical and Therapeutic Response. First International Scientific Conference, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1991
17. Natural Course of Viral Hepatitis in Bangladeshi Population. First International Scientific Conference, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1991
18. Prognostic Indices of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Annual Scientific Meeting, Association of Physicians of Bangladesh, 1992
19. Hyponatraemia in Refractory Ascites. 2nd National Convention & Scientific Seminar on Kidney Disease, Urology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Dhaka. 1992
20. Aetiology, Clinical Features and Natural Course of SAHF. International Symposium on Subacute Hepatic Failure & Update in Liver Diseases, Bombay, India. 1992
21. Clinical Profile and Natural Course of SAHF. International symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver disease, Tokyo. 1993
22. Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Bangladesh. Congress ’93, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi. 1993
23. Hyponatraemia in Refractory Ascites. Congress ’93, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi. 1993
24. HCV Seroprevalence in Liver disease in Bangladesh. 9th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Kuala Lumpur. 1994
25. Liver Transplantation – An Update. Workshop on Transplantation, Dhaka. 1995
26. Seroepidemiology of HBV and HCV in Bangladesh. Invitee Speaker in the 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Hepatology, Fukuoka, Japan. 1995
27. Acute Sporadic Viral Hepatitis E in Bangladesh. Invitee Speaker in the First International conference on Hepatitis E Virus, New Delhi, India. 1995
28. Subacute Hepatic Failure. Invitee Speaker, 6th Joint Meeting of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists, International Gastro-Surgical Club, Bangkok, Thailand. 1995
29. Hydatid Disease of Liver : A Study of 20 Cases. 10th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 1996
30. Subacute Hepatic Failure : Update. Invitee Speaker, 4th Athens International Postgraduate Course in Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gastric Diseases, International Gastro-Surgical Club, Athens. 1996
31. Liver Transplantation : An Update. 4th Annual Convention of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Chittagong. 1996
32. Liver Disease in Bangladesh : Current Trends in Management. Scientific Conference in Dhaka. Organized by Cromwell Hospital, London. 1996
33. Interferon Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B. Symposium on Chronic Viral Hepatitis organized by Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Dhaka, 1998.
34. Management of chronic hepatitis B, SAARC Liver conference, Karachi, Pakistan, 2000
35. Ibrahim Merial Oration on Management of Chronic Hepatitis B and Recipient of Gold Medal 2000. Organized by Association of Physicians of Bangladesh.
36. Major Hepatology Issues in Bangladesh, Prevalence of Liver disease in Bangladesh, APASL Annual Meeting, Taiwan, 2002
37. Major Hepatology Issues in Asia, 14th Annual Meeting of APASL, New Delhi, India, 2004
38. Management of chronic hepatitis B – An Update. Ibrahim Memorial Oration and Recipient of Gold Medal 2004. Joint Conference of Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons & College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan.
39. Current treatment HBV/HDV co-infection. Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology Week 2006. 22nd Annual Congress, held at Rawalpindi / Islamabad, March 22-26, 2006.
40. APASL Working party on Portal Hypertension-Consensus Development Meeting, New Delhi, India, January-2007.