Syed Modasser Ali

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Syed Modasser Ali FRCS, FRCOpth is an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and a former Executive Board member [1] of the World Health Organisation. He is the founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Hospital, the first registered[citation needed] eye hospital in Bangladesh. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Community Ophthalmology (public eye health) and his book titled 'Community Ophthalmology' published in 1985 is considered by the British Journal of Ophthalmology as the first textbook on the subject [2].

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[edit] Career

He was the Director-General [3] of Health Services for the Bangladesh government in 2001, Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine and Research at Dhaka University from 1998 to 2001, Chairman of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) [4] from 1998 to 2003 and Director (and Professor Emeritus) of the National Institute of Ophthalmology [5] in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 1997 to 2001. He is currently the president of the Ophthalmic Society of Bangladesh. Under his chairmanship BMRC was awarded the prestigious WHO 50th Anniversary Primary Healthcare Development Award in 1998 [6].

[edit] Political life

While studying for his medical degree at Dhaka Medical College Dr Ali was elected as the Vice President of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League. However, since then he has terminated any official affiliation with the Awami League, but is the personal physician of the current Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina. He is currently in negotiations with the Bangladesh caretaker government regarding sending Hasina, who is currently detained and awaiting trial, abroad for treatment [7] [8] [9].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 3rd Annual Meeting, School Health Component of the Mega Country Network, WHO. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
  2. ^ Community Ophthalmology, Book Review, BJO. Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
  3. ^ Fourth Annual Meeting of School Health Component of Mega Country Network, WHO. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  4. ^ Eighteenth Meeting of the Ministers of Health of SEAR, SEARO, WHO.
  5. ^ Report of WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health (CCH), WHO. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  6. ^ Banglapedia: Bangladesh Medical Research Council.
  7. ^ The Bangladesh Awami League: Personal physicians request CA to send Sheikh Hasina to USA. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  8. ^ The Daily Star, Bangladesh: Govt asked to return Hasina's passport. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  9. ^ The Daily Star, Bangladesh: Hasina's doctor writes letter to CA. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.

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