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RESUME

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PROF AK AZAD KHAN

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Contact address:

OFFICE: Diabetic Association of Bangladesh

BIRDEM (1st Floor), Room no. 233

122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh

Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Phone : 8616641-50 Ext. 2525

Phone & Fax : 880-2-9677772

E-mail : president@dab-bd.org

RESIDENCE:

BIHS House, BIHS

125/1Darus Salam, Mirpur

Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh

Phone : 9007108

Cell : 01711566814

Place & Date of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh; 2nd May 1941.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1. MBBS, University of Dhaka, 1965. Honours in Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine.

2. FCPS in Medicine, College of Physician & Surgeons of Pakistan, 1970. Col. Jefrey Gold

Medal for best performance in Pakistan.

3. D. Phil., Oxford University, 1977.

HONORARY DEGREES:

Honoris Causa Medicinae Doctorem from the University of Basel, Switzerland in 1999.

FRCP (London) in 2001

Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 2001

Honorary Fellow of the University College London in 2012

WORKING GROUND:

Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, IPGMR, Dhaka from 1970 to 1972

Postgraduate studies under Faculty of Clinical Medicine at University of Oxford from 1972 to 1977.

Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, IPGMR, Dhaka from 1978 to 1984

Professor of Gastroenterology, IPGMR, Dhaka, from 1984 to 1987

Director of Research, Development and Academy, BIRDEM, from 1990 to 1998

Honorary Sr. Consultant, Gastroenterology, BIRDEM, Dhaka since 1987 to till date

Secretary General (Elected), Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, since 1998 to 2007 President (Elected), Diabetic Association of Bangladesh since 2007

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Chairman, Board of Trustees, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences

Chairman, Governing Body, Ibrahim Medical College

Dean, Faculty of Unani & Ayurvedic Medicine, Hamdard University Bangladesh

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

As the founder President of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society and the founder

Professor of Gastroenterology initiated and organized Gastroenterology services in

Bangladesh.

As the founder General Secretary of Bangladesh Endocrinology Society initiated and organized

endocrine services in Bangladesh.

Have been involved with the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS) since 1977 in

different capacities and have been the chief organizer of many Healthcare Programs including

Primary Prevention Program of Diabetes in Bangladesh

Successfully completed a Micro Health Insurance Study on Garments Workers in Bangladesh.

The study was jointly initiated and planned by Prof Niklaus Gyr, Prof Felix Roth, Dr. Sikder M

Zakir and Myself.

HONOURS RECEIVED:

1. Moulana Akram Khan Gold Medal for the contribution in Medical Sciences

2. Sher-e-Bangla Award for social services

3. NIPA Foundation Award for social services

4. Honoree Bangladesh Medical Association of North America

5. Nawab Sir Solimullah Gold Medal

6. Health Award for Extra Ordinary Contribution in Diabetes

7. Dr Ibrahim Gold Medal in recognition of contribution to healthcare

8. Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal

9. Global Award, International Diabetes Federation

10. Awarded, Dharitri Bangladesh

ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Honorary President (for life) Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society

2. Immediate Past President

Bangladesh Endocrine Society

3. Founder General Secretary, (at present Vice President)

Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Medical Sciences

4. Chairman, Scientific Committee,

IV World Congress on Diabetes in the Tropics and Developing Countries, Feb 24-27, 1989

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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5. Co-ordinator, Regional Workshop on Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Diabetes, Jan

25-27 1992, Dhaka, Bangladesh

6. Co-ordinator,

First International Seminar 'Plant Materials as a Source of Anti-diabetic Agents' held on Jan

8-10, 1994 Dhaka, Bangladesh.

7. Founder General Secretary,

Asian Network of Research on Anti-diabetic Plants Materials (ANRAP)

8. Member, General Body, Shakti Foundation for Disadvantages Women

9. Member, Advisory Board, Health Watch, BRAC, Bangladesh

10. Former Member, Finance & Accounts, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,

Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)

11. Former Executive Member, Human Development Foundation

12. Honorary member, International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

13.Former President, Diabetes in Asia Study Group ( DASG)

PROFILE PUBLISHED:

The Lancet published a profile on its February 25th

(http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960297-

9/fulltext?rss=yes)

PAPERS PRESENTED:

Presented papers in over 100 International Conferences abroad.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

1. Islam N, Mahtab H and Azad Khan AK. Primary carcinoma of the liver in East Pakistan.

J Trop Med Hyg, 1968; 71: 206-11.

2. Islam N, Sanaullah Md and Azad Khan AK. Hepatic hydrothorax. Am J Gastroenterol:

1969; 52: 213-17.

3. Azad Khan AK, Patra RWT, and Rabbee MF Spirometry in tropical pulmonary

eosinophilia. Brit J Dis Chest: 1970; 64: 107-09.

4. Azad Khan AK and Islam N. The mechanism and clinical significance of eosinophilia.

Medicus: 1970; 40: 199.

5. Islam N, Azad Khan AK and Haque S. Oesophageal hiatus hernia in Bangladesh. J Assoc

Phys India: 1973; 21: 985.

6. Jarnerot G, Azad Khan AK and Truelove SC. Thyroid in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's

disease, II. Acta Med Scand 1975; 197: 83-87.

7. Islam N and Azad Khan AK. Hepatic coma. Indian Pract: 1975; 28: 599.

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8. Azad Khan AK, Peris J and Truelove SC. An experiment to determine the active moiety

of sulphasalzine. Lancet: 1977; 2: 892-95.

9. Azad Khan AK, Alam MN and Nazrul Islam KM. A clinico pathological study of patients

suffering from "chronic dysentery', BMRC Bull 1978; 4: 58.

10. Azad Khan AK and Truelove SC. Placental and mammary transfer of sulphasalzine. Brit

Med J 1979; 2: 1553.

11. Azad Khan AK, Akhtar S and Mahtab H. Treatment of diabetes mellitus with Coccinia

indica. Brit Med J 1980; 280: 1044.

12. Idris Md, Rahman KM, Muttalib MA and Azad Khan AK. The treatment of Fascilopsiasis

with Niclosamide and Dichlorophen. J Trop Med Hyg 1980; 83: 71-74.

13. Azad Khan AK and Truelove SC. Optimum does of sulphasalzine. Gut 1980; 21: 232-40.

14. Azad Khan AK, Howes DT and Truelove SC. Circulating levels of sulphasalzine and their

relationship with clinical efficacy. Gut 1980; 21: 706-10.

15. Islam S and Azad Khan AK. Predicting first professional MBBS examination score from the

results of HSC examination. BMRC Bull 1980; 6: 61-72.

16. Azad Khan AK, Alam MN, Rashid MA, Chowdhury KA. High dose oxymetholone and low

dose prednisolone therapy in a plastic anemia. BMRC Bull 1980; 6: 34-38.

17. Islam B, Azad Khan AK and Nazrul Islam KM. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome report of two

cases. Bang Med J 1980; 9: 81.

18. Campieri M, Azad Khan AK, Peris J and Truelove SC. Ital J Gastroenterol 1980; 2: 279.

19. Alam MN, Rashid MA, Chowdhury KA and Azad Khan AK. High dose oxymetholone and

low dose prednisolone therapy in aplastic anemia. BMRC Bull 1980; 6: 34-38.

20. Islam S, Ahmed K, Ata-i-Rabbi ANM, Maniruzzaman M, Alam MA and Azad Khan AK.

Grey scale ultrasonography in diagnosis of biliary tract disorders, experience in Bangladesh.

Bang Med J 1981; 10: 41.

21. Khan MH, Hussain R, Islam N, Alam MN and Azad Khan AK. The treatment of duodenal

ulcer with sucralphate. Bang Med J 1981; 9: 97-105.

22. Rahman KM, Idris Md and Azad Khan AK. A study on fasciolopsias in Bangladesh. J

Trop Med Hyg 1981; 84: 81-86.

23. Azad Chowdhury AK, Chakder SK, Azad Khan AK. Isolation and characterisation of

chemical constituent of plumbago zeylanica root. J Bang Academy Sc, 1981; 1; 571.

24. Azad Khan AK, Truelove SC and Aronson JK. The disposition and metabolism of

suphasalazine (salicylazosulphapyridine) in man. Brit J Clin Pharmac 1982; 13: 523.

25. Azad Chowdhury AK, Chader SK, Azad Khan AK. Antifertility activity from plumbago

zeylanica. Indian J Med Res 1982; 76: 99-101.

26. Azad Khan AK, Islam S and Huq S. Stool findings in "chronic dysentery" BMRC Bull 1982;

7-11.

27. Mahtab H, Ara S, Banik NG, Chowdhury NA, Azad Khan AK. Metabolic and hormonal

profile of the offspring of conjugal diabetics. BMRC Bull 1982; 8: 7-14.

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28. Aditya SN, Maniruzzaman M, Chowdhury S, Azad Khan AK. Basal and maximal acid in

chronic duodenal ulcer patients needing surgery BMRC Bull 1982; 8: 31-36.

29. Azad Khan AK, Alam MN, Mohsen AQM and Haque KM. Upper Gastrointestinal

Endoscopy - Experience in IPGMR. Bang-Med J 1982; 2: 15-22.

30. Azad Khan AK et al. The effect of Acetylator phenotype on the metabolism of

salicylazosulphapyridine. J Med Genet 1983; 20: 30-36.

31. Azad Khan AK, Guthris G, Jonston HH, Truelove SC and Williamson DH. Tissue and

bacterial splitting of sulphasalzine. Clin Sci 1983; 64: 349-54.

32. Azad Khan AK, et al. The effect of acetylator phenotype on the metabolism of

salicylazosulphapyridine. J Med Genet 1983; 20: 30-36.

33. Purkayastha P, Zaman M and Azad Khan AK. Pancreatic tuberculosis - report of a case. J

BCPS 1983; 1: 21-23.

34. Azad Khan AK and Hasan M. Viral hepatitis. Bang Med J 1984; 15-22.

35. Azad Khan AK. Viral hepatitis: the current epidemic in Bangladesh. Bang Med J 1984; 13:

83-87.

36. Roy PK, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK Correlation of percuteneous transhepatic

cholangiography with operative findings. Bang Med Res Counc Bull 1985; 11: 15-19.

37. Ali SMK, Mahtab H. Ibrahim M, Azad Khan AK. Screening for Diabetes in two textile mils

in Bang J DAB 1985; 16: 14-18.

38. Kabir SA, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. A study on Connubial Offspring’s of diabetic parents.

J DAB 1985; 10: 19.

39. Kabir SA, Azad Khan AK, Ali SMK, Diet in diabetes mellitus with and without pancreatic

calcification. J. DAB: 1985; 16: 28.

40. Azad Khan AK, Hasan M, Roy PK, Aziz S, Huq KM, Ali SMK, Haq SA. Peptic ulcer in

BMRC Bull 1987: 13: 29-42.

41. Akhter S, Mannan A. Azad Khan AK. Preliminary study of the effect of Eugenia Jambolana

Linn in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus. J DAB: 1988; 17: 16-21.

42. Azad Khan AK, Mahtab H, Islam MA. Characteristics of diabetics registered at BIRDEM

1980. J DAB 1990; 18: 26

43. Azad Khan AK, Mahtab H, Islam MA. Characteristics of diabetics registered at BIRDEM

1979. J DAB 1990; 18: 21-32.

44. Haider R, Azad Khan AK, Aziz KMF, Chowdhury Aziz KMA, Chowdhury A, Kabir I.

Evaluation of indigenous plants in the treatment of acute shigellosis. Trop Geogr Med 1991;

43: 266-70.

45. Hasan M, Rahman MT, Azad Khan AK. Endoscopic sclerotherapy in the treatment of

esophageal varices - Bangladesh experience. Gastroenterol Jpn 1991; 26: 318.

46. Raihan AS, Hasan M, Ali SM, Azad Khan AK. Duodenal ulcer dyspepsia in the first-degree

relatives of subjects with duodenal ulcer disease. BMRC Bull 1991; 17: 36-40.

47. Azad Khan AK, Banik NG, Mahtab H. Malnutrition related diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh.

In: Rifkin H, Colwell JA, Taylor SI, (eds). Diabetes 1991: Proceeding of the 14th

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International Diabetes Federation Congress, Washtington DC. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica

1991: 944.

48. Ali L, Azad Khan AK, Mamun MIR, Mosihuzzaman M, Nahar N, Nur-e-Alam M, Rokeya

B. Studies on hypoglycemic effects of fruit pulp, seed, and whole plant of Momordica

charantia on normal and diabetic model rats. Planta Medica 1993; 59: 408-12.

49. Ali SGM, Muhibullah M, Azad Khan AK, Mahtab H, Khan AR. Association of

phenylthiocarbamide taste sensitivity with diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh. Human Heredity

1994; 44: 14-17.

50. Haider R, Azad Khan AK, Roy SK, Dewan N, Alam AN and Mahalanabis. Management of

acute diarrhoea in diabetic patients using oral rehydration solutions containing glucose, rice,

or glycine. Brit Med J. 1994; 308: 624-26.

51. Haq SA, Rahman MT, Hasan M and Azad Khan AK. Sucralfate in the Prevention of

Duodenal Ulcer and Factors Influencing the Relapse Rate. BMRC Bull 1994; 20: 52-59.

52. Mosihuzzaman M, Nahar N, Ali L, Rokeya B, Azad Khan AK, Nur-e-Alam M and Nandi

RP. Hypoglycimic Effects of three plants from Eastern Himalayan belt, Diabetes Research

1994; 26: 127.

53. Zaid MRB, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK. Attapulgite in the Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea: A

Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res. 1995; 13: 44-46.

54. Ali L, Azad Khan AK, Hassan Z, Mosihuzzaman M, Nahar N, Nasreen T, Nur-e-Alam M,

Paeveen M, Rokeya B. Characterization of the hypoglycemic effects of Trigonella foenum

graecum seed extracts on normal and diabetic model rats, Planta Medica. 1995; 61: 358-60.

55. Khanam A, Rashid HU, Rhaman H, Azad Khan AK. Lipid Abnormalities in

Glomerulonephritis. Bang Renal J. 1996; 15:18.

56. Haq SA, Rahman MT, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK, Predictors of Duodenal Ulcer Healing in

Sucralfate Treated Patients. BMRC Bull. 1996; 22: 65-69.

57. Sarker AM, Azad Khan AK, Latif ZA, Pathan MF, Rokeya B and Hannan JMA. Effect of

Physical Activity and Mental Strain on Glycemic Control in NIDDM Subject” J DAB 1996;

24: 39-44.

58. Ali SM K, Ali. L, Hassan Z, Banik NG, Murshed S, Azad Khan AK. Bang Heart J 1996;

11: 60

59. Azad Khan AK, Ali L. Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis and Fibrocalculus Pancreatic Diabetes

in Bangladesh. J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 1997; 48.

60. Sayeed MA, Hussain MZ, Banu A, Rumi MAK., Azad Khan AK. Prevalence of diabetes in

a suburban population of Bangladesh. Diab Res Clin Pract. 1997; 34: 149-55.

61. Sayeed MA, Ali L, Azad Khan AK, Hussain MZ, Rumi MAK, Banu A. Effect of

Socioeconomic Risk Factors on the Difference in Prevalence of Diabetes between Rural and

Urban Populations in Bangladesh. Diabetes Care. 1997; 20: 551-55.

62. Ahmed MM, Rahman M, Rumi AK, Islam SH, Farida, Chowdhury MF, Jinnah F, Morshed

MD.G, Hassan MD Sawkat, Azad Khan AK. ”Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori in

Asymptomatic Population- a Pilot Serological Study in Bangladesh” Journal

Epidemiology. 1997; 7: 251.

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63. Azad Khan AK, Ali L, Mahtab H and Mahtab F. The Ibrahim Model of Diabetes Care as a

Health Care Model for Developing Countries. Assoc Physicians India. 1997; 2: 6.

64. Sayeed MA, Banu A, Malek MA, Azad Khan AK. ”Blood pressure and coronary heart

disease in NIDDM subjects at diagnosis: prevalence and risks in Bangladeshi population”

Diab Res Clin Pract. 1998; 39: 147-55.

65. Rumi AK, Begum K, Hassan MS, Hasan SMM, Azam MG, Hasan KN, Shirin M, Azad

Khan AK. “Detection of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Pregnant Women Attending a

Public Hospital for Delivery: Implication for Vaccination Strategy in Bangladesh.” Am. J.

Trop. Med. Hyg. 1998; 59: 318-22.

66. Rossi L, Whitcomb DC, Ehrlich GD, Gorry MC, Parvin S, Sattar S, Ali L, Azad Khan AK

and Gyr N. Lack of R117H Mutation in the Cationic Trypsinogen Gene in Patients with

Tropical Pancreatitis from Bangladesh. Pancreas 1998; 17: 278-80.

67. Liaque AK, Abu MSA, Ali L, Goshawami A, Hassan Z, Sattar S, Banik NG, Azad Khan

AK. Serum and Urinary Magnesium in Young Diabetic Subjects in Bangladesh. Am. J. Clin.

Nutr. 1999; 69: 70-73.

68. Kibriya MG, Ali L, Banik NG, Azad Khan AK. Home Monitoring of Blood Glucose

(HMBG) in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Developing Country. Diab Res Clin Prac 1999;

46: 253.

69. Ahad MA, Raihan ASMA, Roy PK, Rahman MT, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK. Effect of

eradiction of Helicobacter pylori on symptoms in non-ulcer dyspepsia. Bang Med. J. 1999;

32: 43-45

70. Rokeya B, Nahar N, Ali L, Hassan Z, Nur-e-Alam M, Chowdhury NS, Azad Khan AK.

Mosihuzzaman M: Effects of five medicinal plants on blood glucose levels in nondiabetic

model rats. Diab Res 2000; 34: 219-228.

71. Nahar N, Rokeya B, Ali L, Hassan Z, Nur-e-Alam M, Chowdhury NS, Azad Khan AK.

Mosihuzzaman M: Effects of three medicinal plants on blood glucose levels of nondiabetic

and diabetic model rats. Diab Res 2000; 35: 41-49.

72. Saha SK, Ali L, Hassan Z, Sattar S, Hasan M and Azad Khan AK. Etiopathogenesis of

diabetes in fibrocalculus pancreatic diabetes. Diab End J 2000: 28: 8-13.

73. Sayeed MA, Hassan MS, Hasan KN, Parvez MAK, Khan AYMH, Salimullah M, Khanam

PA, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. Genetic Background of Diabetic and Nondiabetic Sibs in

Young Bangladeshi. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2000; 26: 69.

74. Hasanat MA, Rumi MA, Alam MN, Hasan KN, Salimullah M, Salam MA, Fariduddin M,

Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. Status of Antithyroid Antibodies in Bangladesh. Postgrad Med

J 2000; 76: 345-49.

75. Khan WI, Sultana R, Rahman M, Akhter H, Haq JA, Ali L, Mohsin MA, Azad Khan AK.

Viral hepatitis: recent experiences from serological studies in Bangladesh. Asian Pac J

Allergy Immunol 2000; 18: 99-103.

76. Hassan Z, Mohan V, McDermott MF, Ali L, Ogunkolade WB, Aganna E, Cassell PG, Deepa

R, Azad Khan AK. Hitman GA: Pancreatitis in fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes mellitus is

not associated with common mutations in the trypsinogen gene. Diab Metab Res Rev 2000;

16: 454-457.

77. Saha SK, Ali L, Hassan Z, Sattar S, Hasan M and Azad Khan AK. Etiopathogenesis of

diabetes in fibrocalculus pancreatic diabetes. Diab Endocr J 2000; 28: 8-13.

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78. Ahamad MM, Ahmed S, Raihan ASMA, Roy PK, Hasan M, Rahman MD, Haque S, Azad

Khan AK. Helicobacter Pylori and its Relationship to Peptic Ulcer. Gastro Today 2001; 3:

134.

79. Masud MA, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK. Irritable bowel syndrome in a rural community in

Bangladesh: prevalence, symptoms, pattern, and health care seeking behaviour. Am J

Gastroenterol. 2001; 96: 1547-52.

80. Pius Hildebrand, Pradip Bardhan, Rossi L, Parvin S, Rahman A, Arefin MS, Hasan M,

Ahmad MM, Glatz-Krieger K, Terracciano L, Bauerfeind P, Beglinger C, Gyr N and Azad

Khan AK. Recrudescence and Reinfection with Helicobacter Pylori after Eradication

Therapy in Bangladesh Adults. Gastroenterology 2001; 121: 792-98.

81. Rahman MH, Hassan Z, Chowdhury NS, Hasan M, Azad Khan AK, Ali L. Endocrine

dysfunction and pancreatic ductal damage in tropical calcific pancreatitis and early

fibrocalculus pancreatic diabetes. Diab Res 2001; 35: 61.

82. Mamun MIR, Rokeya B, Chowdhury NS, Muniruzz aman M, Nahar N, Ahmed MU,

Mosihuzzaman M, Ali L, Azad Khan AK and Khan SH. Anti-hyperglycemic effect of

Pterospermum acerifolium Willd. And Pterospermum semisagittatum Ham. Diab Res 2001;

35: 163

83. Rossi L, Pfutzer RH, Parvin S, Sattar S, Ali L, Azad Khan AK, Gyr K and Whitcomb DC.

SPINK1/PSTI Mutations are Associated with Tropical Pancreatitis in Bangladesh.

Pancreatology 2001; 1: 242-45.

84. Siddiqui MNI, Mia MAR, Azad Khan AK and Ali L: Study of HbA1c in newly diagnosed

under 30 diabetic subjects. Mym Med J 2001; 10: 89-92.

85. Ali MS, Ali L, Hasan Z, Sattar S, Hasan M and Azad Khan AK. Exocrine and endocrine

pancreatic functions in tropical calcific pancreatitis and fibrocalculus pancreatic diabetes.

Mym Med J 2001; 10: 23.

86. Siddiqui MNI, Azad Khan AK and Ali L. Study of Microalbuminuria in newly diagnosed

under 30 diabetic subjects. Mym Med J 2001; 10: 40-44.

87. Schneider A, Suman A, Rossi L, Barmada MM, Beglinger C, Parvin S, Sattar S, Ali L, Azad

Khan AK, Gyr N and Whitcomb DC. SPINK1/PSTI Mutations are Associated with Tropical

Pancreatitis and Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladesh. Gastroenterology 2002; 123:

1026-30.

88. Hassan Z, Mohan V, Ali L, Allotey R, Barakat K, Faruque O, Deepa R, McDermott MF,

Jackson AE, Cassell P, Curtis David, Gelding SV, Shanti V, Gyr N, Whitcomb DC, Azad

Khan AK, Hitman GA. SPINK1 is a susceptibility gene for fibrocalculous pancreatic

diabetes in subjects from the Southern Indian subcontinent. Am J Hum Genet 2002; 71:

964-68

89. Chowdhury ZA, McDermott MF, Davey S, Hassan Z, Sinnott PJ, Hemmatpour SK, Sherwin

S, Ali L, Aganna E, Allotey RA, North BV, Cassell PG, Azad Khan AK, Hitman GA.

Genetic susceptibility of fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes in Bangladeshi subjects: a family

study. Genes Immun 2002; 3: 5-8.

90. Sayeed MA, Banu A, Haq JA, Khanam , PA, Mahtab H and AK Azad Khan. Prevalence of

Hypertension in Bangladesh: Effect of Socioeconomic Risk Factor on Difference between

Rural and Urban Community. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2002; 28: 7-18.

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91. Chakrabarti S, Biswas TK, Rokeya B, Ali L, Mosihuzzaman M, Nahar N, Azad Khan AK

and Mukherjee BP. Advanced studies on the hypoglycemic effect of Caesalpinia bonducella

F. in type I and II diabetes in Long Evans rats. J Ethnopharmacology 2003; 84: 4146.

92. Hannan JM, Rokeya B, Faruque O, Nahar N, Mosihuzzaman M, Azad Khan AK, Ali L.

Effect of soluble dietary fibre fraction of Trigonella foenum graecum on glycemic,

insulinemic, lipidemic and platelet aggregation status of Type 2 diabetic model rats. J

Ethnopharmacol 2003; 88: 73-77.

93. Sayeed MA, Mahtab H, Khanam PA, Latif ZA, Ali SMK, Banu A, Ahren B, Azad Khan

AK. Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glycemia in a Rural Population of Bangladesh. Diabetes

Care 2003; 26: 1034-39

94. Sayeed MA, Mahtab H, Latif ZA, Khanam PA, Ahsan KA, Banu A, Azad Khan AK. Waist-

to-height Ratio is a Better Obesity Index than Body Mass Index and Waist-to-hip Ratio for

Predicting Diabetes, Hypertension and Lipidemia. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2003;

29: 1-10

95. Sayeed MA, Azad Khan AK, Mahtab H, Ahsan KA, Banu A, Akhter P Ahren BO. Leptin is

reduced in lean subjects with type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. Diabetes Care 2003; 26: 547

96. Sayee MA, Mahtab H, Khanam PA, Keramat Ali SM, Chowdhury RI, Vaaler S, Hussain A,

Azad Khan AK. Fasting cut-offs in determining the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate

glucose abnormality in non-obese population. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2004; 30:

105-14

97. Aziz MM, Khan AY, Hasan KN, Azad Khan AK, Hassan MS. Comparison between IS6110

and MPB64 primers for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bangladesh by

polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2004; 30: 87-94.

98. Zaid RB, Nargis M, Neelotpol S, Hannan JM, Islam S, Akhter R, Ali L, Azad Khan AK.

Acetylation phenotype status in a Bangladeshi population and its comparison with that of

other Asian population data. Biopharm Drug Dispos. 2004; 25: 237-41.

99. Rossi L, Parvin S, Hassan Z, Hildebrand P, Keller U, Ali L, Beglinger C, Azad Khan AK,

Whitcomb DC, Gyr N. Diabetes mellitus in Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis Is Not Just a

Secondary Type of Diabetes. Pancreatology 2004; 4: 461-67.

100. Hasanat MA, Rumi MAK, Alam MN, Ahmed S, Hasan KN, Khan AYMH, Salimullah

M, Mahtab H, Azad Khna AK. Urinary Iodine Status and Thyroid Dysfunction: a

Bangladesh perspective. Bangladesh Res Counc Bull 2004; 30: 16-24.

101. Sayeed MA, Mahtab H, Khanam AP, Ahsan AK, Banu A, Rashid AN, Azad Khan AK.

Diabetes and impaired fasting glycemia in the tribes of Khagrachari hill tracts of

Bangladesh. Diabetes Care 2004; 27: 1054-59.

102. Sutradhar SR, Ali L, Azad Khan AK, Siddiqui NI, Sarker CB, Rahman S, Huq

MH,Debnath CR. Ketosis resistance in under thirty diabetic subjects. Mymensingh Med

J 2004; 13: 134-37

103. Sayeed MA, Mahtab H, Khanam PA, Begum R, Banu A, Azad Khan AK. Diabetes and

hypertension in pregnancy in a rural community of Bangladesh: a population-based

study. Diabet Med 2005; 22: 1267-71.

104. Hussain A, Rahim MA, Azad Khan AK, Ali SM, Vaaler S. Type 2 diabetes in rural and

urban population: diverse prevalence and associated risk factors in Bangladesh. Diabet

Med 2005; 22: 931-36.

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105. Azad Khan AK, Nahar N, Mosihuzzaman M, Mukherjee B. Antidiabetic activity of

Caesalpinia bonducella F. in chronic type 2 diabetic model in Long-Evans rats and

evaluation of insulin secretagogue property of its fractions on isolated islets.

J Ethnopharmacol 2005; 97: 117-22.

106. Ahmad MM, Ahmed DS, Rowshon AHM, Dhar SC, Rahman M, Azad Khan AK, et al.

Long-term pre-infection rate after helicobacter pylori eradication in Bangladeshi adults.

14th UEGW Poster Presentation. October 23, 2006.

107. Ahmad MM, Ahmed DS, Rowshon AH, Dhar SC, Rahman M, Hasan M, Beglinger C,

Gyr N, Khan AK. Long-term re-infection rate after Helicobacter pylori eradication in

Bangladeshi adults. Digestion 2007; 75: 173-76.

108. MZ Ali, SMK Ali, AK Azad Khan. Modification of renal and cardiovascular risk factors

in Type-2 diabetes mellitus patients. Chest & Heart J 2007; 31: 80-90.

109. Sayeed MA, Mahtab H, Khanam PA, Latif ZA, Banu A, Azad Khan AK. Prevalence of

diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in urban population of Bangladesh. Bangladesh

Med Res Coun Bull 2007; 33(1): 1-12.

110. Rahim MA, Hussain A, Azad Khan AK, Sayeed MA, Keramat Ali SM, Vaaler S.

Rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes in rural Bangladesh: a population based study.

Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2007; 77: 300-305.

111. Zaid RB, Nargis M, Neelotpol S, Sayeed MA, Banu A, Azad Khan AK et al. Importance

of acetylator phenotype in the identity of Asian populations. Hum Biol 2007; 79: 363-68.

112. Sayeed, Akhtar B, Khanam PK, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. Risk of obesity for

hypertension differs between diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. Ibrahim Med Coll J

2007; 1: 1-6.

113. Khanam PA, Mahtab H, Ahmed AU, Sayeed MA, Azad Khan AK. In Bangladesh

Diabetes starts earlier now than 10 years back: a BIRDEM study. Ibrahim Med Coll J

2008; 2: 1-3.

114. Rahim MA, Khan AK, Ali SM, Nahar Q, Shaheen A, Hussain. Glucose tolerance in a

rural population of Bangladesh. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 2008; 28: 45-50.

115. Jahan IA, Nahar N, Mosihuzzaman M, Rokeya B, Ali L, Azad Khan AK, et al.

Hypoglycaemic and antioxidant activities of Ficus racemosa Linn fruits. Nat Prod Res

2009; 23: 399-408.

116. Rahim MA, Azad Khan AK, Nahar Q, Ali SM, Hussain A. Impaired fasting glucose and

impaired glucose tolerance in rural population of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Med Res

Counc Bull 2010; 36: 47-51.

117. Asghar S. Azad Khan AK, Ali SM, Sayeed MA, Bhowmik B, Diep ML, et al. Incidence

of diabetes in Asian-Indian subjects: a five year follow-up study from Bangladesh. Prim

Care Diabetes 2011; 5: 117-24.

118. Bhowmik B, Binte Munir S, Ara Hossain I, Siddiquee T, Diep LM, Mahmood S,

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Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK, Hussain A. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired

glucose regulation with associated cardiometabolic risk factors and depression in

an urbanizing rural community in Bangladesh: a population-based cross-sectional

study. Diabetes Metab J. 2012 ; 36:422-32.

119. Bishwajit Bhowmik, Faria Afsana, Lien My Diep, Sanjida Binte Munir, Erica

Wright, Sharif Mahmood, A. K. Azad Khan, Akhtar Hussain. Increasing

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in a Rural Bangladeshi Population: A Population

Based Study for 10 Years. Diabetes Metab J 2013; 37: 46-53.

120. B. Bhowmik, L. M. Diep, S. B. Munir, M. Rahman, E. Wright, S. Mahmood, F.

Afsana, T. Ahmed, A. K. A. Khan and A. Hussain. HbA1c as a diagnostic tool for

diabetes and pre-diabetes: the Bangladesh experience. Diabet. Med. 2013; 30: e70–

e77. DOI: 10.1111/dme.12088.

121. Bishwajit Bhowmik, Sanjida B Munir, Lien M Diep, Tasnima Siddiquee, Samira

H Habib, Mohammad A Samad, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, Akhtar Hussain.

Anthropometric indicators of obesity for identifying cardiometabolic risk factors

in a rural Bangladeshi population. J Diabetes Invest 2013; 4 :361-368.

122. Bishwajit Bhowmik, Sanjida B. Munir, Kazi R. Ahmed, Tasnima Siddiquee, Lien M.

Diep, Erica Wright, Zahid Hassan, Purobi R. Debnath,Hajera Mahtab, A K Azad Khan,

Akhtar Hussain. Anthropometric indices of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Bangladeshi

population: Chandra Rural Diabetes Study (CRDS). Obesity Research and Clinical

Practice.

123. Bishwajit Bhowmik, Faria Afsana, Tasnima Siddiquee, Sanjida B Munir, Fareeha

Sheikh, Erica Wright, Farjana Rahman Bhuiyan, SM Ashrafuzzaman, Hajera Mahtab,

AK Azad Khan, Akhtar Hussain. Comparison of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome

and its association with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the rural population of

Bangladesh using modified NCEP ATP III and IDF definitions. J Diabetes Invest 2014.

doi: 10.1111/jdi.12268.

124. Natasha Khurshid, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Akhtar Hussain, A.K. Azad Khan. Temporal

changes in the prevalence of depression in subjects with and without diabetes in a rural

area of Bangladesh. Journal of Diabetology 2014; 1:2.

125. A.K. Azad Khan, H. Mahtab, T. Ahmed, S.M. Ashrafuzzaman, B. Bhowmik, T. Ahmed,

F. Afsana, M. M. Ilondo, D.E. Stevens. Increasing Diabetes Healthcare Capacity in

Bangladesh through a Distance Learning Project. Journal of Diabetology 2015; 1:1.

126. Bhowmik B, Afsana F, Siddiquee T, Munir SB, Sheikh F, Wright E, Bhuiyan FR,

Ashrafuzzaman SM, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK, Hussain A. Comparison of the

prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with diabetes and cardiovascular

disease in the rural population of Bangladesh using the modified National Cholesterol

Education Program Expert Panel Adult Treatment Panel III and International Diabetes

Federation definitions. J Diabetes Investig. 2015; 6(3): 280–288. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12268.

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127. Natasha K, Hussain A, Azad Khan AK, Bhowmik B. Prevalence of Depression and

Glucose Abnormality in an Urbanizing Rural Population of Bangladesh. Diabetes Metab

J. 2015; 39(3):218-29. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2015.39.3.218.

128. Bhowmik B, Afsana F, Ahmed T, Akhter S, Choudhury HA, Rahman A, Ahmed T,

Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. Obesity and associated type 2 diabetes and hypertension in

factory workers of Bangladesh. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 19;8:460

129. Siddiquee T, Bhowmik B, Karmaker RK, Chowdhury A, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK,

Hussain A. Association of general and central obesity with diabetes and prediabetes in

rural Bangladeshi population. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2015 Oct-Dec;9(4):247-51

130. Kalra S, Aamir AH, Raza A, Das AK, Azad Khan AK, Shrestha D, Qureshi MF, Md

Fariduddin, Pathan MF, Jawad F, Bhattarai J, Tandon N, Somasundaram N, Katulanda P,

Sahay R, Dhungel S, Bajaj S, Chowdhury S, Ghosh S, Madhu SV, Ahmed T,

Bulughapitiya U. Place of sulfonylureas in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in

South Asia: A consensus statement. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Sep-Oct;19(5):577-

96.

131. Pathan F, Latif ZA, Sahay RK, Zargar AH, Raza SA, Khan AK, Siddiqui NI, Amin F,

Ishtiaq O, Shrestha D, Somasundaram N, Kalra S. Update to South Asian consensus

guideline: Use of newer insulins in diabetes during Ramadan Revised Guidelines on the

use of insulin in Ramadan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2016 Jun;66(6):777-8.

132. Bhowmik B, Akhter A, Ali L, Ahmed T, Pathan F, Mahtab H, Khan AK, Hussain A.

Simple risk score to detect rural Asian Indian (Bangladeshi) adults at high risk for type 2

diabetes. J Diabetes Investig. 2015 Nov;6(6):670-7.

133. Siddiquee T, Bhowmik B, Da Vale Moreira NC, Mujumder A, Mahtab H, Khan AK,

Hussain A. Prevalence of obesity in a rural Asian Indian (Bangladeshi) population and its

determinants. BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 4; 15:860.

134. Kalra S, Azad Khan AK, Raza SA, Somasundaram N, Shrestha D, Latif ZA, Bajaj S,

Pathan MF, Sahay R, Mahtab H. Biosimilar insulins: Informed choice for South Asia.

Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jan-Feb;20(1):5-8.

135. B. Bhowmik, F. Afsana, T. Ahmed, S. Akhter, H.A. Choudhury, T. Ahmed, H. Mahtab,

A.K.A Khan. Rising prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes among Bangladeshi factory

workers. Journal of Diabetology, February 2016; 1:3.

136. Bishwajit Bhowmik and A K Azad Khan. DIABETES CARE IN A LOWER MIDDLE

INCOME COUNTRY. Diabetes Voice 2016; 62:3.

137. B. Bhowmik, T. Siddiquee, A. Mujumder, M.M.R. Rajib, C.K. Das, M.I. Khan, A.K.A.

Khan, A. Hussain. Identifying Insulin Resistance by Fasting Blood Samples in

Bangladeshi population with Normal Blood Glucose. Journal of Diabetology, October

2016; 3:4.

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1983.

Digestive System In: "Medical diagnosis and treatment". Ed. by N. Islam. 3rd edn.

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1987.

Mild Analgesies Ed by AK Azad Khan & J Reinhart. Bangladesh Association for

the Advancement of Medical Sciences, Dhaka, 1979. Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis in Bangladesh. In Gastroenterology Update. Ed. by C.

Goonaratna & J.J de Silva. Gastroenterological and Digestive Endoscopy Society Sri

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Hassan Z, Ali L and AK Azad Khan. Tropical calcific pancreatitis and

fibrocalculus pancreatic diabetes in Bangladesh. In: Balakrishnan V,

Harishkumar, Sushindran S, Unnikrishnan AG. Eds. Chronic Pancreatitis and

Pancreatic Diabetes in India. Indian Pancreatitis Study Group; Kerala, India.

2006, p191-196

Rokeya Begum, Mosihuzzaman M, Azad Khan AK, Nilufar Nahar and Ali

Liaquat. Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of

Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications. In: Mark B. Zimering, Editor. Recent

Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its

Complications. Croatia : InTech ; 2011. P. 442

Akhtar Hussain, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Fareeha Shaikh, Nayla Cristina do Vale Moreira, AKA

Khan. Epidemiological Trends, Risk Factors and Prevention of Diabetes: Special Focus on

South Asians and Migrants. Global Health Perspectives in Prediabetes and Diabetes

Prevention 2014; pp. 181-216. doi: 10.1142/9789814603324_0009

BOOKS (IN BENGALI)

1. “Roger Nam Diabetes” by Azad Khan AK and Ali L. Published by Bishwa Shahitya

Kendra (World Literature Centre), Dhaka, 2nd edition, 1987

2. “Apnar Shasthya Paricharja o Unnoti” by Dr. Azad Khan AK and Dr. Keramat S.M

Ali. Published by Diabetic Association of Bangladesh.

3. “Peptic Ulcer-er Katha” by Azad Khan AK, Hassan M and Ali L. Published by

Kishwar Azad, Dhaka, 1988.

4. “Jaundice” by Dr. Keramat SM Ali, Mahmud Hassan and Prof. AK Azad Khan.

Published by Abul Kalam Azad Khan, Dhaka, January 2002.

5. “Hajjer Bidhan O Hajj-Saforer Shasthabidhi” by Mowlana Giashuddin Ahmed

& Professor AK Azad Khan, Published by Diabetic Association of Bangladesh,

September 2012

6. “Diabeteser Chikitshay Gach-Gachrar Byabohar” by Prof Begum Rokeya, Prof

M Mosihuzzaman, Prof Nilufar Nahar, Prof Liaquat Ali & Prof AK Azad Khan,

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Published by Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants (ANRAP),

November 2012.

7. “Shasthasheba O Noyitikota” by Prof. A K Azad Khan & Farid Kabir,

Published by ABISHKAR, January 2013

Reference:

MH Khan

Treasurer

Diabetic Association of

Bangladesh

House: 8/18 Tajmohal Road,

Block C, Mohammadpur,

Dhaka

Phone: 9122007

Prof. Wahiduddin Ahmad

Ombudsman

Diabetic Association of

Bangladesh

Phone: 9615349

Cell:01711566813

Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhry

vice chancellor

University of Asia Pacific

(UAP)

former Adviser to Caretaker

Government of Bangladesh

68,Elephant Road, Dhaka

Cell:01711563499

jamilur.choudhury@gmail.com