Department

Professor and Head of the Department   :    Dr. Wasim Md. Mohosin Ul Haque MBBS, FCPS (Medicine)

Associate Professor    :   Dr. Muhammad Abdur Rahim MBBS, FCPS (Medicine); Dr.Mehruba Alam  Ananna MBBS, FCPS (Medicine)         

Associate Professor     :    Dr. Tufayel Ahmed Chowdhury MBBS, MCPS (Medicine), FCPS (Medicine), MRCP (UK)

Assistant Registrar      :    Dr. Ishrat Jahan, MBBS

Medical Officers           :    Dr.ASM Manjur Morshed Bhuiyan,SMO

RMO                            :    Dr. Farzana Khanom; Dr. Talha Sami ul Haque; Dr. Azlan Monir; Dr. Faria Zebin Muna

                                                 

A.Services provided

Outdoor Services: Nephrology OPD is a specialized department run every day from 7:30 am to 2:00 pm, attended by two trained medical officers and two consultants. A total of 9500 patients attended of whom 3,316 were given specialist consultation in last year. Nephrology OPD also provides consultancy services on emergency basis on the same day referred by other departments, as well as other hospitals. Patients can have specialist’s consultation any day without prior appointment.

Indoor Services: This department runs one of the largest indoor services at BIRDEM. It provides services to 90 to 120 admitted patients every day. Haemodialysis, CAPD, IPD & renal transplantation is done on regular basis. A total of 20 renal biopsies, 3 CAPD, 10 A-V fistula and 4 permanent catheter for haemodialysis were performed in last year. This department also provides consultancy services to other departments in the hospital on request. 

Social Services: Voluntary expert services to patients in all affiliated branches of BADAS all over the country.

 

B) Academic activities: The department has its own regular clinical meeting every morning in its own classroom. We also participate in BIRDEM CME programs on Tuesday and Thursday by rotation and also attends the grand round of ‘Internal Medicine’ every Monday. Weekly journal meeting held on every Saturday morning and lecture given by students placed under our department on every Sunday. A death review meeting held in our classroom on every Wednesday. A grand round of our department also held on Wednesday. Faculty members of this department provides regular schedule lectures and takes clinical classes  both in morning and evening as per schedule to postgraduate students of BIRDEM Academy, clinical students of Ibrahim Medical College as well as to the doctors of other departments placed by rotation under this department.

 

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis (Unit-II)

 

 Professor and unit head    :    Dr. Wasim Md. Mohosin Ul Haque MBBS, FCPS (Medicine)

Associate Professor                           :    Dr. Tabassum Samad, MBBS, FCPS (Medicine)

Registrar                                             :    Dr. Shudhanshu Kumar Saha MBBS, MD (Nephrology)

Assistant Registrar                             :    Dr. Mashud Alam

RMO                                                   :    Dr. Rizwana Anjum; Dr. Nilima Roy; Dr. Imranuddin Ahmad; Dr. Md. Ashraful Islam

 

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis (Unit-III)

 

Associate Professor & unit head        :    Dr. Md. Anisur Rahman, MBBS, MD (Nephro)

Associate Professor                           :    Dr. Md. Mostarshid Billah, MBBS, FCPS (Med)      

Assistant Professor                            :    Dr. Abdul Latif, MBBS, MD (Nephro)

Assistant Registrar                             :    Dr. Fatema Khanam

RMO                                                   :    Dr. Mehedi Hasan Mithun; Dr. Sampa Rani Mondal; Dr. RahatAra Akhter Ruhee; Dr. Nabila Reza 

Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Unit

Associate Professor              :    Dr. Mohammad Mehfuz-E-Khoda                                                           

Assistant Professor              :    Dr. Rafi Nazrul Islam                                                          

Kidney Transplant Coordinator         

DCMO & Transplant Co-ordinator   :    Dr. Md. Golzar Hossain

DCMO                                                :    Dr. Md. Hedayetul Islam, Dr. Ahmed Sharif, Dr. Hasan-Ul-Kabir,                                                                                   

Assitant Registrar & MO                :    Dr. Shayekh Ahmed             

                                                                       

1. Activities

 

1. Dialysis:

Patient received Indoor service	Enrolled for haemodialysis	Sessions of dialysis/ month (approx.)	Total sessions of dialysis/ year	patients on regular MHD
375	450	920-950	11036	100-110

 

1. Procedure:

Temporary haemodialysis catheter insertion	Temporary catheter removed	Arterio-venous fistula construction	CAPD catheter insertion	Permanent HD Catheter insertion
685	256	19	0	1

 

1. Kidney Transplant
   1. Living related donor Kidney Transplantation done 147 (From November 2004 to June 2022).
   2. Living related donor Kidney transplantation from July 2021 to June 2022: 06
2. Other activities:
   1. Acute haemodialysis:  SLED
   2. Observed World Kidney Day – 2022

 

B. Instruments: Haemodialysis Machine 22; Cardiac Monitor 03; Ventilator 02; Pulse Oxymeter 03.CVC instrument: 9 sets, Diathermy: 1, A-V fistula construction instrument: 2 sets, CAPD Catheter insertion instrument: 2 sets.

 

Publications :

1. Aziz MA, Rahman S, Hasan MM, Chowdhury ATMM, Chowdhury MAF, Rahim MA. Surgical Intervention for Emphysematous Pyelonephritis – Our Experience. Bangladesh J. Urol. 2021; 24(2): 181-187
2. Rahim, M. A. ., Nazneen, R. ., Saiful, T. ., Afroza, S. ., & Begum, R. A. . (2022). Looking Back: Remarkable Articles Published in the Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, 40(40), 62–73.
3. Zaman, S. ., Rahim, M. A. ., & Habib, S. H. . (2022). Risk factors for diabetic nephropathy among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients with normal blood pressure. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 12(2), 152–157.
4. Mahin, T. ., Haque, A. ., Samad, T. ., Rahim, M. A. ., & Ul Haque, W. M. M. . (2022). A case report of a successfully treated patient of granulomatosis with polyangitis and diabetes mellitus. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 12(2), 161–164.
5. M D Hossain  1 , M A Rahim  2 , N Islam  3 , F Afroze  1 , M A Habib  4 , S S Efa  4 , M D Hossain  4 , M N Islam  4 , P Sheth  4 , M Waris-Ul-Islam. TB prevalence among patients with diabetes in Bangladesh. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Feb 1;26(2):119-125. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0412.
6. Sukanta Chowdhury,1,* Lovely Barai,2 Samira Rahat Afroze,2 Probir Kumar Ghosh,1 Farhana Afroz,2 Habibur Rahman,1 Sumon Ghosh,1 Muhammad Belal Hossain,3 Mohammed Ziaur Rahman,1 Pritimoy Das,4 and Muhammad Abdur Rahim2. The Epidemiology of Melioidosis and Its Association with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pathogens. 2022 Feb; 11(2): 149. Published online 2022 Jan 25. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11020149. PMCID: PMC8878808
7. Chowdhury, T. A. ., Haque, T. S. U., Barai, L. ., Rahim, M. A. ., Ananna, M. A. ., Jahan, I. ., & Iqbal, S. . (2021). Growth of Aspergillus and Mucor spp. in sputum culture of a post-COVID patient: fungal infection or colonization? A clinical challenge in COVID-era. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 11(3), 218–222.
8. Haque, T. S. U., Alam, R. F. ., Rahim, M. A. ., & Mohammad Musa, A. K. . (2021). Sub-acute and chronic musculoskeletal manifestations in chikungunya fever: experience in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 11(3), 166–171.
9. Afroz, F., Barai, L., Rahim, M. A., Kanta, S. S., & Hossain, M. D. (2021). Post-COVID Pulmonary Mucormycosis: first case report from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medicine, 32(2), 156–160.

Presentation at ERA-EDTA 2022

1. MO623: Rahim MA, Habib SH, Haque WMM, Afsana F, Zaman S, Iqbal S. Risk Factors of Diabetic Nephropathy Among Newly Detected Type 2 Diabetic Subjects: Preliminary Report from A Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 37, Issue Supplement_3, May 2022, gfac076.016, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfac076.016 Published: 03 May 2022
2. MO098: Rahim MA, Samad T, Haque WMM. Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in Bangladesh over a Decade, 2012–2021. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 37, Issue Supplement_3, May 2022, gfac066.001, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfac066.001 Published: 03 May 2022

Publication of dialysis unit

1. Mohammad Mehfuz-E-Khoda, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Ishrat Jahan Shimu, Rafi Nazrul Islam, Md. Golzar Hossain, Md. Abul Mansur “Immediate outcome and one-year graft survival rate after live related kidney transplantation: Experience in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh” Bangladesh J Medicine 2021; 32 : 39-42
2. Khoda MME, Rahim MA, Shimu IJ, Hossain MG, Dev M, Mansur MA “COVID-19 among patients with end-stage kidney disease on maintenance haemodialysis: single hameodialysis center experience from Bangladesh” BIRDEM Med J 2021; COVID Issue: 41-45
3. Kaiser, A. M. , Islam, R. N., Mozaffor, M., Feroz, S. , & Rahman, M. M. (2021). Correlation of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness with Age, Body Mass Index and Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. Medicine Today, 33(2), 147–151. doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v33i2.56062
4. Islam, M. R., Rahman, T., Islam, R. N., Khan, M. S. H., Islam, M., & Habib, R. (2020). Knowledge of stroke risk factors among the patients with previous stroke or transient ischemic attack in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 11(1), 22–29. doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v11i1.51026
5. Khan, S. B., Islam, R. N., Mizan, M. S. B., Rahman, A. S., Hossain, S. M. Z., Mullah, S., Md Ershad, S., Rahman, T., Rahman, M. M., Feroz, S., & Mohammad Kaiser, A. (2021). Serum complement levels as prognostic marker for monitoring treatment response in lupus nephritis. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 11(2), 97–102. doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v11i2.53129

E. Presentations

1. Mohammad Mehfuz E Khoda, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Ishrat Jahan Shimu, Md. Golzar Hossain, Md. Abul Mansur “SARS-COV-2 infection among patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: Single haemodialysis center experience from Bangladesh” MO842 ERA-EDTA Congress 2021, Berlin, Germany, Nephrology Dialysis transplantation, Volume 36, Issue Supplement_1, May 2021, doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab098.0034
2. Khoda MME, Rahim MA, Shimu IJ, Hossain MG, Dev M, Mansur MA “The burden of COVID-19 among patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: single centre experience from Bangladesh” Asian ACPCON 2021
3. Mohammad Mehfuz-E-Khoda, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Ishrat Jahan Shimu, Md. Golzar Hossain, Ahmed Sharif, Md. Abul Mansur “Variations in urine output and serum creatinine levels immediately after kidney transplantation and during post-operative hospital stay period: Experience in tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh” SUN- 339, ISN WCN 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
4. Mohammad Mehfuz-E-Khoda, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Ishrat Jahan Shimu, Md. Golzar Hossain, Ahmed Sharif, Md. Abul Mansur “Time-dependent variations in urine output and serum creatinine levels during post-kidney transplantation hospital stay period” CAST 2019, Delhi, India

Ongoing Clinical Researches:

1. Risk facors for diabetic nephropahy among newly detected type 2 diabetic subjects
2. Effects of ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin receptor blocker on proteinuria and renal function in patients with type2 diabetes with overt nephropathy.
3. Comparison of quality of life of patients on ESRD on haemodialysis and CAPD.
4. Lipid abnormalities in CAPD patients.
5. Knowledge and attitude of health care workers towards kidney transplantation in a tertiary care hospital.
6. Knowledge and attitude of first degree relative of patients with end stage renal disease towards kidney transplantation: A study in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka city.
7. Evaluating Therapeutic Outcome in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects.

Research Projects of dialysis unit

1. Levels of serum creatinine levels in admitted patient with symptoms
2. Respond against COVID-19 vaccine in ESRD and Kidney Transplant recipient patient after second dose- experience in tertiary care hospital
3. Barriers of initiation of dialysis in end-stage kidney disease patient
4. Care giver’s burn out of attendants of Bangladeshi ESRD patients. 
5. Symptoms associated with levels of serum creatinine presented in a tertiary care hospital.
6. Duration and pattern of mortality in end-stage kidney disease patient who are on maintenance haemodialysis
7. Incidence of infection, sensitivity pattern, complication and outcome in CKD patients of Bangladesh: An experience of tertiary care hospital.
8. Incidence of infection in haemodialysis central venous catheter in BIRDEM General Hospital.
9. Renal involvement and its pattern during diagnosis of rheumatological diseases in different age group.
10. Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in first degree relatives of CKD or ESRD patients.
11. Psychosocial factors associated with delay on set of dialysis in tertiary care hospital.

Scientific Conferences/Seminars/Workshop: All faculty members attend several national & international seminar, conference, workshop and virtual webinar

Class: (Online & physical): All faculty members attend classes of undergraduate & post graduate students

Examination: Regular Participation in FCPS & MD examination & participation in examination related activities