Department

Consultant                      :        Prof. Dr. Md. Delwar Hossain, MBBS, MD (chest)

Assistant Professor        :        Dr. Farhana Afroz, MBBS, FCPS (medicine)

Registrar                         :        Dr Tanveer Kamal, MD (chest)

Assistant Registrar (AR) :        Dr Bablur Rahman (RMO in charge of AR)

Medical officers               :        Three in number

Temporary placement of MD Resident students

Services Provided by Respiratory Medicine

• Patient care – Indoor, 24 hours a day
• OPD – Four times weekly(Pulmonology OPD and Asthma COPD clinic - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday)
• Procedures- Fiber-optic bronchoscopy,pleural fluid aspiration, spirometry 
• Sleep study with the logistic support from ICHRI
• Daily referrals- Every day around 10 referrals are given to pulmonologist from different departments or units in BIRDEM, BIRDEM-2 and ICHRI

Number of admitted patients in the financial year 2022-2023 : approximately 2380

Social Services: Voluntary expertise services are given to the patients in the affiliated branches of Bangladesh Diabetic Association all over the country.

Professional membership obtained:

Prof. Dr. Md. Delwar Hossain

1. 1. Life member – Asthma association Bangladesh
   2. Life member - APSR
   3. Life member – Lung foundation
   4. Life member – Society of heart and chest disease
   5. Life member – Bangladesh Society of Medicine (BSM)
   6. Life member – Association of Physicians of Bangladesh (APB)

Dr. Farhana Afroz

1. Life member – Bangladesh Society of Medicine (BSM)
2. Life member – Association of Physicians of Bangladesh (APB)
3. Life member – Bangladesh Society of Medicine (BSM)
4. Life member – Association of Physicians of Bangladesh (APB)
5. Member – American College of Physicians
6. Member- CPD committee, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons

International collaboration:

USAID:BADAS-USAID TB care/ challenge TB project which is dealing with TB-DM co-morbid patients has been successfully run by the pulmonologists of BIRDEM.

Academic activities

1. Journal Club

2.  Death review 

3. Case presentation

4. CME 

5. Grand round every Monday

6. Central case presentation every Thursday

7. Word round and bed side clinical teaching everyday

8. Lectures- for undergraduate students of Ibrahim Medical College for post graduate students, trainees, and medical officers

9.  Ward class- for undergraduate students of Ibrahim Medical College and post graduate students, trainees

10.Teaching students of Certificate Course on Diabetology

Seminars, workshops and conferences in the financial year 2022-2023

Ongoing Research:

• Clinical and Immunologic Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination among Healthcare Workers of 

Selected Hospitals of Dhaka City

• Treatment outcome of Diabetic and Non-diabetic pulmonary TB patients
• Usefulness of Gene X-pert MTB/RIF in the Diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Etiology of pleural effusion in patients with chronic kidney disease

Publications

• Md Delwar Hossain, Farhana Afroz, Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Md Kamrul Amin, Sharif Mohammad RuhulQuddus, Shafiqul Islam. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding Tuberculosis among Diabetic Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital. BIRDEM Med J,May 2017; 7(2):127-131
• Farhana Afroz, Md Delwar Hossain, Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Wasim Md Mohosinul Haque Rifampicin Induced Acute Interstitial Nephritis And Exfoliative Dermatitis Complicating Pulmonary Tuberculosis-A case report. BIRDEM Med J,May 2017; 7(2):168-171
• Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Delwar Hossain, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Farhana Afroz, AKM Musa Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Diabetic Patients: Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh. BIRDEM Med J,May 2017; 7(2):101-105
• HasnaFahmima Haque, Farhana Afroz, Samira RahatAfroze, Palash Mitra, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, AKM Shaheen Ahmed, AKM MusaFrequency and Risk Factors of Diabetic Complications among Selected Group of Diabetic Patients: Real-life Scenario from a Developing Country, Bangladesh-BIRDEM Med J,May 2017; 7(2):143-147

• Samira RahatAfroze, HasnaFahmima Haque, Farhana Afroz, Lovely Barai, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Md Tariful Haque, Jamal Uddin Ahmed, AKM Shaheen Ahmed, Md Delwar Hossain, Md Raziur Rahman, AKM Musa, Khwja Nazim Uddin. Socio-demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Melioidosis: Four-Year Experienceof Managing Consecutive 11 Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh. BIRDEM Med J Jan 2017; 7(1): 28-37
• Ahmed AKMS, Haque WMM, Uddin KN, Abrar FA, Afroz F, Huque HF et al. Vitamin D and bone mineral density status among postmenopausal Bangladeshi women IMC J Med Sci. 2018; 12(2): 44-49.             
• Ahmed AKMS, Afroz F, Abrar FA, Uddin KN, Huque HF, Afroze SR, et al. Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug in rheumatoid arthritis - an interim experience in a tertiary care hospital. J Green Life Med Coll 2018;3(1):26-31.
• Ahmed AKMS, Haque WMM, Rahim MA, Uddin KN, Abrar FA, Afroz F, et al. Pattern of Practices of General Physicians in Overt Diabetic Nephropathy – A Pilot Study in A Developing Country. BIRDEM Med J 2018; 8(1):  63-67.
• Haque HF, Mitra P, Rahim MA, Afroz F, Afroze SR, Ahmed AKM, et al. Frequency and Risk Factors of Diabetic Complications among Selected Group of Diabetic Patients: Real-life Scenario from a Developing Country, Bangladesh. BIRDEM Med J 2017; 7(2): 143-147.
• Ahmed JU, Hossain MD, Afroz F, Rahim MA, Musa AKM. Role of Pleural Biopsy in the Etiological Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion.  Bangladesh Crit Care J 2017; 5 (1): 33-36.       

Academic Courses

The Department is responsible for teaching (Lectures and clinical classes) the students (3rd year- 5th year) of MBBS courses of Ibrahim Medical College and BIRDEM General Hospital.

It is also responsible for teaching students of MD residency, MD old curriculum (Lectures and clinical classes) courses of BIRDEM General Hospital.