Sir Salimullah Medical College
Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) is a public medical college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The medical college has been producing quality physicians, eminent researchers and health policy makers who are currently working in different medical sectors at home and abroad. It includes Mitford Hospital, which is the oldest hospital in the country and one of the earliest hospitals in this subcontinent from where the evolution of medical education started.[1]
স্যার সলিমুল্লাহ মেডিকেল কলেজ, ঢাকা | |
Seal of SSMC | |
Former name | Dhaka Medical School |
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Type | Public Medical College |
Established | 1962 |
Academic affiliation | University of Dhaka |
Principal | Prof. Dr. Md. Nurul Huda Lenin |
Director of Hospital | Brig. Gen. Kazi Rashid-un-Nabi |
Academic staff | 200 |
Students | 1,500 |
Location | Mitford, Dhaka , 23°42′38″N 90°24′04″E |
Campus | Urban |
Language | English |
Website | ssmcbd |
Facilities
Library
The library is situated on the ground floor of new academic building with a large collection of medical books. SSMC has a developing library section with books about educational innovations, educational psychology, instructional techniques, curriculum development, curriculum evaluation etc. Many WHO and other publications on Human Resource Development for health are also available. The library is enriched with more than 150 journals and 25000 medical books.[2]
Journal
Sir Salimullah Medical College Journal is a biannual journal published by the Editorial Board on behalf of Sir Salimullah Medical College Teachers’ Association. Each issue includes editorial, original articles, review articles and case reports of exceptional merit on any discipline of medical science. It is a peer-reviewed, open access journal which is listed in the MEDLINE database.[3]
Alumni association
Sir Salimullah Medical College graduates have a strong alumni presence in USA, UK and Canada. SSMC Alumni Association Abroad is an organization of the alumni who are currently living abroad. The association is involved in exchange of skills and education with the college. They provide scholarship every year to the students of SSMC. The organization responds to national and international crisis, they made donations towards the victims of east coast natural disaster and famine-stricken children of Somalia.[4]
Notable alumni
- Prof. Dr. Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam, eminent surgeon, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services
- Dr. Sezan Mahmud, writer, lyricist, columnist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
- Dr. Azharul Haque, intellectual killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Dr. Rakhal Chandra Das, intellectual killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Dr. Moin Uddin Ahmed, politician, Member of Parliament
- Dr. Kaisar Nasrullah Khan, Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist[5]
- Dr. Shakil Farid, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust[6]
- Dr. Md Zaker Ullah, Consultant General and Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at Whipps Cross University Hospital[7]
- Md. Mustafizur Rahman, eminent diplomat, former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore[8]
- Dr. Shafi U. Bhuiyan, assistant professor of Clinical Public Health at the University of Toronto[9]
- Dr. Azad Bhuiyan, associate professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Jackson State University[10]
- Dr. Rownak Hafiz, Founder and Chairperson of Autism Welfare Foundation[11]
References
- "SSMC". The Daily Star. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "Library". SSMC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "SSMC Journal". SSMC official website. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "SSMC Alumni Abroad". SSMC Alumni Association Abroad. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- "Dr. Kaisar Nasrullah Khan". United Hospital. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Dr. Shakil Farid". Nuffield Health. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Dr. Md Zaker Ullah". Whipps Cross Waltham Forest Medical Education and Research Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Md Mustafizur Rahman". Permanent Mission of Bangladesh Geneva. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- "Dr. Shafi U. Bhuiyan". Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- "Azad Bhuiyan, PhD". Florida A&M University. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Dr. Rownak Hafiz". Autism Welfare Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2017.