Name of the Faculties

Sl.No. Name Designation
01 Prof. Dr. Narayan Chandra Saha Professor & Head
02 Prof. Dr. Ariful Islam Professor
03 Dr. Bithi Debnath Associate professor
04 Dr. Yamin Shahriar Chowdhury Assistant professor
05 Dr. Nazmul Haque Assistant professor
06 Dr. Mohammad Monir Hossain Assistant professor
07 Dr. Banita Mistry Assistant professor
08 Dr. Mst. Shamim Ara Begum Assistant professor
09 Dr. Hosne Ara Khan Junior Consultant
10 Dr. Jobaida Parvin Junior Consultant
11 Dr. Shamsun Nahar Sumi Junior Consultant
12 Dr. Shyamal Sarker Junior Consultant
13 Dr. Mohua Chandra Junior Consultant
14 Dr. Sufia Khatun Junior Consultant
15 Dr. Nusrat Shams Junior Consultant
16 Dr. Farzana Rashid Junior Consultant
17 Dr. Sharmin Hossain Junior Consultant
18 Dr. Tasnuba Atique Registrar
19 Dr. Snigdha Kundu Assistant Registrar
20 Dr. Ahmed Hossain Medical Officer
21 Dr. Sarah Alam Medical Officer
22 Dr. Sanjana Sonam Medical Officer
23 Dr. Jannatul Fredaus Medical Officer
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Activities of the Department

1. Out Patient Department (OPD) Service
2. Inpatient department Service
3. Research Activity –IME project
4. Evening Specialist Service
5. Neurodevelopmental (ASD/ADHD) Clinic.
6. Epilepsy Clinic.
7. Headache Clinic.
8. Movement Disorder Clinic.
9. Cerebral Palsy Clinic.
10. Psychological Assessment Division
11. Academic Activities
• Journal club/Case report presentation
• Seminar/Clinical meeting
• Participation in the central presentation of Journal club, neuroanatomy and clinical meeting
• Teaching session with post graduate students of Pediatrics and Pediatric neurology

Out Patient Department (OPD) Service
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  • Duration of OPD patient care (In hours per week) – 39 hours
  • Number of patients attending the OPD per day – 180-200/day
  • Everyday complicated and referred patients are seen by senior faculties
Achievement: Department of Paediatric Neurology
    1. 1st time gene therapy in Bangladesh in SMA(Zolgensma)
    2. Disease Modifying therapy in SMA(Risdiplam)
    3. Introduction of screening tests for neurometabolic disorders: A nationwide facility-based study for determination of prevalence of inborn errors of metabolism among high-risk neonates and children in Bangladesh.

Disease profile of the OPD patients (n=29733)

(From 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022)

Diseases Frequency Percentage %
Epilepsy 10523 35.40
Febrile Seizure 221 0.74
Headache 4957 16.67
Developmental Delay 603 2.03
Neurometabolic Disorder 832 2.80
Neuro Degenerative Disorder 249 0.83
Cerebral Palsy 2949 9.91
CNS Infection 1312 4.41
Movement Disorder 459 1.54
Myopathy 192 0.64
Neuromuscular Disorder 754 2.53
Neural Tube Defect 157 0.52
NEAD/Somatoform Disorder 143 0.48
Neurocutaneous Syndrome 183 0.61
Flaccid Paraparesis (GBS, TM) 127 0.42
Intellectual Disability 1324 4.45
ASD 886 2.98
ADHD 1025 3.44
ICSOL 176 0.60
Syndromic Child 85 0.28
Cranial Nerve Palsy 56 0.18
Stroke 478 1.60
Achondroplasia 45 0.15
Hydrocephalous 353 1.18
Non-Neurological Disease 1188 3.9
Others 456 1.53
Total Patient 29733 100%