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University of Dhaka
Ramna, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh

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Dr. Harunar Rashid
Part time teacher, GEB
Principal Scientific Officer (Principal Physicist), Nuclear Medicine Centre,Dhaka Medical College.
 
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Academic Qualification
Job description
List of Publications
Training course attended
Society Membership


Personal/Contact Address 
Date of Birth: February 1, 1955 
Nationality: Bangladeshi By birth
Present Address: 
Dr. Harunar Rashid 
Nuclear Medicine Centre
Dhaka Medical College Campus
Dhaka - 1000
PHONE: 88 02 8626835
FAX: 88 02 8613051



Academic Qualification 
1. B.Sc, M.Sc ( Physics ) - Bangladesh
2. M.S ( Radiological Sciences & Protection) - U S A
3. Ph. D ( Physics ), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
(BUET). 



Job description
(a) SERVICE ORIENTED WORKS:
Serving as:
Principal Scientific Officer ( Principal Physicist) at Nuclear Medicine Centre-Dhaka, , DMCH campus, under Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
Deputed one day per week as consultant Physicist to the National Institute for Cancer Research & Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka.
Part time consultant Physicist, LABAID LTD, H-1, R-4, Dhanmondi-Dhaka -1205
My job responsibility comprises of providing Quality Assurance (QA) in Nuclear Medicine and in Radiotherapy ( Brachytherapy & Teletherapy) Procedures.
Part time teacher, Dept. of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Dhaka - University

(b). ACADEMIC WORKS:
Delivering scheduled lectures on Medical Physics and Health Physics to the Post Graduate courses " M. Phil and MD degree in Nuclear Medicine " under the University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Delivering lectures on Radiation safety, Module - 1 & 2 , Unit - 2a, SPECTs and use of computers in Nuclear Medicine to " DISTANCE ASSISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAM (AUSTRALIA BASED) " for Nuclear Medicine Technologists since January 1996 under programme CO ORDINATOR - Ms. HEATHER E. PATTERSON of Westmead . Hospital, Sydney, Australia.


(c). RESEARCH WORKS:

Actively associated with different research works as principal and /or Co investigator. Also working as Co investigator to IAEA supported CRP project
1. " Standardization of I 131 treatment for hyperthyroidism with an intent to optimize radiation dose and treatment response " Contract No. BGD 7876/JN.
2. Introduction of Brachytherapy in Bangladesh BGD/6/013
3. Modernization of Nuclear Medicine BGD/6/012
4. Radionuclide tHerapy in Nuclear Medicinres of Bangladesh BGD/6/016


List of Publications 

1. KABIR M F, HOQUE R, ALAM S, RASHID H, AHMED T & KARIM M A. Renogram and Split Renal functions. A comparative study by DTPA-Tc 99m and
MAG3 - Tc 99m . Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Vol. 9, Number 1, January 1994.
2. H. RASHID. Quality Control (QC) with Preventive Maintenance of MEDX's Large Field Gamma Camera Type LF-61 of NMC- Dhaka. Journal of Nuclear Science and Applications. Vol. 5 No. 2 July 1995, p 61 - 66 .
3. S. AFROZ, R.HAQUE, KBM A RAHMAN, K AFROZ, H RASHID Determination of Gastric Emptying Time by Radionuclide Method in normal subjects. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. Vol. 14 (3) September 1996, p 98 - 102.
4. Assisted to the accomplishment of Thesis Work " Countrywide Background Radiation Survey " undertaken by Mr. Md. Nurul Alam, Director of Radiation Testing Laboratory, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission in 1996.
5. Assisted to the accomplishment of M.Sc Thesis work " Radiation Dose Assessment of occupational personnel's of Nuclear Medicine Establishments " of Mr. Shyamal Chakrabarty, a student of Chittagong University, Bangladesh in 1995.
6. H. RASHID, S. Afroz & KBM A Rahman. Population Radiation Absorbed Doses due to Nuclear Medicine Procedures in Bangladesh Journal of Teachers' Association of Sher-E-
Bangla Medical College & Hospital (TAS)". Vol.8 (17), January 1997. p27-31
7. H RASHID, S AFROZ. RAHMAN KBMA. Parameters affecting Image formation in Nuclear Medicine Procedures. Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol.1, No.1 January 1998 p7-12.
8. S. Afroz, S. Hossain, N.Hafiz, D. A. Taslima, H. Rashid . Radioiodine therapy in management of thyroid carcinoma - a review of 138 patients. presented in iaea sponsored international seminar on Therapeutic applications of Radiopharmaceuticals 18 - 22 January 1999, Nizam's Institute of Science, Hyderabad, India and would be published in IAEA - TECDOC - 602
9. S. AFROZ,1 H. RASHID,1 KBM A RAHMAN,2 F. BEGUM1
TC-99m In Evaluating Morphofunctional Status Of Thyroid Gland.Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol.I, No.2 July, 98 p 1-7
10. KBM A. RAHMAN, F. NASREEN, F. MUSLEM, NASREEN, S. HOSSAIN,
H. RASHID, S.AFROZ Lingual Thyroid-An unusual case report. Bangladesh
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol.1, No.1, January 1998, p64-65.

11. KABIR M F, HOQUE R, ALAM S, RASHID H, AHMED T & KARIM M A. Renogram and Split Renal functions. A comparative study by DTPA-Tc 99m and MAG3 - Tc 99m . Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Vol. 1, No.1 January 1998, p41-45.
12. S. AFROZ, FATIMA BEGUM, N HAFIZ, H. RASHID. Metastatsis in different varieties of breast carcinoma. Accepted for publication in BMRC-Bulletin.
13. S. AFROZ, H.RASHID, FATIMA B, KBM A. RAHMAN. Status of Renal Function of patients having single functioning kidney and congenital anomaly kidneys. On going.
14. S.AFROZ , H. RASHID, KBM A RAHMAN. Effects of Iodized salt in radioactive Uptake Tests of Thyroid. Under process for publication.

15. H RASHID, S AFROZ. & G U AHMED. Quality Control of Radiotherapy Systems in Bangladesh. On going.
16. H. RASHID, S. AFROZ, G U AHMED. Cervical Cancer and its Management in
Bangladesh by Radiotherapy. On going
17. S. AFROZ, H. RASHID. Breast Cancer -- Its detection and management in Bangladesh.
On going.
18. AFROZ S, M. SHAHIDULLAH, J. IQBAL, H. RASHID, Study of Therapeutic and Genetic Effects ob Beta Radiation on Onychomycosis. On going research project, supported by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh.
19. OBAYEDULLAH BAKI MOLLAH, HARUN-UR-RASHID, KAMALUDDIN MD, GOLAM MOSTAFA SHIEKH, MANZUR KADER KAZI, LUTFA NOOR ANM, PROFESSOR M A HAI. Effect of Combination of Intraluminal Brachytherapy with External Beam Radiotherapy in the

Treatment of Esophageal Cancer at the National Institute of Cancer Research and hospital,
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract Published in Souvenir 3rd National Convention of Bangladesh
Society of radiation Oncologists. 25 January 2002, p 22
20. M. Jahangir Alam, Omar Siddique, S.R. Husain, H. Rashid, G.Ahmed. Dosimetry of 6 MV Photon Beam of Linear Accelerator " MEVATRON-7445". Nuclear Science and Applications, Vol. 8, Number 1-2, p 47-49, December 1999. Pub. BAEC




Training course attended 
1. 6 months ( 28.07.97 - 27-01.98 ) IAEA Fellowship Training in Radiotherapy at the Dept. of Medical Physics and Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai - INDIA
2. One week ( 12-12-1994 - 16-12-1994) RCA Wworkshop Training on Quality Assurance ( QA) in Nuclear Medicine Imaging, Software & Hardware aspects, Bangkok, Thailand.
3. Completed a three months comprehensive training course on COMPUTER using Windows95, Microsoft word, Microsoft office, Microsoft excel, FoxPro and MS Power point 97etc
4. Two weeks Regional Training on Physical Aspects of Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy, 13 - 24 November 2000, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
5. Scientific Visit on Dosimetry in Radionuclide Therapy at M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas ( 4-10 Nov 01) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (12-17 Nov.01) Nashville, Teneessee USA.
6. Participated in IAEA/RCA Workshop on Implementation of International Code of
Practice for Radiotherapy Dosimetry, IAEA, TRS-398, Chiangmai, Thailand
17 - 21 Nov.03



Society Membership 
(a). Life Member-Bangladesh Medical Physicist Association (BMPA).
(b). Member-Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association (BAESA)
(c). Member-Bangladesh Society of Nuclear Medicine (BSNM)

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