Prof. Dr. Md. Mostafa Hossain

I have been working for twenty years at Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital (IIEI&H), the oldest and largest tertiary eye hospital in Bangladesh. I am now a Professor, Senior Consultant, and Head of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus and Vision Therapy. I completed a hands-on clinical fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus in Pakistan in 2007 and a refresher course in England. I also completed HBP under Foreign Faculty from UC Davis, USA, and ORBIS Faculties from India and other countries.

I was the Scientific Secretary of the Bangladesh Association of Pediatric Ophthalmologists & Strabismologists and am now the Vice President. I am also the Vice President of the Bangladesh Academy of Ophthalmology and a Member of AAPOS. I was granted the Miller/CEF Travel Award of AAPOS 2018 in Washington DC, USA, received the APAO Achievement Award 2023, and was awarded the FRCS Edinburgh (special awardee). I have been awarded with APAO LDP Graduation and am an Associate Member of the Young Ophthalmologists Standing Committee of APAO. On a regular basis, I have attended and presented many scientific papers as a speaker, panelist, or chairperson nationally and internationally in Pakistan, China, Australia, UAE, Hong Kong, England, India, Tokyo, Europe, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Bhutan, and the Philippines.

I have visited some great hospitals like Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. I have thirty-eight publications to my credit. I am a teacher and examiner of DO and MS courses. I now regularly manage 60 patients (full day) and 40 patients (half day) daily, and perform 15 pediatric cataract surgeries and 5 strabismus surgeries weekly for the last 15 years. I mentor clinical fellowships in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus as departmental head (including foreign fellows with Commonwealth scholarships). I am presently the Chairman of the Research Committee and a member of the Ethical Committee of IIEI&H.