Md Obaidul Kabir Chowdhury

Chowdhury passed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in 1984. He started working at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. He graduated from the University of Vienna in 1965 with a degree in Dermatology and Venereology. After retirement he was the principal of Samaritan Medical College. Since 2003, he has been working as a Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital. He was the personal physician of Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.^[3]

Chowdhury was awarded the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian honour, in 2020 for his contribution to the medical field.^[4][5]