Arup Ratan Choudhury

Arup Ratan Choudhury
Born	January 23, 1952 Sylhet, Bangladesh
Education	Sylhet Government Pilot High School Dhaka Medical College London University State University of New York
Years active	1975–present
Profession	Dental Surgeon, Musician
Institutions	Dhaka Medical College BIRDEM Hospital Ibrahim Medical College World Health Organisation Association For the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS)
Specialism	Dental surgery

Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury (Bengali: অরুপ রতন চৌধুরী) (BDS, PhD, FICCDE, FICOOC) is a Bangladeshi dental specialist and media personality. He is currently the Head and Senior Consultant at the Department of Dentistry, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM).^[1]

Description

Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury is the member of:

• American Dental Association (ADA)
• International Diabetes Federation Congress (IDF)
• International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• Diabetes Association of Bangladesh (DAB)
• Bangladesh Dental Society of North America
• Bangladesh Dental Society.
• Bangla Academy (National Academy of Cultural Activities & Language).
• Bangladesh Association for Dental Education & Research (BADER)
• American Biographical Institute (ABI).^[2]

Early life

Dr. Arup Ratan was born in January 23, 1952 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He passed S.S.C. exam from Sylhet Government Pilot High School in 1968 and H.S.C. exam from Jagannath College University in 1970. He completed Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.) in 1975 from Dhaka Dental College under University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University of Dhaka in 2000. He received fellowship in Dental Public Healthunder World Health Organization Fellowship Program 1983-1984, London University, UK and Post Doctoral Research Fellow, 1992-1993 at Department of Oral Biology & Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, New York, USA. Dr. Ratan became the Fellow of International College of Continuous Dental Education (FICCDE) in 2003 and Fellow of International congress on Oral Cancer (FICOOC) in 2005.

Career

• 1986- 2001: Consultant, Department of Dentistry, Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Dhaka, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh 15.11.1988 to 30.09.1992 and 20.10.1993 to 28.02.2001.
• 2001- present: Professor, Head & Senior Consultant, BIRDEM Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College and National Medical College.
• 1987- present: Founder President, Association For the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS) Government approved & supported N.G.O. Recipient of WHO Medal and Certificate.
• 1987- Visiting Scholar-International Visitors Program (IVP) on Drug Abuse sponsored by United States Information Agency (USIS), USA.
• 2008- present: Member, National Board of Drug Control, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
• 1984-1987: Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Institute of Post Graduate Medicine & Research (IPGM&R), Dhaka Bangladesh.
• 1976- present: Programmer and Presenter on Health Education Programs National in Mass Media (News paper, Radio, Television). Speaker in Public seminars and short film maker (Main focus on Drug Abuse, Anti-smoking,) for TV Serial.
• 1981-1982: Dental Surgeon, Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• 1980-1981: Dental Surgeon, M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• 1977: Asstt. Dental Surgeon, Tangail Sador Hospital.
• 1976: Dhaka Dental College Hospital, In- Service Trainee.
• 1977-1980: Lecturer & Dental Surgeon, Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• 1977-1980: Honorary Dental Consultant, Dhaka Children’s Hospital (Shishu Hospital) Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Awards

• “Tobacco or Health” Medal and a commemorative certificate from World Health Organization (WHO) (1998); for achievement worthy of international recognition in promoting the concept of tobacco free societies
• Man of the Year (2000); based on outstanding accomplishments to date and the example set for peers and entire community, The American Biographical Institute (ABI)
• Distinguished leadership Award (2001); For Outstanding Contributions to Contemporary Society – American Biographical Society (ABI). (Int Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Ninth Edition)
• WHO IS WHO in the 21st Century (2001); In honor of an outstanding contribution in the field of Dentistry and Anti-tobacco Movement – International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England
• Atish Dipankar Gold Medal (2000); Atish Dipankar Golshana Parishad^[3]

References

• official website: ArupRatanChoudhury.com

1. ^ http://arupratanchoudhury.com/
2. ^ http://arupratanchoudhury.com/cv/details_curriculum_vitae.pdf
3. ^ http://arupratanchoudhury.com/award.php

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