Brief Biography:
Name: Noor Ahmed Giasuddin
Date of birth: 1st July, 1974
Father's Name: Ziauddin Ahmed
Mother's Name: Nurunnahar
Present Address: Flat # B3, 345, Dilu Road, Moghbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Contact Number +8801713682456 (Mob). Email: sadi20022003@yahoo.com
Permanent Address: Vill: Alinagar, PO: Madhyanagar, Union: Paratoli, Thana: Raipura, District: Narshingdi.
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Marital status: Married to Shazadi Farha Diba
Employment: Under Government of Bangladesh since 21st August, 2006
Academic positions:
Academic Positions:
1. Medical Officer, Dhaka Monorog Clinic and Institute of Community Mental Health, Mirpur – 11, Dhaka.
2. Senior Medical Officer, Monon Psychiatric Clinic, Tejgaon, Dhaka
3. Senior Medical Officer, Zaman’s Clinic, Dhaka
4. Consultant, Zaman’s Clinic, Dhaka
5. Medical Officer under government of Bangladesh from 21st August, 2006 to 1st July, 2008 in different government setting.
6. Clinical Assistant (also Resident Medical Officer and Consultant), Mental Hospital, Pabna, Bangladesh from 8th July, 2008 to 25th April, 2010.
7. Registrar (Psychiatry), S Z Medical College Hospital, Bogra, Bangladesh from 21st June, 2010 to 16th January, 2011
8. Asst Prof (Psychiatry), Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur, Bangladesh from 18th January, 2011 to present
Fellowships/Awards:
1. Young Psychiatrist Fellowship at 13th PRCP (Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists) Scientific Meeting Oct 29 to Nov 2, 2008 at Tokyo, Japan
2. Young Psychiatrist Session award in Non-research based presentation in 4th International Congress of Psychiatry and 4th Scientific Meeting of SAARC Psychiatric Forum on 3rd Nov, 2008 at Brac Center, Mohakhali, Dhaka
3. Travel Award for Young Psychiatrists to attend 2nd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in November 7-10, Taipei, Taiwan
4. WHO and New University of Lisbon Fellowship to study International Masters in Mental Health Policy and Services (two year duration online plus on campus study at the university)
5. Travel award to attend the 2nd Joint International Conference of Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists and Royal College of Psychiatrists UK on December 10-13, 2010.
Professional Association Activities:
1. General Member, Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)
2. Life Member, Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists (BAP)
3. Fellow, Bangladesh Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (BACAMH)
4. Fellow, Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP)
5. International Member, American Psychiatric Association
6. International Associate Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Research activities:
1. Efficacy of fluoxetine and combination of fluoxetine and cognitive behaviour therapy for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (Principal Investigator)
2. Psychiatric Morbidity among Sidr-affected People after one month of the Disaster
3. Co-morbidity of axis II personality disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (ongoing). (P.I.)
4. Pathways to Psychiatric Care in Bangladesh (P.I.)
5. Situation of Young Psychiatrists in Bangladesh: Present Scenario and Future hopes. 6. Profile of patients attending the OPD of Mental Hospital, Pabna in one month (ongoing) (P.I.)
7. Pattern of child and adolescent patients attending outpatient department of Mental Hospital, Pabna during first half of 2009 (P.I.)
8. Attitudes to Psychiatry among medical students in a medical college in Bangladesh ((P.I.) J)
International Seminar Attendance:
1. PrePRCP FPADP (Fellowship Program for Academic Development of Psychiatrists) from Oct 29 to Oct 30, 2008 at Sabo Kaikan and Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
2. 13th PRCP Scientific Meeting from Oct 30 to Nov 2, 2008 at Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan under young psychiatrist fellowship from PRCP and JYPO
3. Young Psychiatrist Session in 4th International Congress of Psychiatry and 4th Scientific Meeting of SAARC Psychiatric Forum on Nov 3, 2008 at Brac Center, Mohakhali, Dhaka.
4. The 5th International SIVUS Conference on Mental Retardation, October 14-16, 2009, at Nawab Nobab Ali Senate Hall, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
5. 2nd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in November 7-10, 2009 in Taiwan (Awardee of Young Psychiatrist Travel award)
6. WPA Reginal Meeting in Dhaka, 21-23 January, 2010
7. 6th International Conference on Psychiatry, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16-18 October, 2011.
Seminar Presentation:
1. Presentation on “Duloxetine” at BSMMU, February, 2007
2. Presentation on “Disaster: Psychological Effects” in Seminar room, Department of Psychiatry, BSMMU on 4th April, 2007.
3. Presentation on “Signs of Suicide” on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day on 7th October, 2007 at BSMMU organized by Department of Psychiatry, BSMMU and different NGOs.
4. “Pathways to Psychiatric Care in Bangladesh: Part of an Asian Study”. Presented in a symposium titled “Pathways to psychiatric care in Asian Countries” organized by JYPO at Toshi Center Hotel during 13th PRCP Scientific Meeting, Tokyo, Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2008.
5. “Young Psychiatrists of Bangladesh: Present Scenario and Future Hopes”. Presented at 4th International Congress of Psychiatry and 4th Scientific Meeting of SAARC Psychiatric Forum on 3rd Nov, 2008 at Brac Center, Mohakhali, Dhaka.
6. "Epilepsy and anti-epileptic medication" presented at Mental Hopsital,Pabna on 23rd June, 2009 at conference room of the same institution
7. "Management approaches of Autism Spectrum Disorders" on the occasion of Autism Awareness Day at Milton Hall, BSMMU on 28th June, 2009 organized by Bangladesh Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (BACAMH)
8. "Understanding Autism and its Management Options" presented on 15th October, 2009 at The 5th International SIVUS Conference on Mental Retardation, October 14-16, 2009, at Nawab Nobab Ali Senate Hall, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
9. Presentation in the Symposium titled “Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Current Status and Challenging Issues in Asian Countries ,”on 8th November, 2009 in 2nd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in Taiwan, November 7-10, 2009
10. Presentation titles "A Review of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in four Asian Countries" at 2nd Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting of BACAMH, 18-19 November, 2009
11. Presentation about "Efficacy of Fluoxetine and Combination of Fluoxetine and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for the treatment of Obsessive compulsive disorder" in WPA Regional Conference in Dhaka, January 21-23, 2010.
12. Presentation of a book review in Rural Development Academy, Bogra on 12th November, 2010 about the book title "Elite Perceptions of Poverty in Bangladesh" by Naomi Hossain.
13. Presentation on Autism Spectrum Disorder in Department of Medicine Journal Club at Faridpur Medical College on 10th March, 2011
14. Key note presentation on the seminar on 'Updates of Mirtazapine' at Raffles Inn on 21st June, 2011 organized by Department of Psychiatry, Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur and Sun Pharmaceuticals ((BD) Ltd.
15. Key note presentation on the caregiver program sponsored by Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd. on 7th October, 2011 at Lalon Shah Diagnostic Center and Hospital Ltd., Kushtia. 16. "Attitude of 5th year medical students about Psychiatry in a medical college in Bangladesh" presented at the 6th International Conference on Psychiatry, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 18th October, 2011 at the National Institute of Mental Health auditorium in the free paper session.
17. "Profile of Child and Adolescent Patients Attending Mental Hospital, Pabna during the first half of 2009" at 4th Annual Conference and General Meeting of BACAMH, 2011 on 24th November, 2011.
18. Key note presentation on the caregiver program sponsored by Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd. on 28th November, 2011 at Aftab Digital Diagnostic Center, Mujib Sadak, Faridpur.
Research interests:
Psychiatry, Clinical trial, Child psychiatry
Any other information:
Publications:
1. Beyond the 13th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists Scientific Meeting 2008 Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Syeda Ruksheda; Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, Volume 1 Issue 2, Pages 103 – 105 © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
2. SAARC Association of Young Psychiatrists & Trainees - Building National Chapters; Syeda Ruksheda, Ashutosh Chauhan, Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Leenika Wijeratne; online publication (http://paraguay.wpanet.org/news/zonaliv/Fourth%20Ebulletin/Rec%20activities/SAARC-Association%20of%20Young%20Psychiatrists%20and%20Trainees.htm)
3. Pathways to Mental Health Care in Bangladesh, India, Japan, Mongolia and Nepal; N Hashimoto, D Fujisawa, NA Giasuddin, KK Basanth, A Narmandakh, K Dugerragchaa, SM Tamrakar, SR Adhikari, N Sartorius (Published online in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health)
4. Pathways to Psychiatric Care in Bangladesh; Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Nafia Farzana Chowdhury, Naoki Hashimoto, Daisuke Fujisawa, Shafquat Waheed; Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: Volume 47, Issue 1 (2012), Page 129-136
5. Correspondence: A 'New' Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Low Income Countries; Mohammad Sayadul Islam Mullick, Noor Ahmed Giasuddin; International Psychiatry Vol 8 Number 3 August 2011.
6. A Strategic Proposition for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Low Income Countries; Mullick M S I, Giasuddin N A; Bang J Psychiatry 2010; 24 (1):: 33-41.
7. Letter to editor: "Combination of CBT with Fluoxetine works better for obsessive compulsive disorder"; Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Jhunu Shamsun Nahar, Nahid Mahjabin Morshed, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara. (Published in Asian Journal of Psychiatry: Volume 5, issue 2, page-113).
8. Efficacy of Combination of Fluoxetine & Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Fluoxetine alone for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Jhunu Shamsun Nahar, Nahid Mahjabin Morshed, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Md. Abdus Sobhan (Selected for publication in Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
9. Understanding Autism and its Management Options; Dr Rokeya Tasnin, Dr Noor Ahmed Giasuddin (Selected for publication in the 5th International Sivus Conference Proceedings)
10. Death and Adjustment Hypotheses: A methodological platform for everyone Mohammad Samir Hossain, Muhammad Irfan, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Noor Ahmed Giasuddin, Syeda Naheed Sultana, Md Zakaria Siddique. (under process of publication).
11. Pattern of Child and Adolescent Patients at Mental Hospital, Pabna during the First Half of 2009. Dr Noor Ahmed Giasuddin. (Under process of Publication)
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3. International Journal of Library and Information Science 4) International Journal of Social Psychiatry
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