Prof Harun nominated for ISN Pioneer Award

Professor Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid, an eminent nephrologist of the country and the founder of Bangladesh Kidney Foundation, has been nominated for International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Pioneer Award-2017 from the South Asian region, reports BSS. The ISN, the leading organisation of nephrologists of 152 countries, gives the award every year for playing a pioneering role in preventing kidney diseases and treatment in the developing countries.

Former president of ISN John Feehally will hand over the award to Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid at a function at the Bangladesh Kidney Foundation at Mirpur in the capital on January 13, a press release said. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, Director General of Health Services Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary Md Zillar Rahman will also be present at the function. Dr Harun, the president of Society of Organ Transplantation (SOT)

Bangladesh, ex-chairman of the Nephrology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and former president of Bangladesh Renal Association, founded the international standard Bangladesh Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute at Mirpur.

 

Prof Harun nominated for ISN Pioneer Award

Professor Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid, an eminent nephrologist of the country and the founder of Bangladesh Kidney Foundation, has been nominated for International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Pioneer Award-2017 from the South Asian region, reports BSS. The ISN, the leading organisation of nephrologists of 152 countries, gives the award every year for playing a pioneering role in preventing kidney diseases and treatment in the developing countries. Former president of ISN John Feehally will hand over the award to Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid at a function at the Bangladesh Kidney Foundation at Mirpur in the capital on January 13, a press release said. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, Director General of Health Services Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary Md Zillar Rahman will also be present at the function. Dr Harun, the president of Society of Organ Transplantation (SOT) Bangladesh, ex-chairman of the Nephrology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and former president of Bangladesh Renal Association, founded the international standard Bangladesh Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute at Mirpur.