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Vice President
Prof. Dr.
Jahanara Alauddin
ENT and Head-Neck Cancer Foundation of Bangladesh
MBBS
DA London
“We are extremely proud of the pioneering hospital we have built to provide quality ENT and Head Neck Cancer care to the people of the country. We need your support and donations to further improve the facilities and services at our hospital.”
Prof. Dr. Jahanara Alauddin
Prof. Dr. Jahanara Alauddin is the Vice President of the ENT and Head-Neck Cancer Foundation of Bangladesh, a role she assumed in 2024. Previously serving as Secretary General, she brings considerable medical and management experience earned during a long and distinguished career as a senior figure in paediatric anaesthesia in Bangladesh.
25+
Years at Dhaka Shishu Hospital
Career Timeline
1973
Graduated MBBS from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
1973–1978
Further medical training in the UK; worked as Junior then Senior Medical Officer at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, with a rotation at Birmingham General and Children’s Hospital
1978
Obtained Diploma in Anaesthesia (London); joined Newport Gwent Hospital, Wales as an Anaesthetist
1978–1980
Worked as Anaesthetist at Newport Gwent Hospital, Wales
1983
Joined Dhaka Shishu (Children’s) Hospital as Consultant Anaesthetist
1983–2008+
Rose to Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at Dhaka Shishu Hospital; trained postgraduate students from multiple medical universities, the Armed Forces Medical University, and BIRDEM
2011–2024
Served as Secretary General of the ENT and Head-Neck Cancer Foundation of Bangladesh, overseeing the hospital’s operations and strategic direction following the passing of its founder
2024–Present
Appointed Vice President of the ENT and Head-Neck Cancer Foundation of Bangladesh
Leadership & Teaching
Throughout her career Dr. Jahanara Alauddin has been a dedicated educator, providing training to postgraduate students from various medical universities including the Armed Forces Medical University and BIRDEM. As Head of Anaesthesiology at Dhaka Shishu Hospital for over two decades, she helped shape the next generation of anaesthesiologists in Bangladesh.
As Vice President of the ENT Foundation, she continues the work started by her late husband, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Alauddin — ensuring the hospital remains a centre of excellence providing affordable, specialist ENT and head and neck cancer care to the people of Bangladesh.
