Dr. Shahnaz Begum

Consultant Glaucoma Specialist & Phaco Surgeon

Doctor Biography

Dr. Shahnaz Begum

FCPS, ICO (UK)

Fellow in Glaucoma

Glaucoma Specialist & Phaco Surgeon

Dr.Shahnaz Begum is currently working as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in BIRDEM General Hospital & Ibrahim Medical College. She passed her SSC & HSC exam from Mymensingh Girls’ Cadet College. She passed her MBBS in 2001 from Sir Salimullah Medical College. Then she had her postgraduate training in Ophthalmology from Banga Bondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO). She passed International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) exam in 2007. Later she did FCPS in Ophthalmology in July 2010. She did her long-term fellowship in glaucoma from Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital in 2015 and Short-term observership fellowship in glaucoma LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, India. She is a glaucoma consultant of Bangladesh Eye Hospital & Institute. She has vast experience in laser & surgical management in Glaucoma.

 

Dr. Shahnaz has 16 publications in national journal. She has received the prestigious Mabarak Ali Memorial Award for the best paper in Glaucoma in 2017 from Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh. She has special interest in Glaucoma & Cataract. She attended many national & international conferences. She is a life member of Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB), Bangladesh Glaucoma Society (BGS) & All India Ophthalmological society, Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS)

Education

  • MBBS in 2001 from Sir Salimullah Medical College
  • post graduate training in Ophthalmology from Banga Bondhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and National Institute of Ophthalmology
  • International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO), UK
  • FCPS in Ophthalmology 
  • Fellowship in glaucoma from Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital
  • Short-term observership fellowship in glaucoma LV Prasad Eye Institute(LVPEI), Hyderabad, India.