Bangladeshi cardiologist awarded
Dr M Afzalur Rahman
Dr M Afzalur Rahman, a renowned cardiologist of Bangladesh, has been bestowed with International Cardiovascular Revascularisation Therapies (CRT) 2009 Young Leadership Award recently, says a press release. He has been recognised as an emerging young leader for interventional cardiology by The Cardiovascular Research Institute at Washington Hospital Center. The award recognises current and future clinical and academic excellence in physicians practicing interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine all over the world. This year, they honored 25 top intervention cardiologists throughout the world. Dr Rahman has received this prestigious award for the first time as a Bangladeshi. He was previously nominated as the winner of the most challenging case in Percutanerous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) stenting (procedure of support of artificial material often inserted in a tube or vessel which has been sutured) at the 19th International Interventional Cardiology Conference of TCT (Trans Catheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) in Washington DC held in 2007. Dr Afzal said that recognition of his works from this region would be an inspiration for the young Bangladeshi cardiologists. This proves the standard of quality cardiac care in the country, he added.
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