Dr. Lutfor Rahman

Education: MBBS, MS (CTS)

Experience: Chief Cardiac Surgeon

Workplace: LABAID Cardiac Hospital

Contact: +88 02 58610793-8, +88 0241060908-18, 10606

Country: Bangladesh

Specialty: Cardiac Surgery

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Biography / Life History

Lutfor Rahman (born 1 January 1962) is a pioneer of beating heart bypass surgery in Bangladesh. He currently works at Labaid Cardiac Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh as Chief Cardiac Surgeon.

Lutfor Rahman was born on 1 January 1962 in Pabna, Bangladesh. He completed his MBBS from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in 1988. Later on, in 1997, he completed a Master of Surgery (MS) from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD).

Personal life
In 1991, Dr. Lutfor Rahman married Rana Ferdous Ratna (BSS and MSS at University of Dhaka), who is a sociologist. Their daughter, Farisha Khan, is a law graduate from SOAS, University of London, working at Latham & Watkins LPC, the top American law firm in London. Their son Faryal Khan was a student of Sunbeams and completed IB at Sevenoaks School, England, now studying an undergraduate in Natural Science at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Rahman worked in government hospitals for 10 years. Later on, he joined Sikder Medical, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1999 as a cardiac surgeon. In 2002, he became Head of Cardiac Surgery at Sikder Medical. After three years, he moved to Labaid Cardiac Hospital, Dhaka, as Chief Cardiac Surgeon.[3] With the qualifications of MBBS, MS (CTS), Dr. Lutfor Rahman continues to work as the Chief Cardiac Surgeon in the same hospital at Dhanmondi, Dhaka, as of January 2024.[4]

In 1990, after the fall of Ershad, he contested in the national parliament election for an MP position from his own constituency at Pabna.

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