Beating Cancer Together in Bangladesh | Pathology - the Science behind the cure
International Conference on Pathology | 7th-9th November 2025
Integration Between Diagnostics and Therapeutics: the Challenges in Bangladesh
- 7th November 2025 (Friday): Shaheed Abu Sayed International Convention Centre, Minto Road, Opposite to Hotel Intercontinental, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
- 8th-9th November 2025 (Saturday and Sunday): Conference Hall, Superspecialised Hospital
BMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Organized by: Department of Pathology, BMU
In collaboration with: Royal College of Pathologists, UK
Supported and patronized by: Bangladesh Academy of Pathologists and BMU Pathology Department Alumni Association
Conveners
Professor Mohammad Zillur Rahman, M Phil, PHD, Chairman, Department of Pathology, BMU
Professor Amin Islam, FRCP, FRCPath, The Royal college of Pathologist United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh Country Advisor, Senior Consultant Haematologist, MSE National Health Services, Essex, UK
Registration Fee
Resident: 1000 BDT
Post Graduate Pathologist/ Medical Officer/ Lecturer: 1500 BDT
Assistant Professor/ Junior Consultant: 2000 BDT
Associate Professor/ Senior Consultant: 3000 BDT
Professor and Equivalent: 4000 BDT
Foreign Delegate: 50 USD
Contact
📧 drzillur@gmail.com 📞 +8801819315116
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Day-01 | 7th November 2025 | Main Auditorium, Shaheed Abu Sayed International Convention Centre | |||
08.00 am – 08.30 am | Registrations | ||
08.30 am – 08.35 am | Welcome Address | ||
 | Time | Speaker | Topics |
Session 01 | 08:35 am – 08:55 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Amin Islam | Integrated cancer care, an unmet need in Bangladesh, some examples |
09:05 am – 09:25 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Dr. Mohammad Monowar Hossain MD, FRCPC Saint John regional hospital (SJRH), Canada | WHO classification of central nervous system tumours; molecular profiles and grading by IHC | |
09:35 am – 10:05 am Discussion 10 minutes | Professor MB Zaman MD, FACP Rtd Professor of Pathology New York Medical college, USA | The Keynote Speech: Current status of cancer diagnosis in Bangladesh “30-year chronicle” | |
10:15 am – 10:20 am | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
10:20 am – 11:00 am | Inaugural Ceremony | ||
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Refreshment Break | ||
Session 02 | 11:30 am – 11:50 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Sumeet Gujral Tata Memorial Hospital, India | Paradigm shift in teaching programs – our experiences |
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Marta Cohen Royal College of Pathologist UK | Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the complexity, and the roles of microbiota and molecular pathology | |
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Dr. AKM Shamsul Alam MPhil, PhD, Dip RCPath European Board certified Consultant Histopathologist Basildon Hospital, MSE NHS Trust UK | Correlation of the results of FNAC of thyroid nodules with the subsequent histopathology on resection specimen; A retrospective study | |
01:00 pm – 01:10 pm | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
01:10 am – 03:00 am | Lunch Break | ||
Session 03 | 03:00 pm – 03:20 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Dr. Jabed Iqbal MD, PhD Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School and Senior Consultant, Dept. of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore | Building quality and equity in precision medicine: A framework for Bangladesh |
03:30 pm – 03.50 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Dr. Rafiq Islam MSc, FRCR MSE NHS Trust UK | Molecular pathology and target guided treatment in lung cancer, from a clinical oncologist perspective | |
04:00 pm – 04:20 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Humayun K Islam Chair and Professor Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma classification, using essential IHC-panels | |
04:30 pm – 04:45 pm Total 15 minutes | Professor Marta Cohen OBE MD, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), Dip Med Ed Royal College of Pathologist UK | Strategy and activities of the Royal College of Pathologist and global workforce | |
04:45 pm – 05:05 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Daphne de Jong | Enforcing pathology in LMIC setting considering increasingly successful treatment options | |
05:15 pm – 05:25 pm | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
05:25 pm – 05:30 pm | Closing Remarks from Convener | ||
Day-02 | 8th November 2025 | Lecture Gallery, Super specialized Hospital BMU | |||
 | Time | Speaker | Topics |
Session 01 | 08:30 am – 08:50 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Ferdousy Begum MD (Pathology) Professor, Dept. of Pathology, BMU | Childhood lymphoma - my experience at BMU |
09:00 am – 09:20 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor MB Zaman MD, FACP Rtd Professor of Pathology New York Medical college, USA | Introduction: Types of soft tissue sarcomas, clinical aspects and statistics | |
09:30 am – 09:50 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumours | ||
10:00 am – 10:20 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Fibrohistiocytic tumours | ||
10:30 am – 10:50 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Synovial tumours | ||
11:00 am – 11:10 am | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
11:10 am – 11:20 am | Refreshment Break | ||
Session 02 | 11:20 am – 11:40 am Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Md. Zillur Rahman MPhil (Pathology), PhD Professor and Chair Dept. of Pathology, BMU | Training and quality assurance in Histopathology services at BMU, establish international collaboration training and innovations |
11:50 am – 12:10 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Professor MB Zaman MD, FACP Rtd Professor of Pathology New York Medical college, USA | Peripheral nerve-sheath tumours | |
12:20 pm – 12:40 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Adipose tissue tumours | ||
12:50 pm – 01:10 pm Discussion 10 minutes | Blood vessel tumours | ||
01:10 pm – 01:20 pm | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
01:20 am – 03:00 am | Lunch Break | ||
Session 03 | 03:00 pm – 03:20 pm Discussion 10 minutes | Professor Sultana Gulshana Banu MD (Pathology) Professor, Dept. of Pathology, BMU | Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS): Bangladesh perspective |
03:30 pm – 03.50 pm Discussion 10 minutes | Professor MB Zaman MD, FACP Rtd Professor of Pathology New York Medical college, USA | Smooth muscle tumours | |
04:00 pm – 04:20 pm Discussion 10 minutes | Striated muscle tumours | ||
04:30 pm – 04:50 pm Discussion 10 minutes | Tumours of uncertain differentiation and rare soft tissue tumours | ||
05:00 pm – 05:20 pm Presentation 20 Minutes Discussion 10 minutes | Bone and cartilage tumours | ||
05:20 pm – 05:30 pm | Concluding Remarks from Chairperson | ||
05:30 pm – 05:40 pm | Closing Remarks from Convener | ||
Day-03 | 9th November 2025 | Lecture Gallery, Super specialized Hospital BMU | ||
Time | Speaker | Topics |
08:30 am – 12:00 pm | Professor MB Zaman MD, FACP Rtd Professor of Pathology New York Medical college, USA | Case presentation: 5-10 selected soft tissue tumour; from MGM consultation file, utilizing WSS |
Dr. Mohammad Monowar Hossain Saint John regional hospital (SJRH), Canada | Case presentation: 5-8 CNS tumours; where IHC/molecular profiling was essential for prognosis and therapy | |
NB: In the unlikely event of a “technical glitch” in slide projection, the time will be devoted to lectures on “selected topics of special interest”, as listed below. 1.   Hereditary gastro-intestinal cancer; enigma of colon cancer in young adults. 2.   Free online-access medical education (FOAM); pathology e-learning materials. 3.   Artificial intelligence-search (Google AI) may solve the known-unknowns! 4.   Morphology and IHC can resolve all biopsies of breast and liver; my algorithm! | ||