Two NYCPM Students Share More than Just A Nationality
Drs. Akm Muktadir and Mohammad Zakir Hossen, both members of the Class of 2019, have a lot in common. Both were born in Bangladesh, and both are physicians; they earned their medical degrees there at roughly the same time, from schools about one mile apart in Dhaka, the country’s capital. But, they didn’t know each other until they met in their first class here at NYCPM in June (2016) and recognized each other as countrymen.
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(L-R) Drs. Mohammad Zakir Hossen and Akm Muktadir |
Akm, 38, attended the Dhaka Medical College, and became a surgeon; he practiced general surgery in the UK for about nine years before moving to the U.S. Once here, he decided that podiatric medicine would be a good fit with his surgical background. Mohammad, 40, a cardiologist, attended the Sir Salimullah Medical College, and decided to migrate to the U.S. in 2013. He worked with a podiatrist in the Bronx and became interested in the profession.
Source: Footprints [July 2016]
