Area of Expertise
- Infertility (IVF, IUI & TVS)
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Diabetology
- Colposcopy
- Hysteroscopy
- Ultrasonography
- Clinical & Public Health Research
- Health Care Quality
- Teaching & Training
Training/Conference
- IUI (Fertility & Sterility Society of Bangladesh)
- Hysteroscopy (Obstetrical & Gynecological Society of Bangladesh)
- IVF and Reproductive Medicine (University of Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany)
- Colposcopy (Bangladesh Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Bangladesh)
- Transvaginal Sonography (TVS) (Bangladesh Institute of Thyroid Medicine and Imaging Research, Bangladesh)
- Menstrual Regulation (Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh)
- Certificate Course on Diabetology (CCD) (Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, BIRDEM)
- Medical Emergency Management (Marie Stopes International, UK)
- Incident Management (Marie Stopes International, UK)
- Clinical Quality Assessor (Marie Stopes International, UK)
- Implanon NXT (Marie Stopes Bangladesh)
- Counselling & Pain Management (Marie Stopes Bangladesh)
- Competency Assessment & Supportive Supervision (Marie Stopes Bangladesh)
- Value clarification on SRHR (Rutgers, Netherlands)
- 9 Conversations in Leadership (Worlds View Academy, South Africa)
- Business Leadership (Pinnacle, Bangladesh)
- Universal Health Coverage (BRAC Institute of Global Health, Bangladesh)
- Basic & Advance Courses on Epidemiology, Biostatistics (NIPSOM, Bangladesh)
- Monitoring and Evaluation (Institutional Development Services Limited, Bangladesh)
- ToT- Generic (MDF, Netherlands)
- ToT on Menstrual Regulation & Post Abortion Care (Rutgers & Women on Web, Netherlands)
- ToT on Comprehensive Newborn Care Package (MFSTC, DGFP, MoH & FP, Government of Bangladesh)
- ToT on Medical Emergency Management (Marie Stopes International, UK)
- ToT on Supportive Supervision (Friendship, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- ToT on Infection Prevention (Engender Health, Bangladesh)
Research/Publication
Conferences (abstracts presented in national & international conferences)
- Samina Sultana & Sufia Khatun. Rupture Uterus and Scar Dehiscence: In-Depth Interview of Admitted Cases at a Tertiary Care Hospital of a Selected Haor District. Abstract presented at 32nd International Scientific Conference, OGSB, 15-17 February, 2024
- Samina Sultana, TA Chowdhury, TS Chowdhury, Nusrat Mahmud, Rebeka Sultana, Firoz Ahmed, Increased Prevalence of Allergic Disorders among Bangladeshi Women with Endometriosis: A Hospital Based Case Control Study, National Conference of Endometriosis & Adenomyosis Society of Bangladesh, 24 February 2023.
- Samina Sultana & Sufia Khatun. Uterine Rupture & Uterine Dehiscence at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Haor District, Kishoreganj, Golden Jubilee of OGSB, 6 December 2022.
- Samina Sultana, Md. Abul Khair, Md. Golam Kibria. Clients’ Feedback System & Incident Management at Maternity Clinics of Marie Stopes Bangladesh. 26th Scientific Conference of OGSB, 8 and 9 December 2017.
- Samina Sultana. Validation of Self Reports of Perineal Tear by the Parous Women, World Congress of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Goteborg, Sweden, 21st to 25th June 2009.
- Samina Sultana, Charles P. Larson. Validation of Self Reports of Dyspareunia by the Parous Women & Utilization of Health Care, presented in 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, Hyderabad, India, 29th to 31 October 2007.
- Samina Sultana, Charles P. Larson. Health Care Seeking Pattern by the Women Suffering from Chronic Obstetric Morbidities, Partnerships in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, ASCON 11, icddr,b Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4 to 6 March 2007.
- Samina Sultana, Mr. Faiz Ahmed, Charles P. Larson. Orientation & Training of Health Care Providers: SUZY Team Experiences, presented in Scaling Up Zinc – The Way Forward: 4th International Conference on Scaling up Zinc, icddr,b Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 and 7 May 2007.
- Azharul Islam Khan, Samina Sultana, et al. Planning for Training and Development in Scaling Up Zinc for Young Children (SUZY) with Diarrhea, presented in Bringing Zinc to the People: 2nd International Conference, icddr,b Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17 and 18 April 2005
Publications
- Samina Sultana, TA Chowdhury, TS Chowdhury, Nusrat Mahmud, Rebeka Sultana, Naushaba T. Mahtab, Yushuf Sharker, Firoz Ahmed, Migraine among Women with Endometriosis: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study in Bangladesh, AJOG Global Reports, Volume 4, Issue 2, May 2024, 100344
- Sultana Rajia, Sufia Khatun, Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Samina Sultana. Evaluation of Cervical Cancer by Colposcopy and HPV-DNA in President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Kishoreganj. Sch Int J Obstet Gynec, Feb 2024; 7(2): 30-36.
- Samina Sultana, Rebeca Sultana, Sufia Khatun. Association of Dysmenorrhea and Dyspareunia with Endometriosis among Bangladeshi Female Population. Published in President Abdul Hamid Medical Journal.
- Firoz Ahmed, Samina Sultana. Editorial: Quantification of T Cell Subsets in Bangladeshi COVID-19 Patients; Creating Prospects towards Broader Research and Improved Patient Care. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 40, No 4, October 2022
- Md. Aminul Islam, Abdullah Al Marzan, Md. Sydul Islam, Samina Sultana, Md. Iftakhar Parvej, Mohammad Salim Hossain, Mohammad Tohid Amin, Farzana Ehtashum, Ehetasum Hossain, Md Abdul Barek, Md. Shafiul Hossen, Md. Shariful Islam, Foysal Hossen, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Nazratun Nayeem Choudhury, Md. Didar-ul Alam, Firoz Ahmed. Sex-specific epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Covid-19 patients in the southeast region of Bangladesh. MedRxiv Journal, 2021
- Md. Iftakhar Parvej, Samina Sultana, Mimma Tabassum, Seefat E Mannan, Firoz Ahmed. Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Encountered Side-effects among the Vaccinated People of Bangladesh. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
- Mimma Tabassum, Md. Iftakhar Parvej, Firoz Ahmed, Farzana Zafreen, Samina Sultana. Effect of COVID-19 on Perceived Stress among Bangladeshi People. Mental Health Review Journal, January 2021.
- Rebeca Sultana, TA Chowdhury, Samina Sultana, Habiba Khatun. Fertility Outcome Following Abdominal Myomectomy. Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Journal, July 2019, Vol 2.
- Maherunnessa, TA. Chowdhury, Samsad Jahan, Samina Sultana, Jesmin Jerin, Umme Ruman. Laparoscopic Evaluation of Pelvic Organs: In case of Infertility. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 2013, Vol 3: No. 2. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v3i2.17212.
- Charles P. Larson, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, David A. Sack, the Scaling Up of Zinc for Young Children (SUZY) Project Team (Nazneen Achtar, Lauren S Blum, Jo Grezelinska, Rafiqul Islam, Azharul Islam Khan, Sumona Liza, Hazera Nazrul, Nazretun Nayeem Monalisa, Samina Sultana, Abdul Wazed, Md. Altaf Hossain. Rafique Islam and Shomi Kaiser). Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh: theoretical and practical considerations guiding the SUZY Project. Health Policy and Planning. 2011;1–13. (doi: 10.1093/heapol/czr015 First published online: February 22, 2011)
- Samina Sultana, M. Selim Shakur, Charles P. Larson. Scaling up Zinc Treatment: Involving Pediatricians. The Orion Medical Journal, September-December 2005, Volume 22: 290.
- Dilruba Nasrin, Charles P. Larson, Samina Sultana, Toslim U. Khan. Acceptability and Adherence to Zinc Tablet in the Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2005 Sep; 23(3): 215-221.
- M. Fazlul Hoque, Nesar Uddin, Samina Sultana “Operative Management of Rigid Congenital Club Feet in Bangladesh”. International Orthopaedics (SICOT), August 2001, 25: 260-262.
WORKING PAPER
- Md. Jakariya, Md. Quaiyum Sarkar, Samina Sultana, Arsenic in Drinking Water and Birth Outcomes: A Study of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Programme, September 2004, Research and Evaluation Department, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC).

