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Shahla Khatun

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National Professor Shahla Khatun
শাহলা খাতুন
Personal details
Born	Sylhet, Bangladesh
Parents	Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz (father) Syeda Shahar Banu (mother)
Relatives	AM Abdul Muhith (brother) AK Abdul Momen (brother) Abdul Hamid (granduncle)
Education	Dhaka Medical College^[1]

Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG (Bengali: শাহলা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi physician and National Professor.^[2]

Early life and family[edit]

Khatun was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, a lawyer by profession, was one of the founders of the Sylhet branch of the All-India Muslim League and took part in the Pakistan Movement.^[3] Her mother, Syeda Shahar Banu, was one of the leading women of the Bengali language movement. She has thirteen siblings including AM Abdul Muhith, a former Finance Minister of Bangladesh, and AK Abdul Momen, the country's incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[4]^[5]

Khatun is a gynecologist. She has served IPGMR, currently Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University as a professor and head of department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also serves at Green Life Hospital as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician. ^[6] She was inducted as a National Professor by the government of Bangladesh in 2011.^[7] She also taught at the Bangladesh Medical College.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "National Professor Shahla Khatun". Green Life Hospital. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

^ "সংরক্ষণাগারভুক্ত অনুলিপি". Sylhet Sadar Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

^ "Momen: Economic diplomacy will be my focus". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2020-01-06.

^ "Prof. Dr. Shahla Khatun". Where's My Doctor?. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

^ "Women, men must progress unitedly". Prothom Alo. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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