Mohammad Samir Hossain has over 15 years of experience as an independent medical practitioner providing general and mental healthcare. He currently works at Proshanti Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also teaches palliative care part-time at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and previously taught psychiatry full-time at Medical College for Women. Hossain received his MBBS from Sir Salimullah Medical College, University of Dhaka. He has published several papers on topics related to death, existence, adjustment to death, and the impacts of religiosity.

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Evidences backing up the information of this CV (including supporting documents and certificates) can
be found at my accounts in linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-samir-hossain-
35b25919) and researchgate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad_Hossain81).
Mohammad Samir Hossain
Flat: 1-C-1, Suvastu Homes, 316/1 Boro Moghbazar,
Dhaka – 1217, Bangladesh
E-mail: mohammadsamirhossain@yahoo.com
Mobile: 088-01819160382, 088-01818064664
Objective:
Career in Health Sciences service delivery and research
Professional Positions:
Independent Medical Practitioner, General and Mental Health Care Service, Proshanti Hospital,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2004-present
Responsibilities: Treating patients at Private Chamber Practice with counseling and indoor consultancy on
request.
Honorary External Faculty, Palliative Care Service, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010-present
Responsibilities: Teaching End of Life issues for graduate and post graduate level students, counseling
patients and their family in management of terminal illness.
Fulltime Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College for Women, 2003 to 2015
Responsibilities: Teaching undergraduate medical students, training medical graduates during internship,
treating outpatients, implementing research, conducting seminars, planning curricula for undergraduate
students.
Intern, Sir Salimullah Medical College, University of Dhaka (MBBS), 2000-2001
Responsibilities: Placement in Medicine and Surgery departments and all their super-specialties including
Psychiatry, Neuromedicine, Neurosurgery for indoor and outdoor patient services as regular physicians.

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Education:
Sir Salimullah Medical College, University of Dhaka, MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery), Double
Bachelor Degree in Medicine and Surgery, 2000; (Pass mark: At least 50% in each subject)
Dhaka College, Dhaka, Higher Secondary Certificate, 1993; Passed with 77.30% marks (overall Star (75%
or more) Marks) with Distinction Marks (80% or more) in Biology and Physics.
Ideal High School, Dhaka, Secondary School Certificate, 1991, Passed with 77.10% marks (overall Star
(75% or more) Marks) with Distinction Marks (80% or more) in Science, English (2nd Paper), Elective
(Higher) Mathematics, Geography and Religious Studies.
Language competencies:
Bangla, Native speaker
English, Full professional proficiency
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic on 9th January, 2016(result published
22nd January, 2016) Score: Listening – 8.5, Reading – 7.5, Writing – 7.5, Speaking – 7; Band - 7.5
Arabic, Elementary proficiency
Additional online training:
Psychology: Research Methods – Open course at ALISON, 2015
PHIL 176: Death – An Open Yale Course at Yale University, USA 2013
Advanced Studies in Medicine (Online) - Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in
2005/2006
CME Online – Psychiatry and others at Harvard Medical School in 2004/2005
Psychotherapy (online/distance), Bircham International University, Spain, 2002-2004
Abnormal Psychology (online) at UGA under Dr Sanderson Beck, California in 2001/2002
Psychology 501 and 502 (online) Under Free-ed.ltd, Ohio in 2001
Publications:
1. Abstracting the triad of death, existence and adjustment to death: death and adjustment hypotheses.
Published in: European Psychiatry 12/2011; 26:1727-1727. DOI:10.1016/S0924-9338(11)73431-9
2. Abstinence: A Memoir.

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Published in: Journal of Loss and Trauma 03/2011; 16(5). DOI:10.1080/15325024.2011.575701
3. Introducing Death and Adjustment Hypotheses.
Published in: Journal of Loss and Trauma 07/2010; 15(4):370-375.DOI:10.1080/15325024.2010.491753
4. Concepts of Death: A Key to Our Adjustment.
Published in: Illness Crisis & Loss 01/2010; 18(1):19-36. DOI:10.2190/IL.18.1.c
5. Facing the finality - Death and Adjustment Hypotheses.
Published in: Newsletter, Spirituality Special Interest Group, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London,
01/2009;
6. Does religiosity help Muslims adjust to death?: a research note.
Published in: OMEGA--Journal of Death and Dying 08/2008; 57(1):113-9. DOI:10.2190/OM.57.1.f
7. Impacts and Adjustments of the Phenomenon, "Death," in Bangladeshi Muslims with Different Extents
of Religiosity.
Published in: Current Research in Social Psychology 07/2007; 12(12),
http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html
8. A Purposive Analysis of Death Adjustment in the Indian Subcontinent.
Published in: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad: JAMC 04/2015; 27(1):36 - 39.
N.B.: All the publications can be found listed at
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad_Hossain81/publications
References:
John Harvey, PhD
Professor, University of Iowa, USA
E-mail: john-harvey@uiowa.edu
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
Professor, University of Memphis, USA
E-mail: neimeyer@memphis.edu
robertneimeyerphd.com