Profile
Sheikh Aleemuzzaman is a medical doctor by profession. Following his HSC education at Jhenidah Cadet College and MBBS studies at Rajshahi Medical College, he moved to Japan in 1989 as a recipient of the prestigious Monbusho (MEXT) Scholarship. On completion of MD & PhD from Nihon University School of Medicine (Tokyo), he joined the same university as a member of the faculty of Pathology. Later he joined the Tohto College of Health Sciences and presently holds the position of visiting professor. His research areas are- 'Epidemiology of Hepatitis in Bangladesh'and 'Introduction of Japanese Healthcare in Bangladesh'. He has long term clinical experience both in Japan and Bangladesh. He has been a subject of Marquis 'Who is Who in medicine and healthcare around the world' in 2009.
Recently, he has focused more on Bangladesh to enhance Bangladesh-Japan bilateral cooperation in the healtcare sector. He is engaged in various healthcare projects, including JICA projects. In 2013, he established Medicare Japan (MJ) a healthcarer provider organization for community people, to introduce Japanese style health screening system (Ningen Dock) as a standard model for prevention of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. At present he is the Bangladesh General Secretary of Japan Bangladesh Medical Association (JBMA).
'Dr. Sheikh', as he is popularly known in Japan, has been a very successful community organizer. In 1998, he led the establishment of an NPO named Japan Bangladesh Society (JBS). Under his able leadership, 'Tokyo Boishakhi Mela (Festival)', the largest expatriate event is being held every year at Tokyo, since 2000. He proposed and initiated to build a Shaheed Minar at Tokyo and resposnding to the initiative, The People's Republic of Bangladesh came forward to build a Shaheed Minar at the venue of Tokyo Boishakhi Mela, in the year 2005. The Tokyo Shaheed Minar is the first one to be directly built by Bangladesh on a foreign land.
Aleemuzzaman, a prolific writer, has authored a number of books. He was a pioneer in introducing Science Fiction to Bangladeshi readers, debuting through the book 'Shondhani' in 1985, published from the popular 'Sheba Prokashoni' of Bangladesh. A selection of his non-scientific writings in Bangla are available through this link. He also published numerous scientific articles in English and Japanese. He holds the highest-level Japanese Language Proficiency Test certification (JLPT N1).
As a philantropist, he
established the
Japan Bangladesh Hospital (JBH) for economically
unprevileged people of the community, in Khulna City of Bangladesh, in the year 1999.
Conferral of State Award of Japan: On 1 August 2024, the
Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2024
Foreign Minister's Commendation, and Dr. Sheikh Aleemuzzaman
have been honored to receive it in recognition of his
contributions to promoting exchange between medical societies in
Japan and Bangladesh and fostering confidence in Japanese
healthcare in Bangladesh.
Dr. Sheikh Aleemuzzaman can be reached by E-mail: sheikhaleemuzzaman@gmail.com