National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research InstituteDept. of Epidemiology and Research
Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan

FacultyAdditional Program Director BHCI

Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan

Additional Program Director BHCI

MBBS, MPH, PGDDP

About

Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan is a public health professional with specific interest on non-communicable diseases (NCD). He graduated MBBS and later completed Master of Public Health from The University of Melbourne, Australia. During his career path, he worked for World Health Organization as National Consultant; Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, USA as Grants Manager. Currently working for National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh as Additional Program Director, Bangladesh Hypertension Control Initiative in Department of Epidemiology and Research. He also looks after the Road Safety and Injury Prevention program as Project Director. JICA SHASTO2 Project as Country Lead and Quality Improvement Consultant.

Research interests

  • Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)
  • Road Safety and Injury Prevention

Papers on record

34 papers in the department's publication record list Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan as an author.

All papers by Bhuiyan
  1. Circulation, 2026

    Abstract 42: Opportunistic Screening versus Population-Wide for Hypertension: A Microsimulation Study

    Bunmi Ogungbe, Xiao Hu, Tasfia Hussain, Binh Nguyen, A H M A D Khairul Abrar and 9 others

  2. Global Heart, 2026

    Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Changes, Sociodemographic Variation, and Socioeconomic Inequality from the 2017–18 to 2022 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys

    Md Mostafa Monower, Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Shamim Jubayer, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun and 1 others

  3. Circulation, 2025

    Abstract P2037: Impact of Extended Opportunistic Hypertension Screening on Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Simulation Study

    Bunmi Ogungbe, Xiao Hu, Tasfia Hussain, Binh Huy Nguyen, Ahmad Khairul Abrar and 9 others

  4. European Heart Journal, 2025

    Task-shifting to community clinics: a scalable model for decentralising hypertension care in bangladesh

    Shamim Jubayer, Md Ahsan-Uz-Zaman, Jubaida Akhtar, Sazzad Hossain, Deb Dulal Dey Parag and 5 others

  5. Global Heart, 2025

    Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey

    Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan and 2 others

  6. Hypertension, 2025

    Evidence-Based, Streamlined Approach to Measure Blood Pressure in Primary Care Settings

    Kathryn Foti, Andrew E. Moran, Kunihiro Matsushita, Lawrence J. Appel, Stephen P. Juraschek and 8 others

  7. Hypertension, 2025

    Abstract TH127: Detecting Potential Threshold Bias in Recorded Blood Pressure in Clinical Practice and Research: A study of 7 International Datasets

    Kathryn Foti, Matti Marklund, Di Zhao, Chathurangi H Pathiravasan, Ziling Shen and 17 others

  8. Global Heart, 2025

    Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in Bangladeshi Adults: Results from a Population-Based Survey with 24-Hour Urine Collections

    Jubaida Akhtar, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Noor Nabi Sayem, Mohamed Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan and 9 others