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Dr. Arafat Ara
MBBS, BCS (Health) (General Physician), MD (Pediatric Hematology & Oncology)
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About Dr. Arafat Ara
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Dr. Arafat Ara is a pediatric hematology and oncology specialist. She works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital. She completed her MBBS from Rajshahi Medical College in 2011. After qualifying in the BCS (Health), she began her career in 2014 as a Medical Officer under the Ministry of Health. In 2017, she started 5 years of study and training in pediatrics and pediatric hematology and oncology at Bangladesh Medical University (former PG Hospital), earning her MD in 2022. Dr. Ara has research papers on pediatric hematology and oncology published in national and international journals.
She treats childhood anemia, blood infections, thalassemia, hemophilia, ITP, aplastic anemia, hemoglobin E disease, hemolytic anemia, blood cancer (leukemia), lymphoma, and liver, kidney, and bone cancers. She also manages general health conditions in children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years, including pneumonia, asthma, diarrhea, skin diseases, dengue, typhoid, and hepatitis.