Prof Ava Hossain inducted as APAO President

City Desk :
Eminent Bangladeshi Ophthalmologist Professor Ava Hossain has been inducted as the President of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) for the next two years term.
 Prof Ava became the first ever Bangladeshi national as well as the first woman Ophthalmologist who was elected as the President in the 63 years history of the APAO.
 APAO outgoing president Prof Nigli Wang from China handed over the charge to Professor Ava during APAO’s 38th congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week, a press release said on Saturday.
 Earlier, Professor Ava was recognized as the top 100 influential women ophthalmologists of the world by The Ophthalmologist power list 2021, reports BSS.
 She was also President of SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) and Founding President of Bangladesh Community Ophthalmological Society (BCOS).
Professor Ava, who is the first woman fellow in Ophthalmology in Bangladesh and obtained FCPS in 1985, is currently serving as the Director cum Chief Consultant at OSB Eye Hospital at Mirpur in the capital.