Clinical
Physician · Public Health · Community Health
Bridging clinical care
Bridging clinical care
and public health.
A general physician with more than five years across clinical medicine, digital health, community health, and humanitarian public-health programmes in Bangladesh — with BRAC, Save the Children's partner GRAUS, and the ICRC — now practising at BRAC University's Medical Center in Dhaka.
BRAC University · Dhaka
Organisations Dr. Uzzal has worked with
BRAC University
Save the Children
ICRC
GRAUS
mPower Social
Impact in numbers
Care measured in people, not posts.
Every figure below is drawn from a role held, a programme run, or a clinic staffed — not an estimate.
5+ yrs
Years across clinical medicine, digital health and public-health programmes
15,000+
People reached through the GRAUS / Save the Children COVID-19 response
500+/mo
Outpatient consultations monthly while serving with the ICRC
50+
Medical assistants and health workers trained in the field
30–50/day
Telemedicine consultations delivered daily with mPower Social
100+/day
Students and staff cared for daily at BRAC University today
Professional journey
Six roles, five organisations, one throughline.
From ward rounds in Bandarban to population-level response during a pandemic, to a leadership post at BRAC University — a career that keeps circling back to the same question: how do you care for a community, not just a patient.
2018
MBBS
Kushtia Medical College
Jan — Apr 2020
Resident Medical Officer
Emanuel Medical Center, Bandarban
Jul — Nov 2020
Medical Officer
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Bandarban
Dec 2020 — Jun 2021
Medical Officer
Gram Unnayon Sangathon (GRAUS), in partnership with Save the Children — Bandarban
Mar — Oct 2022
Telemedicine Consultant
mPower Social, Dhaka
Feb 2023 — Jun 2026
Medical Officer
BRAC University, Dhaka
Jul 2026 — Present
Senior Medical Officer
BRAC University, Dhaka
Current role
Featured story · Bandarban, 2020–2021
From clinical care to population health.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Uzzal led a team of nurses, medical assistants, and community health workers at Alikadam Upazila Health Complex — a project run by Gram Unnayon Sangathon (GRAUS) in partnership with Save the Children. It became the experience that turned his attention from the individual patient to the health of a whole population.
15,000+
Patients served until the project ended
95%
Programme satisfaction rate
01
Challenge
A rural health complex needed to respond to COVID-19 with limited medicines, instruments, and IPC training for its doctors and staff.
02
Response
Supported the health complex with medicines and instruments, and facilitated infection-prevention-and-control and COVID-19 management training for the medical team.
03
Leadership
Directed a team of nurses, medical assistants, and community health workers, keeping daily clinic operations running through the pandemic.
04
Community impact
Arranged health education programmes for community members alongside the clinical work — reaching people before they became patients.
05
Public-health motivation
Seeing what was possible at the scale of a whole community, rather than one patient at a time, is what turned the work towards public health and epidemiology.
About
A physician who thinks in populations.
Dr. Uzzal Chandra Tangchangya is a general physician with over five years of experience working with local and international organisations, including BRAC, Save the Children, and the ICRC. He currently leads clinical care at the Medical Center of BRAC University's Residential Campus in Dhaka.
His path has taken him through emergency wards, digital health systems — including telemedicine, electronic health records, and digital prescription platforms — and a humanitarian COVID-19 response in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where he extended clinical consultations to underserved communities. This experience raised questions clinical medicine alone couldn't answer, and ultimately led him into formal training in public health and epidemiology. He is currently pursuing an MPH in Epidemiology at the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) in Dhaka.
Clinical MedicinePublic HealthCommunity HealthEpidemiologyHealthcare AccessibilityTelemedicineHealth Programme Coordination
Capabilities
Clinical rigour, practical tools, and the skills that hold a team together.
Technical
Tools & systems
Professional
Leading & coordinating
Second case study
Maternal & child health — ICRC, Naikhongchhari
International Committee of the Red Cross
Naikhongchhari, Bandarban
Jul 2020 — Nov 2020
500+
Outpatient consultations each month, for host and Rohingya communities
30%
Increase in joint outreach with government health staff
5 mo
Serving with the ICRC in Bandarban, July to November 2020
Research & public-health interests
Where clinical questions turn into population-level ones.
01
Public Health
02
Epidemiology
03
Community Health
04
Healthcare Accessibility
Training & certifications
Continuous learning, alongside the work.
01
BIRDEM
Certificate Course in Diabetes (CCD)
02
CMUD
Certificate Course in Ultrasonography (CMU)
03
Bandarban Family Planning Office
Basic Family Planning, Obstetric Care & Maternal and Child Health
Beyond clinical practice
Community engagement.
2020
Medical Volunteer — Dulupara Youth Organization, Bandarban
Provided consultation and basic treatment to over 200 underserved patients at a free medical camp in a remote area.
2020
Medical Volunteer — Friends Club of Bandarban
Took part in a COVID-19 awareness campaign and medical outreach programme, offering health education and consultations in a rural village.
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