Prof. Islam is a regular faculty of Dept. of Rheumatology of BSMMU and present holding the charge of course coordinator. He received many awards, both from APLAR and EULAR. He had participated several national and international conferences as invited speaker. He has 105 publications in different national and international peer reviewed journals. He is the Secretary General of Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR), Associate editor of International Journal of Rheumatic Disease (IJRD), Associate Editor of Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS), Member of SpA Special Interest Group (SIG) of APLAR, Founder life member & at present Vice President of Bangladesh Rheumatology Society, Life member of Indian Rheumatology Association, Association of Physicians of Bangladesh.
