Professor Dr. AKM Fazlul Haque was the founder Chairman and Professor of the Department of Colorectal Surgery in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, the only Medical University of Bangladesh. He obtained MBBS Degree from Dhaka Medical College in 1982, and was awarded Fellowship (FCPS) from Bangladesh College of Physician and Surgeons in January 1989. He worked in Government health service in Bangladesh starting from April 1982 until 2009. He is the Pioneer of Colorectal Surgery Specialty in Bangladesh. He is also the Pioneer Colorectal Surgeon in Indo-Pak Subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan).