Tawhid Iqbal is a medical tourism expert with 22 years of international experience spanning Bangladesh, Thailand, the UAE, and Australia. He serves as Director of ThaiMediXpress, the official Bumrungrad International Hospital referral partner in Bangladesh, where he has personally overseen more than 25,000 successful medical procedures coordinated between Bangladeshi patients and Bumrungrad Bangkok. He is also Director of Surecell Medical BD Ltd, Bangladesh’s first Center of Excellence for Regenerative Medicine, and Founder of CareFlyBD, a medical aviation and patient transport service. His global work earned him UAE Golden Visa recognition in 2023 and the Business Excellence Award in 2025. Bumrungrad International Hospital has recognised him multiple times as a top-performing international referral partner. Tawhid’s writing on ThaiMediXpress draws directly from his hands-on experience coordinating real patient cases across cardiac surgery, oncology, neurology, and emergency air ambulance. He communicates in English, Bengali, Thai, and Hindi, working daily across the Bangladesh and Bangkok teams. All guidance on this site reflects active coordination practice, not desk research.
Bangkok, Thailand | Dhaka, Bangladesh
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