Dr Tasnim Jara
12+ yrsSpecialty Doctor in Internal Medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Co-founder of Shohay Health, Bangladesh's largest digital health platform, with more than fourteen million followers and 1.4 million app users, and a specialty doctor in internal medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals. Her NHS experience spans internal medicine, cardiology, respiratory medicine and emergency care, and she has served on the Institutional Review Board of the SAJIDA Foundation and on Cambridge's Clinical Education Quality Committee. She is MRCP-qualified and holds an MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care from the University of Oxford with distinction, and an MBBS from Dhaka Medical College.
Expertise
Experience
Specialty Doctor in Internal Medicine
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2024 — Present- Led acute medical takes as the on-call senior decision-maker, managing undifferentiated high-acuity presentations including peri-arrest, acute stroke, and respiratory failure in a high-volume teaching hospital. - Provided comprehensive inpatient care across Acute Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases, including ward round leadership, diagnostic reasoning, and management of patients with complex multimorbidity. - Supervised Foundation Year and Internal Medical Training doctors; delivered bedside teaching, formative feedback, and formal appraisal as part of structured clinical supervision. - Coordinated complex MDT meetings, liaising across nephrology, haematology,, cardiology, and palliative care to ensure seamless, patient- centred care pathways. - Managed complex discharge planning including social care coordination, community liaison, and patient and family communication for long-term management. - Conducted outpatient clinics across diabetes, endocrinology, and general internal medicine, managing chronic disease follow-up and structured patient education.
Institutional Review Board Member
SAJIDA Foundation
2023 — 2026- Serves on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) responsible for reviewing and approving research protocols involving human participants, ensuring compliance with national and international ethical standards. - Reviews study designs for scientific rigour, ethical acceptability, participant safety, and informed consent adequacy across health and development research portfolios. - Contributes clinical and evidence-based medicine expertise to multi- disciplinary ethical review panels, including assessment of digital health and community-based research proposals. - Monitors ongoing research for ethical compliance and participant welfare, escalating concerns and recommending protocol modifications where required.
Member of Clinical Education Quality Committee
University of Cambridge
2023 — 2024- Served on the committee responsible for monitoring quality across all aspects of undergraduate clinical education, including administration, admissions, assessment, course delivery, and finance. - Reviewed Final MB External Examiner reports and contributed to institutional responses to quality findings; reported to the Medical Education Committee for strategic implementation. - Reviewed the Education Division's Quality Strategy and Annual Quality Statement submitted to the University Education Committee. - Contributed to preparation for GMC quality reviews and external regulatory compliance processes.
Senior Clinical Supervisor (Undergraduate)
University of Cambridge
2023 — 2024Cambridge, England, United KingdomMember of the Advisory Steering Committee
BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health
2023 — 2023Joined as a member of the Advisory Steering Committee for the 'Effective Digital Health Platform for Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) Services: A Mixed-methods Approach to Understanding User Experiences, Needs, and Rights in Bangladesh' project
Internal Medicine Resident
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2022 — 2024Internal Medicine Resident
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
2022 — 2022- Led high-acuity on-call shifts independently, making time-critical clinical decisions with appropriate escalation in a busy district general hospital. - Managed acute respiratory emergencies including severe asthma, COPD exacerbations, acute pneumothorax. - Delivered structured patient education for those with long-term respiratory conditions, promoting shared decision-making and self-management.
Clinical Supervisor (Undergraduate)
University of Cambridge
2021 — 2023- Delivered small-group and bedside clinical teaching to undergraduate medical students at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, covering clinical reasoning, history-taking, examination, and evidence-based decision-making. - Designed and facilitated structured teaching sessions aligned to the Cambridge MB/BChir curriculum, ensuring integration of clinical experience with academic learning objectives. - Conducted formative and summative assessments of students; provided detailed written and verbal feedback to support progression through the medical programme. - Mentored students through clinical placements, supporting professional development, wellbeing, and preparation for finals assessments. - Earned AFHEA (Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy) in recognition of commitment to excellence in higher education teaching practice.
Medical Education Fellow
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2021 — 2022- Held a dedicated medical education fellowship at Royal Papworth, one of the UK's leading specialist cardiothoracic centres, contributing to the design and delivery of clinical teaching for junior doctors and medical students. - Developed and delivered teaching on cardiothoracic and critical care clinical topics, including ECMO management, advanced cardiac life support, and complex procedural skills. - Participated in curriculum review and contributed to educational governance within the trust's medical education department.
Internal Medicine Resident
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2021 — 2022- Managed critically ill patients in cardiothoracic and transplant ICU, including ECMO-dependent patients, post-LVAD implantation, and post-heart and lung transplant care. - Assessed and managed time-critical cardiac presentations including PPCI calls, life-threatening arrhythmias, and acute heart failure. - Performed clinical procedures including arterial line insertion, central venous access, and pleural drainage in high-acuity settings. - Co-authored a single-centre study on transcatheter versus surgical management of paravalvular leak, subsequently published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (2022). - Communicated sensitively with patients and families around prognosis, goals of care, and transitions to comfort-focused management.
Co-Founder, Chair, and Chief Medical Officer
Shohay Health
2020 — 2026- Co-founded and scaled Shohay Health from inception into Bangladesh's most widely used digital health platform, building a 14M+ community across social media and 1.4M+ users of the Shohay Pregnancy App. - Holds full accountability for clinical strategy, medical governance, and content quality, all platform output is validated against gold-standard, evidence-based medicine principles and peer-reviewed literature. - Directed end-to-end product development of the Shohay Pregnancy App (week-by-week clinical guidance); driving expansion into baby care, chronic disease management, and AI-enabled digital therapeutics. - Designed the platform's clinical validation framework: content review pipelines, and clinical accuracy protocols. - Led nationwide COVID-19 vaccine confidence campaigns with evidence- based public health messaging; recognised by the UK Government as a 'Vaccine Luminary' at the G7 Global Vaccine Confidence Summit (2021); work featured on BBC, ITV, Sky News, and Financial Times. - Secured and managed institutional partnerships to fund and scale access to digital health services for underserved populations. - Managed a cross-functional team of clinicians, developers, and communications specialists, with responsibility for editorial governance, technology roadmap alignment, and clinical communications strategy.
Senior House Officer in Emergency Medicine
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2019 — 2021- Assessed, investigated, and managed a broad range of undifferentiated emergency presentations including major trauma, stroke, STEMI, sepsis, toxicological emergencies, and paediatric cases. - Led resuscitation team calls and triaged patients using validated triage frameworks to ensure safe patient flow in a high-volume Emergency Department. - Coordinated admissions pathways with inpatient teams, mental health liaison, and social services for patients with complex needs.
Resident Medical Officer in Obs and Gynae
Apollo Hospitals
2018 — 2018Intern Doctor
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
2017 — 2018President
United Nations Youth Advisory Panel, Bangladesh
2014 — 2016