| Honorific Prefix: | National Professor |
| Shahla Khatun | |
| Native Name: | শাহলা খাতুন |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Place: | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Education: | Dhaka Medical College |
| Father: | Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz |
| Mother: | Syeda Shahar Banu |
| Relatives: | AM Abdul Muhith (brother) AK Abdul Momen (brother) Abdul Hamid (granduncle) |
Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG (Bengali: শাহলা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi physician and National Professor.[1]
Khatun was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, a lawyer by profession, was one of the founders of the Sylhet branch of the All-India Muslim League and took part in the Pakistan Movement.[2] Her mother, Syeda Shahar Banu, was one of the leading women of the Bengali language movement. She has thirteen siblings including AM Abdul Muhith, a former Finance Minister of Bangladesh, and AK Abdul Momen, the country's incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] [4]
Khatun is a gynecologist. She has served IPGMR, currently Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University as a professor and head of department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also serves at Green Life Hospital as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician. [5] She was inducted as a National Professor by the government of Bangladesh in 2011.[6] She also taught at the Bangladesh Medical College.[7]