Rashid Choudhury was a consultant neurosurgeon at the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia. He was born in a remote village in the district of Hailakandi, Assam, India, the son of Imran Ali Choudhury and Sumsun Choudhury. He came from a humble background and had to work hard to become a surgeon. He matriculated in 1952 and studied medicine at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, qualifying in 1960. He completed a masters degree in surgery and became an assistant professor in the general surgery department at Assam Medical College when, in 1968, he was awarded a scholarship by the government of Assam to train in neurosurgery in the UK. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1970, and of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Colleges in 1971. In 1973 he was awarded a ChM in neurosurgery by the University of Aberdeen. He worked as a neurosurgeon in Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen and, from 1973 to 1978, in Derby. In 1973 and 1978 he returned to Assam to set up a neurosurgical centre, but a lack of proper facilities meant these plans had to be abandoned. From 1982 to 1995 he was a consultant neurosurgeon at the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital Saudi Arabia. His final medical post was as a medical assessor of retired miners receiving benefits in the UK. He was married to Amyna and they had two sons. Rashid Choudhury died on 24 October 2010.