Mohammad A. Motalib is a graduate of Dhaka University & Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh. He completed a residency in internal medicine from the College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University at Harlem Hospital Center, New York. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Previously, Dr. Motalib has worked overseas in multiple disciplines of surgery and emergency medicine and as lecturer of anatomy in Sir Salimullah Medical College, Bangladesh. Since 1997, he has worked in the emergency departments of multiple hospitals in Central and Eastern Kentucky. He joined the University Health Service in 2009.