About Dr.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

MBBS University of Calcutta 1997.
DTCD University of Calcutta 2000.
MD University of Calcutta 2003.

ACHIEVEMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL CHEST AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

I have been practising as consultant chest physician for last 12 years in different hospitals and nursing homes. I did my postgraduate training in chest medicine at Medical College Calcutta. After that while doing my solo practice in chest medicine i went on participating in various national and international training programs in chest and critical care medicine. I successfully completed the Fundamental Critical Care Support Provider Course presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine USA on February 2008. I have been conferred the life membership of different professional organizations including Indian Chest Society, Association of Chest Physicians West Bengal, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physician, and European Respiratory Society, as a recognition of my accomplishments in my speciality. Recently I have been awarded the Fellowship of American College of Chest Physician (FCCP 2016).

As a pulmonologist and intensivist I dedicate more than 50% of my time in taking care of critically ill patients admitted to four different medical intensive care units in his locality. At these hospitals, I take the leadership role in the management of ICU administration and organizing care. As the senior consultant, I always try to implement best practices as per current scientific guidelines and encourage junior physicians for delivering the standard care. I am well trained in noninvasive cardiology including advanced Echocardiography and i apply this knowledge in the field of critical care and chest medicine often. I have introduced the concept of lung ultrasound and Echocardiography in hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patient in our local ICU setups. I and my friend Dr Pralay Sarkar FCCP were the pioneer persons in establishing the first competent ICU in Hooghly district way back in 2003. At that time there were no such facility at our urban city and adjoining rural areas. I have devoted my life trying to build up a good critical care unit in an urban city where it was never thought of.

CERTIFICATES, RECOGNITIONS, AND AWARDS

Housestaffship in the department of General Medicine at Medical College Calcutta, 1997
Postgraduate completion and training certificates of DTCD and MD course
Postgraduate comprehensive clinical training in the department of cardiology, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital from 2000 – 2003
Fundamental Critical Care Support Provider Course completion certificate presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine USA on February 2008
Advanced Echocardiography course completion certificate presented by Indian Academy of Echocardiography July 2014
Awarded Fellowship of American College of Chest Physician (FCCP 2016)

Life Member of professional organizations:
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Indian Chest Society
• American college of chest physician
• European Respiratory Society
• Association of chest physician West Bengal
• The association of physicians of India
• West Bengal Academy of Echocardiography
• Indian Academy of Echocardiography

LEADERSHIP, TEACHING, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

At my working place, i take a leadership role in the management of ICU administration and organizing care. I regularly organize CMEs and workshops to train my junior colleges in critical care medicine. I regularly collaborate with other physicians to improve their practice, often assuming a mentorship role.
Apart from my consultancy practice, I am actively involved in several academic activities like delivering lectures and seminars on regular basis and educating community physicians and general practitioners. I often organize various patient education programs in our locality. I run an asthma clinic for last seven years where apart from patient education and device demonstration I give motivational talks on smoking cessation and improvement of quality of life.

CONFERENCES

CHEST 2012 Atlanta, Georgia.
CHEST 2013 Chicago, Illinois.
CHEST 2014 Austin, Texas.
CHEST 2015 Montreal, Canada.
NAPCON National Conference of Pulmonary Disease 2006 – 2014 organized by NCCP & ICS.
CRITICARE National Critical Care Conference and workshop 2004 – 2015 organized by ISCCM.
APICON 2004 – 2015 Annual Conference of The Association of Physicians of India.
CSI 2004 – 2015 Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India.
ESC 2007 – 2015 Annual Conference of European Society of Cardiology.
ECHO INDIA 2015.