I presently head the Cardiac Surgery Department at B P Poddar Hospital…read more and Medical Research,
Kolkata. We mostly do adult cardiac surgery averaging about 25 per month. Strict enforcement of
SOPs and vigilant patient care has helped us achieve an impressive average mortality of less than
0.8%.
At my previous appointment, I used to work as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, at Medica Superspeciality
Hospital, Kolkata. Our department has a monthly caseload of about 100 Hearts. I routinely do OPCABs
along with a fairly good number of Ischaemic Mistrals. I also do Hemi sternotomy AVR and Mini Mitral
along with some single/be leaflet Mitral repairs. My other surgical endeavor included LV volume
restoration and surgery of the Aortic Root.
I worked as Fellow, Cardiothoracic at The Royal Perth Hospital(RPH). RPH is the tertiary referral center
for Cardiothoracic surgery in the state of Western Australia and the only hospital in the state for Advanced
Life support and Heart-Lung Transplantation. RPH is also the referral hospital for Trans Aortic Valve
Replacements. Here, at RPH I had the opportunity to train myself in the enlisting, insertion and
management of patients with LVAD (Heartware and Heartmate II). I also gained experience in Heart-Lung
Transplantation.
Among the other routine surgeries I acquired skills in Mitral Valve Repairs and Aortic Surgery including
Root and Arch replacements. I also had a chance to brush up my skills in Thoracic surgery including
lobectomies, decortication, and VATS.
After Completion of my higher surgical training, MCh(CVTS) I joined Rabindranath Tagore International
Institute of Cardiac Sciences(RTIICS), Kolkata as Junior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery. RTIICS is
specialized center for cardiac care with an annual surgical volume of about 2500 hearts including both adult
and pediatric cases. Here I had supervised surgical training in advanced adult cardiac surgery along with
opportunity to do cases independently. I was working there till I joined as Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery
at Royal Perth Hospital in August 2012.
At RTIICS, I was mainly involved in adult cardiac surgery and usually performed 1-2 cardiac surgeries
everyday independently. These included coronary artery bypass grafting (both on pump and off pump),
valves and combined procedures.
RTIICS is an accredited training institute for cardiac surgery by National Board of Examinations, New
Delhi, India. I was involved with supervision and training of new trainees.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Managed to set new standards of efficiency in Perioperative care by ensuring most routine Cardiac surgery
patients get discharged on day 3.
Ensured rigorous quality control by maintaining and auditing our clinical data.
Made myself abreast with the latest developments in Cardiac Surgery including implantation of LVADS and Transcatheter Valves.read less