Dr Arnab Gupta:
Date of Birth: 18th Oct, 1966     Place: Calcutta     Marital Status: Married
Contact Address:
4 Nrisingha Dutta Road, Calcutta- 700008.
Tel No. (00-91-33) 2446-9600. M- (00-91) 98310-13063
e-mail: arnabgupta1@hotmail.com
Registration: India- WB 49537      UK- 4562364 (Full)

Presently attached to:

• Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata as Consultant Surgical Oncologist and as Director. This is a comprehensive philanthropic Cancer Institute serving the patients of Eastern and North- Eastern India and also neighbouring countries.
• Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery as Consultant Surgeon & Faculty of DNB training
• Columbia Asia Hospital as Consultant Surgical Oncologist

Special Interests:
GI (Upper GI, Colo-rectal, HPB) and Breast Oncosurgeries.

Educational Qualifications:

Awards, Distinction and Scholarships:

1. Senior Class Assistant, Honours Marks and Silver Medal in Forensic and State Medicine.
2. College Highest Score in Forensic and State Medicine in University Examination.

3. Merit Scholarship for obtaining ranks within Top Ten in Annual College Examinations

Traveling Fellowship/ Training in Onco-surgery:

Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, London                     - 1998
Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai (under Dr P. Jagannath)                            - 2005
National Cancer Hospital, Bloomfontein, S. Africa                              - 2005
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, NY, USA (IACA)               - 2007

Institutions Worked in:

Institutions worked in UK (in reverse chronological order)
                          
Post: SpR, General and Colo-rectal surgery, 6.10.99- 16.11.99
Location: Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Consultant :  Mr S Ravi

Post:                   SpR, General Surgery (Upper GI), 6.4.99- 5.10.99
Location:           Chorley & South Ribble Hospital
Consultants:        Mr Muntzer M Mughal/ Mr Rob O Hart

Post:                   SpR, General Surgery (Breast), 2.11.98- 5.4.99
Location:           Chorley & South Ribble Hospital
Consultants:       Mr P P George/ Mr Z A Saidan

Post:                  Clinical Attachment, Surgical Oncology, 1.9.98- 9.10.98
Location:           Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, London
Consultants:       Mr Gerald Gui/ Mr Jeremy Thompson

Post:                   Locum SpR, Colo-rectal Surgery, 2.7.98- 31.8.98
Location:            Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, S. Wales
Consultants:       Mr P N Haray

Post:                   Senior SHO, General Surgery, 6.8.97- 4.8.98
Location-           Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Consultants:       Mr M.A.R.A. Al-Fallouji

Post:                  Senior SHO, General Surgery, 5.2.97- 5.8.97
Location:           Poole Hospital, Dorset
Consultant:        Mr Robert Talbot

Post:                  SHO, General Surgery, 7.8.96- 4.2.97
Location:           Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultants:      Mr John H Hobiss/ Mr D G Ostick

Post:                 SHO, Cardiothoracic Surgery/ ITU, 7.2.96- 6.8.96
Location:          Manchester Royal Infirmary
Consultants:      Mr G J Grotte/ Mr Nick J Odom

Post:                  SHO, Trauma and Orthopaedics, 2.8.95- 6.2.96
Location:           Manchester Royal Infirmary
Consultants:       Mr Ashok S Paul/ Mr Ebezie

Post:                   SHO, General Surgery, 1.2.95- 1.8.95
Location:            Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultants:       Mr John H Hobiss/ Mr Richard J Salem

Post:                   SHO, Accident & Emergency, 1.9.94- 31.1.95\
Location:           Burnley General Hospital
Consultant:        Mr S U Rahman

Past Employments in India:

Post:                  Junior Registrar, Surgical Oncology, 1.8.92- 30.11.93
Location:        Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Calcutta    
Consultants:     Dr S K Sen

Post:                  Senior SHO (8 months), Junior SHO, 1.8.91- 31.7.92
Location:           Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
Consultant:        Prof Urmila Khanna

Post:                   Pre-registration House Officer, General Surgery, Medicine, Obs &
                           Gynae, 1.8.90- 31.7.91
Location:            Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
Consultant:        Prof Urmila Khanna & Prof Parimal C Das

Presentations in India:

• Presented a paper on “Insertion of Central Venous Line-Experience of a Paediatric Oncology unit” in National Annual Conference of All India Surgeons of India “ASICON-2002” at Science City, Calcutta in Dec’02
• Presented two papers: “Palliation of Malignant Dysphagia by mental stents-an experience of a Cancer Hospital” and “Colorectal Cancer in children & adolescents –a 7 yr. retrospective study”at National OncoSurgical Conference “NATCON-IASO 2003”at Lucknow in Sept’03
• Presented a paper “Cystosarcoma Phyllodes – a 7 yrs. Retrospective study” and posters on “Cystosarcoma” at SASICON XXV (Annual West Bengal State Conference of Association of Surgeons of India), Calcutta, Feb’04
• Presented a paper “How to avoid Morbidity from Axillary Clearance” at National OncoSurgical Conference NATCON-IASO 2004, at Jaipur in Sept,04
• Presented a poster at SASICON XXVI “A Rare Variety of Rare Haemosuccus Pancreaticus”held at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Kolkata in Feb’05.
• Video presentation on “Oesophago-gastrectomy” at SASICON XXVII, at Chandannagar in Feb’06.
• Video Presentation on “Laparoscopic APR” at NATCON-IASO (International meet of ‘Indian Association of Surgical Oncology and “World Federation of Surgical Oncology) at BHU, Benaras in Sept’06. This was also presented at Monthly Clinical Meeting of IAGES in August’06
• Poster presentation on “Breast Conservation Surgery- our 5 yrs. experience” at NATCON-IASO 2006 at BHU, Benaras in Sept’06.
• Regular lectures and presentations at Weekly CME & different seminars at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Calcutta.
• Video Presentation on `Synchronous Liver Resection` in NATCON IASO 2007 held at Ludhiana in Sept, 07.
• Presented a paper `Surgery for Ca- Gallbladder- 7 yrs` experience` at NATCON IASO 2008 held in Hyderabad in Sept, 08.
• Presented a paper `Optimising results of Breast Cancer Surgery- a 7yrs` experience` at ASICON 2008 (National Conference of Association of Surgeons of India` held at Ludhiana in Dec, 08.

Guest lectures/ Invited lectures/ Teaching Faculty:

• Examiner for IMRCS examination of Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh held in India.
• A member of the Teaching Faculty for DNB in Surgical Oncology at CCWHRI Thakurpukur, Kolkata and also ASI state chapter CMEs for PGTs.

• Guest Lecture on “Ostomy and its management” organized by the Ostomy Association of West Bengal at Kothari Medical Centre, Calcutta in August, 2001.
• Guest Lectures to Nursing students in an All India Nurses Conference held in Calcutta on ‘Breast Cancer’ and ‘Surgical Management of Cancer in Dec’01.
• Delivered a Guest lecture on “Management of Early Breast Cancer” in a Medical Seminar organized by IMA, Dumdum, Calcutta in Dec’01
• Guest Lecture on “Oesophageal Stenting” at AMSCON, an Annual Conference of Indian Medical Association, Calcutta in February, 2003.
• Chief faculty in a Hands on Training Workshop on Endoscopy at Swagat Hospital, Guwahati in January’04
• Panelist on “Breast Cancer” in R.N. Ghosh Memorial Annual State Pathology Conference held at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Calcutta in Sept’04
• Guest Lecture on “Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Breast Cancer” at Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery, Salt Lake, Calcutta in Nov’04
• Invited Lecture on “Axillary Clearance” at Oncosurge 2006 at IPGMER, Calcutta in Feb’06
• Invited Video Presentation on “Laparoscopic APR” at Annual CME of West Bengal State ASI chapter SAISCME 2006, Medical College Calcutta, in Sept.’06.
• Invited Lecture on “Laparoscopic RFA of Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma” at ACADIMA (National Academic Conference of IMA) HELD AT Science City, Kolkata, October 2006.
• Invited Lecture on “Management of Oesophageal & Gastric Cancers”in SASICON XXVIII, held in Calcutta in Feb’07.
• Invited lecture on “Common Errors in GI Oncosurgery” in ASICON 2007 held at Bhubaneswar in Dec, 07.
• Guest Lecture on “Breast Conservation Surgery” at OSASICON 2008, held at Burla, Orissa in Feb, 08.
• Invited Video Presentation on “Salient steps of Liver Resection” in SASICME held at R K Mission Seva Pratisthan in Sept, 08.
• Invited lecture and panelist in 1 day Breast Cancer Symposium organized by Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery, Kolkata in Oct, 08.
• Invited Lecture on “Role of RFA in Oncology” at SASICME held in Barasat in Feb, `09.
• Invited Video Presentation on Liver Resection at 8th Oncosurge at IPGMER, Kolkata in March, `08.
• Guest Lecture on “Recent developments in HPB surgery” at Oncology update organized by NSCRI, Kolkata in April, `09. 
• Panelist in a Symposium on Ca- Gallbladder at NATCON IASO 2009, Kolkata in Sept, `09.
• Guest lecture on “Detection & management of Colo-rectal cancer” at Oncology update organized by NSCRI, Kolkata in October, 2009.
• Guest Lecture on “Role of a Surgeon in Palliative Care” at Oncology Update organized by NCRI, Kolkata, Sept, 2010
• Chairperson on a session on “Liver Resection for Metastatic Colo-rectal cancer” at NATCON IASO 2010 at Mumbai in Sept, 2010
• Chairperson in a Master Video session at SASICME 2010, held at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata in Sept, 2010.
• Invited Master Video Session on Laparoscopic APR & Chairperson in Free Paper Session at ASICON (Association of Surgeons of India) held at AIIMS, N. Delhi in Dec, 2010.
• Chairperson on a session on “Cholangiocarcinoma” on EUS workshop held at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata in Jan, 2011.
• Chairperson in a Session on “Recent Developments in Oesophageal Cancer surgery” held at GI Oncology CME in Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata in Feb, 2011.

International Publications/ Presentations/ Researches:

• A Research Paper ‘Longevity of Surgeons` was presented at the Annual Meeting of Association of Surgeons of Great Britan & Ireland held in Edinburgh in Nov, `98. The abstract of this was published in British Journal of Surgery, in Nov, 98.
• An Audit on `Urgency of GP referrals in the Rapid Access and Routine Breast Clinics – a study over 6 months` period` was presented in Chorley Hospital in a Multi-Disciplinary Meeting in Jan, `99.
• A Review of ‘Laparoscopic repair of recurrent Inguinal Hernias at Chorley Hospital` was presented in a SpR meeting at Lancaster Royal Infirmary in June, `99.
• Presented a paper on “Profile of Gastric Cancer in Eastern India” at SAARC (an International Conference on Oncology) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in March’01
• Co-author of a research paper “Critical role of an Endogenous Gastric Peroxidase in controlling oxidative damage in H. pylori-mediated and non-mediated Gastric Ulcer” in Radical Biology & Medicine, Vol 32, printed in the USA in Aug’02.
• Co-author of a research paper “Analysis of human Lymphocyte Antigen Class I Expression in Gastric Cancer by Reverse Transcriptase – Polymerase Chain Reaction” published in Human Immunology 66, 164-169 ( 2005 ) @ American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, published by Elselvier Inc., USA.
• Delivered Lectures on ‘Oesophageal stenting’ and ‘Axillary Clearance’ at National Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa in Oct’05.
• Letter to editor Published in the Surgeons (Journal of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland in December, 2006) on “Splenic Rupture during Colonoscopy”.

 Publications in India:

• Guest Review Article: “Radiofrequency Ablation- percutaneous, Laparoscopic or Open?” published in Orissa Journal of Surgery in Feb, 2007.
• Co-author of a Poster Presentation “Gastric Carcinoma, H. Pylori infection and Serum Selenium and zinc status` at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Gastro-enterology in Nov, 2001. The abstract was published in Indian Journal of Gastro-enterology in Nov, `01.
• An abstract of a paper on “Characteristics of GI Malignancy in Eastern India” was published in Indian Journal of Gastro-enterology in June, `01.
• Regular publications in the Hospital Academic Bulletin (CCWHRI Bulletin): `Insertion of Central Venous Line- experience of a Paediatric Oncology Unit`, `Palliation of malignant Dysphagia by stents`, `Colo-rectal cancer in Children & adolescents- a 7 yrs` experience`, `Giant Cystosacroma phylloides- a case report`, `Laparoscopic RFA- a case report`, `Synchronous Liver resection- a case report`.
• An Original Article ‘How to avoid morbidity in Axillary Clearance- a 8yrs` experience` was published in of Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology (Vol1, number3, July-Sept 2010, pg:240).

 Organization of Workshops/CME/ Conferences:

• Served as Organizing Secretary for SASICON-XXVI, Annual State Conference of Association of India, held at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Calcutta in Feb’05
• Member of organizing committee of “Live Liver Surgery Workshop” at IPGMER, Calcutta, March’06
• Organising Secretary of “1st East Zonal Live Surgical Oncology Workshop” held in CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Kolkata in Nov, 06.
• Chief Co-coordinator of weekend CME of ASI, held at CCWHRI Thakurpukur in July’05, August’06, August, 07.
• Chief Organizer of weekly CME at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur.
• Chief co-coordinator of IAGES monthly clinical meeting at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Calcutta, Aug’06 and `08.
• Chairperson in ‘CBD workshop’ held at BM Birla Hospital, Calcutta in June’07
• Invited Lecture on `Management of Axilla in Breast Cancer` in SASICME held at Calcutta National Medical College in Sept, 07.
• Organising Secretary of “Excellence in Oncology 2007” held jointly with Royal Sussex County Hospital at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur in Dec, 07.
• Chief Organizer of `Live Workshop on Radio Frequency Ablation` held at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur in May, 08.
• Member of Organising Committee of `CME & Live Operative Workshop on Liver` at CMRI, Kolkata in Sept, 08.
• Organising Secretary of NATCON IASO 2009 held in Kolkata in Sept, 09.
• Member of National Organizing committee of ASICON, 2010 to be held in N. Delhi in Dec, 10.
• Member of Organizing Core-committee of National Hernia Workshop held in Kolkata in Sept, 10.
• Organising Secretary of East Zonal Surgical Oncology CME cum Workshop to be held at CCWHRI on 4th- 5th Dec, 2010.
• Member of Organizing Committee of Palliative Care Workshop held at CCWHRI from 10th- 12th Dec, 2010 jointly with Royal Sussex County Hospital, UK and Indo-American Cancer Association.
• Live Thoracic Surgery Workshop at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur on 14th June, 2011

Course & Conferences Attended:                                     

In UK/ US:

• Soft Tissue Injury Course at Royal Oldham Hospital in Sept’94

• Basic Surgical Skills at Royal College of Surgeons, London, January’95
• Section A course, Royal College of Sugeons,Edinburgh,May’95
• Radiation Protection Course, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, October’95
• STEP Course, Royal College of Surgeons, England, August’95-Jly’96
• Section B course, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, May’96
• Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, LIMIT, Leeds General Infirmary, Dec’96
• Advanced Anastomotic Techniques, Royal College of Surgeons, London, June, 07.
• ATLS course, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Sept, 07.
• Clinical Surgery in General, Pilgrim, Boston, Aug/ Sept, 07.
• Annual Meeting of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, May, 98 to present a paper.
• European Breast Symposium, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Sept, 98.
• European Breast Symposium, QMC, Nottingham, Sept, 99.
• Fundamental techniques of Breast Reconstruction, Royal College of Surgeons, London, Oct, 99.
• ASCO held in Chicago in June, 2007.

Conferences attended in India:

• NATCON IASO, National Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, Puri, Orissa, Sept, 00.
• 76th All India Medical Conference at Taj Bengal, Calcutta, Dec, 00.
• SAARC International Conference on Clinical Oncology at Dhaka, Bangladesh, March, 01 to present a paper.
• 5th International Conference of Indian Association of GI Endosurgeons (IAGES) at Science City, Calcutta, Jan, 02.
• SASICON 2002, Digha in Feb, 02.
• 66th Annual Conference of IMA, Calcutta branch in June, 02.
• ASICON-2002 (National Conference of Association of Surgeons of India), at Science City, Calcutta, Dec, 02.
• AMSCON- 2003, an Eastern Zonal Multi-Specialty Academic Conference of IMA, Calcutta branch, Calcutta in March, 03.
• NATCON IASO 2003, Lucknow in Sept, `03.
• SASICON XXV- Silver Jubilee Conference, in Park, Calcutta, in Feb, 04.
• NATCON IASO 2004, at Jaipur, in Sept, 04.
• SASICME (mid term conference of ASI, WB chapter) in Calcutta, in Sept, 05, 06, 07, 08.
• SASICON XXVI at CCWHRI, Thakurpukur, Kolkata in Feb, 05.
• Oncosurge 2006 (Annual IPGMER, Kolkata, update) in Feb, 06, 07, 08.
• SASICON XXVII at Chandannagar, Feb, 06.
• NATCON IASO 2006 in BHU, Varanasi, Sept, 06.
• NATCON IASO 2007 at Ludhiana, Punjab, Sept, 07.
• 8th World Congress of IHPBA (International  Hepato-Pancreato- Biliary Association) held in Mumbai in Feb/ March, 08.
• NATCON IASO 2008 at Hyderabad, Sept, 08.
• NATCON IASO 2009 at Kolkata, Sept, 09.
• NATCON IASO 2010 at Mumbai, Sept, `10.
• SASICME at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, Sept, 10.

 Workshops attended in India:

• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Eastern Zonal GI therapeutic Endoscopy Workshop held at Kothari Medical Centre, Kolkata in Aug, 00, 02, 04, 06 & 08.
• Simulated Training Programme on Surgical Staplers, Mumbai, in March, 01.
• Workshop on Maintenance of Endoscopes, organized by Olympus in Calcutta in July, 01.
• Laparo Surg 2002 (4th Live International Workshop on Advanced Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery and Allied Specialties) at Coimbatore in Aug, 02.
• ISDE 2003 (The 1st International Conference & Workshop on Diseases of Esophagus) in Chennai in Feb, 03.
• AMASICON (1st Annual International Conference and Workshop on Association of Mininal Access Surgeons of India), held at AIIMS, New Delhi, in March, 05.
• ENDOCON (6th Annual Conference and Workshop of Society of GI Endoscopy of India) held in Kolkata in Feb, 05.
• IHPBA (International Hepato Pancreatic Biliary) Conference in Ahmedabad, Sept, 05.
• AMASICON 2006 at Kolkata in April, 06.
• Hands on Liver Resection Workshop, LTMMC, Mumbai, April, 06.
• Liver workshop at CMRI, Kolkata in Sept, 08.
• EUS Hands on Workshop held at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, Jan, `11.

Memberships of Medical Bodies in India, abroad:

• Governing Body Member and  Director of Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata
• Life Member of Indian Medical Association, Calcutta Branch
• Life Member of The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)- both India and West Bengal chapter.
• Life Member and National Chair of Indo-American Cancer Association (IACA)
• Life Member of the Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI).
• Life Member of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO no. G036)
• Life Member of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)
• Life Member of Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI).
• Life Member of Indian Association of GI Endosurgeons (IAGES)- both State and Indian chapters..
• Past Elected Member of Executive Committee of ASI, W. Bengal chapter.
• Co-opted Executive committee member and Associate Editorial Secretary of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO).
• Co-chairman of Ostomy Association of Bengal.
• Vice-President of Laryngectomee Club, Kolkata.
• Co-opted as Associate Editorial Secretary of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
• Member of Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
• Member of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)

Examiner of MRCS Exam conducted in India

 Teaching Experience:

• Of DNB Surgical Oncology at CCWHRI
• Of Post Graduate trainees in General Surgery and Surgical Oncology at State & National levels

Hobbies/ Past Times:

• Music (Vocal and Instrumental)
• Photography
• Flying (had undergone flying lessons)
• Cricket as a keen batsman
• Fine Arts

Aims & Objectives: To use my knowledge and acquired skills for the service of suffering Cancer patients, especially the underprivileged.