In U.K.:

1. Research on "Death of Doctors". A paper, "Longevity of Surgeons" was presented at the Annual Meeting of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Edinburgh in May'98. The abstract of this was published in British Journal of Surgery.

2. An Audit on "Urgency of GP Referrals to the Rapid Access and Routine Breast Clinics- study over 6 months' period". This was presented in a Multidisciplinary meeting at Chorley Hospital.

3. A review of "Laparoscopic repair of Recurrent Inguinal Hernias" at Chorley Hospital. This was presented at a regional meeting of SpRs at Royal Lancaster Infirmary in June,99.

4. A case of "Quadriceps Tendon Rupture - Delayed presentation" presented in a clinical meeting at Manchester Royal Infirmary in February,'96.

5. A case presentation on "Mesenteric Vascular Disease" at Royal Bolton Hospital in Novemeber,'96.

In India :

Papers and Publications :

1. An abstract of a paper on 'Characteristics of GI Malignancy in Eastern India was published in Indian Journal of Gastroenterology in June/01.

2. 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 Gastroenterology in Nov, 2001. The abstract was published in Indian Journal of Gastroenterology in Nov, 01.

3. A case report 'Laparoscopic Anterior Resection' was published in Norwest (Journal of Indian Medical Association of North West Calcutta) in August, 2002.

4. Papers on ‘Insertion of Central Venous Line- Experience of a Paediatric Oncology Unit’, ' Palliation of Malignant dysphagia by metal stents’, "Colorectal Cancer in Children and Adolescents- a & year Retrospective study' and "Giant Cystosarcoma phyllodes- a Case report’, 'Laparoscopic RFA of HCC’ ~ were published in CCWHRI - Bulletin, a journal of CCWHRI Hospital.

5. Review article "Radio Frequency Ablation- Image guided, Laparoscopic or Open?" published in the Guest column of Orissa Journal of Surgery in Feb, '07.

Presentations :

• 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, 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.

Guest Lectures and Faculty :

• 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.
• Chiefly 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 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.

International :

International Publications/ Presentations/ Researches:

• 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’06.
• 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”.

Organisation 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 to be held in Kolkata in Sept, 09.

COURSES AND 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.

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.

Workshops Attended :

• 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.

MEMBERSHIPS OF MEDICAL BODIES IN INDIA:

• Indian Medical Association
• Life Member of The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)- both India and West Bengal chapter.
• 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 Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI).
• Life Member of Indian Association of GI Endosurgeons (IAGES)- both State and Indian chapters.
• Life Member and Member of Management Advisory sub-committee of Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata.
• Elected Member of Executive Committee of ASI, W. Bengal chapter.
• Co-opted member of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO).
• Co-chairman of Ostomy Association of Bengal.

Hobbies/ Past Times:

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :

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