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I retired as a Professor and Head of the Department of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular unit in SSKM & IPGME&R Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal. Currently, I am a honorary Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeon at the Centenary Hospitals of KOPT, Kolkata and an independent consultant in Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery.  In my career, apart from standardizing coronary artery bypass surgery, I have experience in complex Cardiothoracic and Vascular cases as well as trauma, including tracheal repairs and reconstructions. Furthermore, as a senior consultant in the department, I initiated minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) using the general instruments and infrastructure that was available within the department. Another achievement during my tenure as HOD was initiating video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) as a sub-unit. I have been able to maintain more than one open heart case a day and, immediately before the COVID-19 situation, was doing more than 5 cardiothoracic cases every day in 4 operation theatres with a limited number of instruments and staff in a government set-up. To top it all, I have completed five heart transplants as a team leader with the same facilities without any early in-hospital mortalities (30 days).

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At present, I am interested in starting a new unit of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery with a different setup and continue teaching new students.

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In addition to attachment with IACTS, I am presently the secretary of the West Bengal Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons (ACTVSWB). I have been an Examiner for the post-doctoral MCh & DNB candidates and have been appointed as an expert for the appointment of post-doctoral Teachers and inspection of new units in other states of India.

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