Government of West Bengal

Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

Centre of Excellence in Medical Education & Research

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

Cardiology
FACULTY

Name Designation
Prof. Goutam Datta Professor & Head
Prof. Sankar Chandra Mandal Professor
Dr. Saroj Mandal Associate Professor
Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosal Associate Professor
Dr. Asit Das Associate Professor
Dr. Pradip Kumar Saha Associate Professor
Dr. Tushar Kanti Patra Assistant Professor
Dr. Gouranga Sarkar Assistant Professor
Dr. Rajarshi Mondal Assistant Professor
Dr. Kaushik Paul RMO
Dr. Koushik Bandopadhyay RMO
Dr Avishek Saha RMO
Dr. Niloy Banerjee RMO

Senior Residents

Dr Soumya Kanti Datta MD, DM SR

Dr. Sebabrata Jana MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Suvendu Chattopadhyay MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Ishita Majumder MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Bidyut Roy MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Subir Sen MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Bimal Kahar MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Ronita Saha MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Rakesh Das MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Pradip Sarkar MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Saikat Prasad Datta MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Ankita Tibdewal MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Purnendu Das MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Kamalesh Garai MD, DM SR (on bond period)
Dr. Raj Kumar Bhattacharya MD, DM SR (on bond period)

Postdoctoral trainees

Session 2020-2023 Session 2021-2024 Session 2021-2024

Dr. Amritesh Biswas Dr. Nilesh Giri
Dr. Sabyasachi Roy Dr. Sunanda Ghosh
Dr. Debdatta Kar Dr. Ferouz Bandey
Dr. Subhraprakash Pramanik Dr. Dharmendra
Dr. Suman Ghosh Dr. Pinaki Nath Yet to join
Dr. Manikanta Majhi Dr. Gaurav Lakhani
Dr. Ritwik Ghosal Dr. Shubhanshu Pal
Dr. Mrinal Kanti Manna Dr. Abhisekh Naskar
Dr. Asmita Das Dr. Anubhab Prakash

Medical Officers and House Staff

Medical Officers House Staff

Dr. Paramartha Bhattacharya
Dr. Bimal Naskar
Dr. Musa Karim Laskar
Dr. Abanti Dasgupta
Dr. Eshak Ali
Dr. Subhasis Mukherjee
Dr. Ishu Gupta
Dr. Indranil Das
Dr. Chinmay Mandi
Dr. Sujata Bhadra
Dr. Soumitra Banerjee

Cath Lab Technicians Cath Lab Technicians ECG Technicians

Chiranjit Mondal 1. Rajat Karmakar
Nikhil Khatua
Pritam Biswas 2. Satyajit Saha
Sk. Mamud Islam
Bharat Barman 3. Santanu Sen Sharma
Saptarshi Kundu
Lakshman Koley 4. Suman Krishan Kundu
Srikanta Ghosh
Sandip Podder 5. Samir Kumar Hazra
Aneek Giri Goswami
Gour Hari Das 6. Md. Rasidul Haque Mollah
Debayan Sinha
Sakti Pada Jana 7. Rohan Chakraborty
Tanmoy Roy
Dipak Kumar Pal 8. Md. Masroor Alam
Suman Naskar
Kabita Pal 9. Narayan Chandra Bera

DEPARTMENTAL AND FACULTY NEWS

• Renovation of Cardiac emergency and shifted to ground floor and working as a separate ward with
provision of administering drugs and managing common cardiac emergencies.
• Initiation of cardio EOW with 5 beds which remains functional from 6 PM to 6 pm if certain
characteristics are met( ACS within 24 hours, patients with unstable rhythms)
• Same day Echo is being conducted in Cardio OPD
• Prof Saroj Mandal has been promoted to Professor.
• Dr Pradip Saha has been promoted to the post of Associate Professor
• Dr Rajarshi Mondal will join as an Assistant professor in our department.
• Day care Angiography has been started in the Trauma Care Centre Cath lab
• Interdepartmental seminar involving departments of Cardiology, CTVS and CTVA have started and is
held fourth Sunday of every month.

Prof. S. C. Mandal
• Successfully running National Heart Failure Register in collaboration with Medical College, Kolkata.
• Successfully running DEB study “Prospective, Multicentric, single arm trial to evaluate safety and
performance of SELUTION and SELUTION PRO sirolimus drug coated balloon in the management of
Coronary Artery Disease.
• Became Examiner of DNB and DM examination
• Member of CDSCO for Drug Vigilance.
• CSI National (Chennai) and State (Kolkata) level presenter and Guest Faculty

Ongoing Study
• A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double dummy, Phase III study to compare safety and efficacy
of fixed dose combination of Aspirin 150 mg and Pantoprazole 20 mg versus Aspirin 150 mg alone for the
prevention of gastroduodenal mucosal damage in patients taking aspirin for secondary prevention of
cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease.
Publications
• HIS bundle pacing is safe alternative to CRT Pacing in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, 3 years
follow up study
• Left Atrial Strain imaging in mitral imaging in mitral stenosis patients as a predictor of Left atrial
appendageal thrombosis

Prof. Dipankar Mukherjee

• Published paper with Predency University in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.
• Review article in CSI update in Cardiology on PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
• Delivered lectures in ANNUAL ALL INDIA CONFERENCE IN CHENNAI & ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE ,WB
• Contributed in “ADAMTS” as a biomarker of cardiac injury in “SCIENTIFIC REPORT”.

Prof. Saroj Mondal

Contribution in different conference as faculty & speaker-

• WBAE and EZECHO 2022 22nd - 24th July
Faculty & chairperson – an introduction in fetal echo & case studies in fetal echo
• EIICCON 2022 30th and 31st July, 2022
Served as a faculty & speaker – topic- difficult to cross-over and OTW technique hall a 31st July 2022.
Chaired multiple session in EIICCON 2022
• SCICON 2022 3rd & 4th September 2022
Served as chairman organizing committee
Day 2 hall 1 speaker- how I do it- spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Chaired multiple session SCICON 2022.
• CSI WB 2022 11th – 13th November
Day 2 hall a -speaker- hemodynamic evaluation & cath study - PTMC & septal puncture
• CSICON 2022 December 8th -11th
Day 1 hall A speaker- endocarditis & intravenous drug use: diagnostic challenged & treatment.
Day 1 hall A time 9.30-10.30 panelist: acute heart failure – an in-hospital journey
Day 2 hall E 1.30-2.30 pm oral paper presentation. Role – judge
• Device update 2022
Served as faculty & chairperson in device update dec 2022

Article published in journal

• Prevalence of coronary artery anomalies in patients undergoing coronary angiography in a tertiary care
hospital in eastern India- Dr Saroj Mandal, Dr Vignesh R. IJSR vol-11 issue 01 Jan 2022

Dr. Pradip Ghosal

• An epidemiological study on cardiovascular involvement among patients with systemic sclerosis in a
tertiary care hospital in eastern India
• Detection of significant coronary artery disease in patients with effort angina using global longitudinal
strain derived from two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: an angiographic correlation
• 2D speckle tracking Echocardiography and tissue doppler imaging of Right ventricular function and their
angiographic correlation as prognostic indicator in patients with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction.

Dr. Pradip Saha

Publication
• Evaluation of serum Vitamin D3 level in Vitamin D3 supplemented 9 to 12 months old children in a tertiary
care hospital

Dr. Tushar Kanti Patra

Publication
• Angiographic Correlates of Acute ST Elevation Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction with or Without Right
Ventricular Involvement

Dr. Kaushik Paul

Publications
• Evaluation and Outcome of Patients of Stemi with Acute Total Occlution of Coronary Artery in The Setting
of Primary PCI, Pharmaco Invasive PCI and Delayed PCI
• Correlation between severity of Coronary Artery Disease and severity of Peripheral Artery Disease, a detail
analytical study from Eastern India
 • SIX MONTH FOLLOW UP OF ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH TOTAL
OCCLUSION OF INFARCT RELATED ARTERYWITH OPTIMUM MEDICAL THERAPY
• A Correlation Study between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease andSeverity of Coronary Artery Disease

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
Regular academic activities
• Journal Club held on every Tuesday at 9:00 AM.
• Seminar Presentation held on every Saturday at 9:00 AM.
• Clinical Case Discussion held on every Friday at 9:00 AM.
• Clinical teaching & Training on non-invasive methods and invasive investigations as well as intervention
are going on
• DM students are working on their thesis.
• Cath lab Technician (DCLT) and Critical Care (DCCT) students are being trained.

Departmental research work ongoing

• An Observational Study on the Prevalence and Pattern of complications following cardiac implantable
device placement and assessment of left and right ventricular function after right ventricular apical pacing
• An Observational Study on the Effect of SGLT2i on LA and LV Strain and LV Mass Index in Patients with
and without Diabetes with Atherosclerotic CVD.
• An Observational Study on the Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults : Risk factors , clinical characteristics,
Angiographic Pattern and in hospital outcome.
• An observational study on echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function in acute right
ventricular myocardial infarction and angiographic correlation to proximal right coronary artery stenosis.
• Bi-atrial remodeling in atrial fibrillation: Two-dimensional strain echocardiography insight and its
correlation with heart failure
• Role of Carotid Artery ultrasound in risk stratification of stable ischemic heart disease and its correlation
with coronary angiography.
• Left Atrial Volume Index Measurement and LA Strain in Acute Coronary Syndrome patients and its
correlation with outcome
• 2D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging of Right Ventricular Function And their
angiographic Correlation as prognostic indicator in patients with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction.

Other Information
• DNB(Cardiology) examination (on all India basis) is usually conducted twice a year.
• Separate Pediatric Cath-Lab is running successfully.
• 8 post DM SR joined this year

SERVICE INFORMATION

Indoor Ward No of Beds(Male) No of Beds(Female) Cabins

HUM-1 44 - 6
HUM-2 30 - 2
HUF-1 - 40 6
HUF-2 - 15 -
Pediatric Ward 14
HGF 10 - -
EOW 5
ICCU 18 + 2 Paediatric 6
Total Admissions :13744 Deaths 406

OPD
OPD attendance: Total 800-1000 daily New 350-400 daily Old 450-500 daily

Special clinics Clinic Days

Arrhythmia Clinic Every Monday
Paediatric OPD Every Tuesday and Friday

Procedure/Investigations Performed
• ECG 99672
• TMT 592
 • Echocardiography 33960 (Routine); Emergency-32750
• Holter 458

Cathlab and OT Procedures

Temporary pacing 1732 Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty 16
Permanent pacing 1085 AICD 26
Coronary angioplasty ± stenting 1733 CRT-D 23
Peripheral angioplasty ± stenting 48 CRT-P 10
Coronary angiography 2416 Cardiac catheterisation 38
EP study with RF Ablation 112 ASD 86
Balloon mitral valvuloplasty 158 Others 445

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS

• Specialty clinics like heart failure clinic and pacemaker clinic to be started.
• PRE AND POST TRANSPLANTATION OPD will be started along with CTVS department
• TMT service will be shifted to OLD medicine OPD complex
• HOLTER monitoring for OPD patients will be started
• Dressing room will be open for follow up and dressing of PACEMAKER Patients