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    Dr. Bichitrovanu Sarkar

    Designation: Senior Consultant
    Speciality: Paediatrics And Paediatric Critical Care
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    About The Doctor

    The senior consultant Dr. Bichitrovanu Sarkar is a Pediatrician and Pediatric Intensive Care specialist with over 23 years of experience in Pediatrics and Neonatology and over 12 years of UK experience. He is one of the pioneers of Children’s Critical Care services in Eastern India with over 4 years of training in Paediatric Intensive Care in some of the best known PICUs of the world. He also has over 11 years of extensive experience of setting up and running the Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) of some of the most renowned hospitals of Kolkata, and training up new generations of pediatric intensive care specialists through regular academic activities and starting Eastern India’s first training course (IDPPM) in pediatric intensive care.

    • Extensively trained in Paediatrics and Neonatology in the United Kingdom under the East of England (Cambridge) Deanery 
    • Trained in General Paediatric Intensive Care at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, London, – a world center of excellence for Respiratory Medicine and Sepsis.
    • Trained in intensive care of Paediatric Liver and Bowel Transplant at King’s College Hospital, London – the internationally renowned center of excellence for Liver and Bowel Transplant besides being the regional Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre of the South Thames Region.
    • Trained in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, – the largest center for child heart surgery in the UK and the only center in the UK to offer the full range of pediatric cardiac services including ECMO (cardiac and respiratory), VAD, Heart and Lung transplants, Pulmonary hypertension services and Tracheal surgeries.
    • Trained in Paediatric Trauma and Neuro-intensive care at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, UK.
    • Trained in Paediatric Critical Care Transport with CATS (Children’s Acute Transport Service), Europe’s elite children’s intensive care transport service
    • ICTPICM-UK (The Intercollegiate Committee for Training in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine – UK) recognised Fellowship in Paediatric Intensive Care from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, – Europe’s best known Paediatric Super specialty Hospital
    • Accredited Teacher of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics – Intensive Care Chapter College of Pediatric Critical Care (IAP-ICC CPCC)
    • One of the founder members and Past President (2018) of the Intensive Care Chapter of the West Bengal Academy of Pediatrics (WBAP-ICC) and the West Bengal Pediatric Intensive Care Society (WBPICS) / Society of Pediatric Intensive Care Kolkata (SPICK)
    • Executive Board Member (2019, 2020, 2021) of the West Bengal Academy of Pediatrics, the state chapter of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the national professional academic body of pediatricians of India 
    • Started Eastern India’s first formal training course in pediatric intensive care (IDPCCM)
    • Co-authored the chapter on “Inotropes and Vasopressors in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit” in India’s most widely read book “Practical Approach to Pediatric Intensive Care” edited by Praveen Khilnani.

    Medical Qualifications

    Qualifications Institute/ Departments
    FRCPCH(UK) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) - 2018
    ICTPICM(UK) Fellowship in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, University College London - 2016
    MRCPCH(UK) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) - 2009
    DCH (Cal) Institute of Child Health, Kolkata - 2003
    MBBS (Cal) Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata - 1998

    Area of Interest

    • Acute Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care
    • Transport of critically ill children on life support by road and by air
    • Holistic care of children with long-term and special needs
    • Childhood Asthma and Allergies

    Membership & Certifications

    • Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
    • Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics Intensive Care Chapter
    • Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Chapter
    • Executive Board Member (2019, 2020, 2021) of West Bengal Academy of Pediatrics
    • Founder member and Past president (2018) of West Bengal Academy of Pediatrics Intensive Care Chapter, West Bengal Pediatric Intensive Care Society, Society of Pediatric Intensive Care Kolkata.