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Susmita Bhattacharya

Susmita Bhattacharya is the Principal of Jhargram Government Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal since June 2023.[1][2][3] She is a Member of the State Level Expert Committee for AMR Containment constituted by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal since 2022[4] and retained her seat upon its reconstitution in 2023.[5] A Professor since 2013, she was the Head of the Department of Microbiology of College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital from June 2018 to June 2023[3] and served as a Member of the Medical Education Unit[6] and the In-Charge of the Central Research Unit at the same College.[7] She is noted for her research on surgical site infection and Staphylococcus aureus[8] and decontamination studies.[9]

Dr.
Susmita Bhattacharya
Occupation(s)Principal, Jhargram Government Medical College
Academic background
EducationM.B.B.S., M.D., Ph.D.
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta, West Bengal University of Health Sciences
ThesisCharacterization of Methicillin Resistant staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) isolated from Surgical site infection (SSI) in a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata (2018)
Websitehttps://jgmch.ac.in/principal.php

Education

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Susmita Bhattacharya obtained her M.B.B.S. and M.D. from the University of Calcutta in 1988 and 2003 respectively. She was awarded the Ph.D. in 2018 by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences[3] and her thesis was on characterization of Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus from surgical site infections.[10]

Career

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Susmita Bhattacharya registered with the West Bengal Medical Council in 1990 and joined the West Bengal Health Service in 1991 where she continued till 2000. Subsequently, she joined the West Bengal Medical Education Service as a Demonstrator in 2000. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2003, Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2013. She served as the Head of the Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital from 2018 to 2023 where she served as the Principal Investigator of the project entitled "Identification of signatures for prognostic and therapeutic stratification of hospitalized COVID-19 patients" in 2021.[11] She acted as an Assessor of the Medical Council of India for undergraduate and postgraduate level inspections. She is a Life Member of the Indian Medical Association and the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists. In March 2024, she stated that she would forward the resignation letter of a Physician who reportedly joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at a later date.[12] In September 2024, she discredited averments of coercion in administration of the Jhargram Government Medical College.[13]

Academic interests and publications

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Susmita Bhattacharya, with over twenty-four years of academic experience,[14] has performed research and made notable academic publications on surgical site infections,[8] cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis[15] and fingernail onychomycosis.[16] Currently, she teaches Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology, Jhargram Government Medical College and Hospital.[17]

References

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  1. ^ MP, Team (2023-06-02). "Sanat Kumar Ghosh becomes principal of RG Kar Med College". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  2. ^ "Transfer_posting_of_Principals_... - WB Health" (PDF). 2023.
  3. ^ a b c jgmch.ac.in https://jgmch.ac.in/principal.php. Retrieved 2024-08-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "AMR containment in West Bengal and SAP-AMR. For this purpose ... Dr Susmita Bhattacharyya, Prof & HoD, Microbiology, COMSDH" (PDF). 2022.
  5. ^ "Dr Susmita Bhattacharyya, Principal, Jhargram GMCH" (PDF). 2023.
  6. ^ "Sagore Dutta Hospital | MEU". comsdh.org.in. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  7. ^ "Sagore Dutta Hospital | CRU". comsdh.org.in. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  8. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Susmita; Pal, Kuhu; Jain, Sonia; Chatterjee, Shiv Sekhar; Konar, Jayashree (September 2016). "Surgical Site Infection by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus– on Decline?". Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 10 (9): DC32–DC36. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/21664.8587. ISSN 2249-782X. PMC 5071936. PMID 27790436.
  9. ^ Chatterjee, Mitali; Bhattacharya, Susmita; Karak, Kalpana; Dastidar, Sujata G. (October 2013). "Effects of different methods of decontamination for successful cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 138 (4): 541–548. ISSN 0971-5916. PMC 3868068. PMID 24434262.
  10. ^ "THE WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES PHD Awarded Details". wbuhs.ac.in. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  11. ^ "Identification of signatures for prognostic and therapeutic stratification of hospitalized COVID-19 patients" (PDF). Homi Bhabha National Institute.
  12. ^ গুপ্ত, কিংশুক. "চিকিৎসকের ইস্তফায় বিজেপিতে প্রার্থী জল্পনা".
  13. ^ "প্রাক্তন অধ্যক্ষের পোস্টে ফের থ্রেট কালচার প্রসঙ্গ". Eisamay (in Bengali). October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  14. ^ "National Medical Commission AEBAS Details 16846060".
  15. ^ Bhattacharya, Susmita; Roy, Raja; Chowdhury, Neelika Roy; Dasgupta, Asish; Dastidar, Sujata G. (November 2009). "Comparison of a novel bilayered medium with the conventional media for cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 130 (5): 561–566. ISSN 0971-5916. PMID 20090105.
  16. ^ Das, Nilay Kanti; Ghosh, Pramit; Das, Suchibrata; Bhattacharya, Susmita; Dutta, Rathindra Nath; Sengupta, Sujit Ranjan (2008). "A study on the etiological agent and clinico-mycological correlation of fingernail onychomycosis in eastern India". Indian Journal of Dermatology. 53 (2): 75–79. doi:10.4103/0019-5154.41651. ISSN 0019-5154. PMC 2763711. PMID 19881992.
  17. ^ jgmch.ac.in https://jgmch.ac.in/dept.php?dept=microbiology. Retrieved 2024-08-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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