Dermatology

FACULTY & STAFF

Faculty Post/ Designation

Dr. Gobinda Chatterjee Professor & Head

Dr. Sumit Sen Professor
Dr. Biswanath Naskar Professor
Dr. Tanusree Sarkar Associate Professor
Dr. Joydeep Singha Assistant Professor
Dr. Olympia Rudra Assistant Professor
Dr. Tirthankar Gayen RMO cum Clinical Tutor

Medical Officers
Dr. Pratima Majhi Medical Officer

Faculty transferred in
• Dr. Tanusree Sarkar, Associate Professor, from Burdwan Medical College & Hospitals, Burdwan
• Dr. Olympia Rudra, Assistant Professor, from RG Kar Medical College & Hospitals, Kolkata

Faculty transferred out

• Dr. Biswanath Banerjee, Medical Officer

Postgraduate (MD) Trainees

1st year Residents 2nd year Residents 3rd year Residents

Dr. Subhadeep Mallick Dr. Widhi Agrawal Dr. Ashok Kumar Mandal
Dr. Somnath Das Dr. Shreya Poddar Dr. Soumya Debta
Dr. Surabhi Sharma Dr. Jyoti Das Dr. Sulagna Sarkar
Dr. Arpita Hati Dr. Megha Kejriwal Dr. Vineet Kumar Sahu
Dr. Aishwarya Prakash Dr. Parha Sarathi Nayak Dr. Gourab Roy

FACULTY NEWS

Prof. Gobinda Chatterjee

• Nominated as member of New Drug Advisory Committee of Govt. of India.
• Post-graduate examiner of WBUHS, Assam University and Ranchi University.
• MD thesis guide.
• Attended as chairperson in IJD DiamondCon Dermazone East Cuticon 2015 held in Kolkata.
• Attended ACSICON 2016 in Kolkata as faculty
• Attended workshop on “Clinical Trials in India” in Medical College, Kolkata.

Publications
• Chandra A, Senapati S, Ghosh S, Chatterjee G, Chatterjee R.Association of IL12B risk haplotype and lack of
interaction with HLA-Cw6 among the psoriasis patients in India. J Hum Genet. 2016 Nov 10. doi:
10.1038/jhg.2016.139.
• Ghosh R, Mishra P, Sen S, Maiti PK, Chatterjee G.Experience of Varied Presentation of Chronic Progressive
Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A Diagnostic Conundrum. Indian J Dermatol. 2016
Sep-Oct;61(5):580. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.190128.
• Chandra A, Lahiri A, Senapati S, Basu B, Ghosh S, Mukhopadhyay I, Behra A, Sarkar S, Chatterjee G, Chatterjee
R. Increased Risk of Psoriasis due to combined effect of HLA-Cw6 and LCE3 risk alleles in Indian population. Sci
Rep. 2016 Apr 6;6:24059. doi: 10.1038/srep24059.
• Raj HJ, Majumdar B, Jain A, Maiti PK, Chatterjee G.A Clinico-Mycological Study on Suspected Cases of
 Chromoblastomycosis: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Dec;9(12):WC01-4. doi:
10.7860/JCDR/2015/16199.6963. Epub 2015 Dec 1.

Prof. Sumit Sen

• Attended Dermazone East – November 2015
• Attended MidDermazone – Bhubaneswar – August 2016
• Attended MidCUTICON – BURDWAN – July 2016
• Post-graduate examiner of WBUHS and Assam University.
• MD thesis guide.
• Thesis Evaluation Committee Chairperson – IADVL-2016.

Publications
• Nevoid Eruptive Keratoacanthoma-Yet another Unusual Manifestation of Generalized Keratoacanthoma. (IJD)
• A clinical rating scale for the assessment of facial aging in Indian population. Sumit Sen, Supriyo Choudhury,
Anusree Gangopadhyay, Chinmay Halder, Projna Biswas, Atul Jain. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2016. doi:
25.02.2016:82/2/151-161.
• A study of the free radical scavenging effects of Piper betle leaf extract in patients with vitiligo. Mitra S, Pati AK,
Manna A, Ghosh A, Sen S, Chatterjee S, Chatterjee M. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2016 Aug 4. doi:
10.4103/0378-6323.187688.
• CASE REPORT: Malignant eccrine poroma of the vulva: An intriguing case of a rare tumor at an unusual site.
Pranshu Mishra, Sumit Sen, Neha Sharma, Debasish Sen.Indian Journal of Dermatology, Year 2016, Volume 61,
Issue 4 [p. 430-432.

Dr. B. Naskar
• Attended as participant and chairperson in IJD DiamondCon Dermazone East Cuticon 2015 held in Kolkata.
• 3T plus ETTC Training course in Bioethics for Medical Teachers of Health Sciences, 2016.
• Attended East Zone Dermatosurgery workshop 2016.
• Attended a workshop on medico-legal aspect.
• Postgraduate Examiner of WBUHS
• MD thesis guide.

Publications
• Comparative study of clinical efficacy with Amitriptyline, Pregabalin and Amitriptyline and Pregabalin combination
in post herpetic neuralgia. (IJDVL)
• Verrucous hemangioma trated with electrosurgery. (IJD)
• Atopic dermatitis and ABO blood group. (IJD)
• Multiple giant nodular lesions in histoid leprosy- A rare presentation. (IJD).

Dr. Joydeep Singha

• MD Thesis Co-Guide.

Publications
• Superficial basal cell carcinoma on the face- A diagnostic challenge.

Dr. Tirthankar Gayen

• Attended workshop on “Clinical Trials in India” in Medical College, Kolkata.
• Attended “IADVL quiz preliminary round” at CNMC, Kolkata.

Publications
• Das A, Gayen T, Podder I, Shome K, Bandyopadhyay D. A weeping tumor in a young girl: An unusual
presentation of nodular hidradenoma. Indian J Dermatol 2016;61:321-3.
• Gayen T, Das A, Shome K, Bandyopadhyay D. Colocalization of lichen planus hypertrophicus and epidermal
inclusion cyst: An incident unreported hitherto. Indian J Dermatol 2015;60:503-5.
• Gayen T, Das A, Shome K, Bandyopadhyay D, Das D, Saha A. Granular cell tumor: An uncommon benign
neoplasm. Indian J Dermatol 2015;60:322.
• Gayen T, Shome K, Bandyopadhyay D, Roy S, Gharami RC. Secondary syphilid developing over healed lesions of
varicella: Wolf's isotopic response?. Indian J Dermatol 2015;60:191-3.
Dr. Ishad Agarwal
• Attended IJD DiamondCon Dermazone East Cuticon 2015 held in Kolkata.
• Attended Dubai Derma conference, 2016.

Publications
• Diagnostic dilemma revealing a rare association of pseudoainhum with underlying vascular anomaly. (Indian
journal of Pediatric Dermatology).
• Bullous pemphigoid: clinically presenting as lichen amyloidosus. (Indian journal of Dermatology , venereology
and Leprosy).
• Zinc responsive acralhyperkeratosis , a new entity or another subset of other dermatoses. (IJD).

SERVICE INFORMATION

Dermatology OPD: Monday to Saturday

• Leprosy Clinic: Wednesday
• STI (Suraksha Clinic): Monday to Saturday

• OPD Attendance: NEW: 78000 approx. OLD: 32000 approx.

• Indoor Admission: 34
• Deaths 2

Minor surgical procedure performed

Skin biopsy, Intralesional therapy, Electrocautery, Radiofrequency, Chemical peel, Mini-punch grafting for vitiligo,
Suction Blister Grafting etc.

• Patch testing for contact dermatitis and chronic urticaria.

• LASER: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
• CRYOTHERAPY: every fortnight

Total procedures: 3245