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PERSONAL DETAILS

NAME	                                                                 DR.P.K.BHATTACHARYA

DATE OF BIRTH                                                       29.01.1943

PLACE OF BIRTH                                                    PURNIA,BIHAR

SPOUSE                                                                   SWAGATA BHATTACHARYA

CHILDREN                                                                DR.DEVARGHA KUMAR, INTERNIST DR SUBHARGHA KUMAR, CARDIOLOGIST

PERMANENT ADDRESS	                                    VIP ROAD, DARBHANGA,  BIHAR, INDIA

BIOGRAPHY

DR. BHATTACHARYA WAS BORN ON 29 JANUARY 1943 IN PURNIA DISTRICT OF BIHAR IN A VERY   WELL REPUTED  FAMILY,HIS FATHER LATE SHRI,  PRASAD KUMAR BHATTACHARYA WAS IN SENIOR JUDICIAL SERVICE IN BIHAR AND WAS A LITERARY PERSON AND HAD PUBLISHED MANY NOVELS AND COLLECTION OF POEMS IN BENGALI, HINDI AND ENGLISH, HIS WRITINGS WERE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH NEWS DAILY AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT,DR. BHATTACHARYA’S MOTHER LATE SHRIMATI JAYANTY BHATTACHARYA WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED IN HER YOUNG AGE WITH THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. DR.BHATTACHARYA’S GRANDFATHER LATE. SHRI, PROBODH CHANDRA BHATTACHARYA WAS A PLEADER AND ACTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT, HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING PERSON TO INVITE MAHATMA GANDHI AT PURNIA & ARRANGED MEETINGS AND RALLIES. DR. BHATTACHARYA’S SCHOOLING WAS DONE FROM PURNIA AND COLLEGE FROM ARRAH, BIHAR, HE DID HIS MBBS IN 1965 FROM DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL LAHERIASARAI, DARBHANGA. HE PASSED HIS M.D.  IN MEDICINE IN 1968, AFTER THAT HE ATTENDED DIFFERENT MEDICAL CAMPS DURING FLOOD, DROUGHT AND EPIDEMICS IN REMOTE VILLAGES  OF BIHAR. DURING KALA-AZAR EPIDEMICS IN BIHAR AND ADJACENT NEPAL HE WAS ACTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH W.H.O FOR THE TRIAL OF NEW ORAL DRUG MILTEFOSINE FOR KALA-AZAR. AFTER RETIRING FROM DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL IN 2001 HE HAS BEEN VISITING PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN SANTOSH MEDICAL COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD, NOBEL MEDICAL COLLEGE, BIRATNAGAR, NEPAL. HE IS STILL BEEN VISITING  AS AN EXTERNAL EXAMINER IN MEDICINE IN DIFFERENT MEDICAL COLLEGES OF COUNTRY AND ADJACENT NEPAL. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A D.N.B. COURSE INSPECTOR FOR RAM KRISHNA MISSION HOSPITAL, KOLKATA AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF HYDERABAD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FIFTY YEARS OF TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS, POST GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS, JUNIOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND SENIOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS, NURSING STAFFS AND STUDENTS AND HIS JUNIOR COLLEAGUES THE BASICS OF OF CLINICAL EXAMINATION,CLERKING THE PATIENT, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES AND ADOPTING A METHODICAL APPROACH TO ACHIEVE A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT.

JOINED BIHAR STATE HEALTH SERVICE IN 1970 AS CIVIL ASSISTANT SURGEON 1970-1971

WORKES AS RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER FROM 1971-1974 DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, BIHAR

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER MEDICINE 1971-2001

POSTGRADUATE TEACHER MEDICINE 1975-2001

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE, DARBHANGA BIHAR 1975-1982

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE, DARBHANGA BIHAR 1982-1996

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE, DARBHANGA BIHAR 1996-2001

GUIDE FOR RESEARCH AND THESIS WORK TO POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF M.D ( INTERNAL MEDICINE) BOTH FOR INDIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

EXAMINER FOR UNDER-GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE IN MEDICINE IN DIFFERENT STATES IN INDIA AS WELL AS ABROAD

CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE

DR P.K BHATTACHARYA IS KNOWN FOR HIS STUDIES ON VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS, (KALA AZAR) AND CONSIDERED BY MANY AS TREATING MOST NUMBER OF KALA-AZAR CASES IN BIHAR, HE HAD ALSO PLAYED A  VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN THE LATE 90’s  IN THE TRIAL OF THE ONLY ORAL DRUG MILTEFOSINE  FOR KALA-AZAR FUNDED BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

FELLOW OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SPECIALITIES

FELLOW OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

FELLOW OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

FELLOW OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL MEDICINES

FELLOW CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA

LIFE MEMBER OF INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

LIFE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIAN OF INDIA

LIFE MEMBER CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA LIFE MEMBER OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF INDIA

LIFE MEMBER OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA

INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN ACHIEVEMENTS,CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM

PUBLICATIONS

i.	A CLINICAL TRIAL OF DRUG COMBINATIONS CONTAINING HOMATROPINE METHYL BROMIDE AND CHLORPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN PATIENTS OF COLICS AND/OR NAUSEA OF VARIOUS ORIGIN. ii. BEHAVIOUR OF GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION .INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 1974,VOL 14. iii. STUDY OF SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE,APRIL 1974, VOL.13, NO 12. iv. A CLINICAL TRIAL OF DRUG CONTAINING NON-SPECIFIC POLYVALENT ANTIGEN IN CASE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE, MARCH 1975, VOL.14 NO. 11. v.	TWO DOSES TREATMENT OF ACUTE URINARY TRACT INFECTION WITH TRIMETHOPRIM, AMOXYCILLIN OR COTRIMOXAZOLE. PATNA JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, JULY 1984. vi. RECENT CLINICAL PROFILE OF CASES OF KALA-AZAR IN NORTH BIHAR. JOURNAL OF INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, VOL.84, NO.12, DECEMBER 1986. vii. STUDY OF CELL MEDIATED IMMUNITY IN CASES OF KALA-ZAR. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. AUGUST 1987, VOL.81, NO. 8. viii. SERUM CERULOPLASMIN ACTIVITY IN VIRAL HEPATITIS. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. NOVEMBER 1987, VOLUME 81, NO. 11. ix. CLINICAL EVALUATION OF TRIMETHOPRIM IN TYPHOID FEVER. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. JULY1987, VOL.81 NO.7 x.	DEVELOPING RABIES FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER DOG BITE. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, VOL.81, NO. 6. xi. IMMUNO-SUPPORTIVE THERAPY WITH LEVAMISOLE IN CASES OF KALA-AZAR. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. JUNE 1987, VOL.61 NO.6 xii. ALDACTONE INDUCED AGRANULOCYTOSIS. PATNA JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. JUNE 1987,VOL.61 NO. 6. xiii. MUSCULOSKELETAL HYDATID DISEASE. INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, JANUARY 1988, VOL.83, NO. 1. xiv. MALARIA ASSOCIATED GUILLANE BARRE SYNDROME ACCEPTED FOR INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. xv. TWICE DAILY REGIMEN OF SODIUM ANTIMONY GLUCONATE THERAPY IN INDIAN KALA-AZAR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL.