Rheumatology

Faculty Professor & Head Associate Professor Assistant Professors RMO cum Clinical Tutor Dr. Alakendu Ghosh, DNB (Medicine) Dr. Parasar Ghosh, MD (Medicine), DM (Clinical Immunology) Dr. Geeta Bali Sircar, M.D.(Medicine) Dr. Biswadip Ghosh,D.A, M.D.(Medicine) Dr. Subhankar Haldar, M.D.(Medicine) Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Atanu Pal, M.D.(Medicine) Hira Manik Sit, M.D.(Medicine) Partha Ghorai, M.D.(Medicine) Dipendra Nath Ghosh Anupam Maity Debasish Lahiri MBBS, DMRD [Radiologist]

DM Student Senior Resident Laboratory Technician PhD Scholars

Dr. Shyamashis Das Dr. Kaushik Basu Dr. Arghya Chattopadhyay Halim Molla Bikash Chandra Purkait Aharna Guin Ayindrila Saha Sudipta Chatterjee Gita Rani Ghosh Sudip Das Sandip Das Joydeb Dhar Gita Biswas Vinod Mallick Monishankar Halder Ajay Bag Sampurna Roy Choudhury Sanchaita Misra Payal Majumdar

Clerical Staff (Non-Govt. from Project) DXA Technician (Non-Govt. from Project) Group D Staff (From Sainik Board)

Patient care services SERVICES Outpatient services DETAILS Rheumatology OPD Lupus clinic Early Arthritis clinic Metabolic Bone Diseases CI Block BMD DEXA FREQUENCY Thrice/week (Monday, Wednesday & Friday) Once/week (Tuesday) Once/week (Thursday) Once/week (Saturday) Indoor: Monday / Wednesday / Friday Day Care: Injections and infusions Twice/week (Tuesday & Thursday) VOLUME 250 -300 per day 45 -60 per week 35 -45 per week 4-8 per day 8 -10 per week 8- 10 per week 20 -30 per week 44-46 per week 9-10 per week Done regularly

Laboratory services

Indoor

MSK-USG/PDUS Monday, Tuesday, Thursday e-MRI Monday, Wednesday, Friday Autoantibody testing like RF, Anti-CCP, ANA, ds-DNA, C3 etc.

Achievements and Support

H GRANTS

DST - FIST

RESEARC

Evaluation of Immunomodulatory activity of Black Tea (Camelia sinensis) Extract in Rheumatoid Arthritis : An In vitro Study of Expression of Inflammatory Molecules and Cytokines in Synovial Fluid and Tissue Cells of Patients of RA : National Tea Research Foundation

SUPPORT

DST FIST SPONSOR : DST FIST infrastructural support for expanding its academic and research purpose and the same was sanctioned by DST

Future Prospects & Development RHEUMATOLOGY T RAINING 2 DM students got admitted in this year. CERTIFICATE COURSES: [6-12 weeks refresher courses for medical graduates, mainly focusing on patient management of common problems] SHORT COURSES [2-4 WEEKS] FOR BASIC SCIENCE GRADUATES: This will focus on Immunological methods in clinical application INDOOR FACILITIES: Increase in number of inpatient beds. 30 including critical care and separate 6-8 day care beds. OUTDOOR FACILITIES: Increase in OPD space [new building] will help PATIENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT: We have already started creating patient education leaflets in local languages. IMAGING: With our MSK-Ultrasound and e-MRI [the Rheuma Lab of the West] we aim to be the best in the country IMMUNOLOGY: The facility for autoantibody testing like ANA, Rheumatoid Factor, ANCA, Complements etc will be expanded EPIDEMIOLOGY: Already completed Low Back Pain in WB and MSK burden in WB Village. We like to extend this to create a Musculoskeletal Disease Map of West Bengal which will help in health care planning. CLINICAL RESEARCH: To be involve in more clinical research esp in thrust areas like Rheumatoid, Lupus, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia BASIC SCIENCE: The department envisages to be involving [projects already submitted to various science bodies] in basic areas like genetics of rheumatic diseases, herbal medicines, interdisciplinary topics.

PATIENT CARE

L ABORATORY SERVICE

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Faculty News Prof. Alakendu Ghosh Scientific Chairman : IRACON2013 Books & Publication 1. Development of a colour Doppler ultrasound scoring system in patients of Takayasus arteritis and its correlation with clinical activity score (ITAS 2010). Oxford Rheumatology, 6th September, 2013 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ket289 2. Early, Structured Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drug (DMARD) Therapy Reduces Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis- A Single Centre Study Using Non-Biologic Drugs. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, August 2013, VOL. 61 3. Development and Initial Validation of the Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS2010). Oxford Rheumatology. April 16, 2013, doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ket128 4. Effects of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs on subclinical atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction which has been detected in early rheumatoid arthritis: one year follow-up study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, August 2013; Vol 43, No1 Dr. Geetabali Sircar Books & Publication : 1. Clinical features, epidemiology, and short-term outcomes of proliferative lupus nephritis in Eastern India.

Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Jan-Feb; 23(1): 511. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.107187