Name: Gautam Das

Academic qualification:

Professional experience:

1. 1996-2002: Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Pain Physician at Dum Dum Municipal Specialised hospital and cancer research centre, Kolkata
2. 2002-2005: In-charge of Pain Clinic Bohattacharya Orthopedics & Related Research Center, Kolkata
3. 2005-2007: In-charge of Pain Clinic at Charnock Hospital, Kolkata
4. 2007 to till date: Director, Daradia Pain Clinic Kolkata
5. 2007 to till date: Course Director, 2 weeks’ pain management course (State Medical Council accredited), organized in every month by Daradia Pain Foundation since April 2007
6. 2006 to 2018: Visiting consultant & faculty (DNB-Anaesth) at B.R.Singh Hospital, Eastern Railway
7. 2011 to till 2018: Course Director & Visiting faculty, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
8. 2014 to till date: Visiting Faculty, One year pain management fellowship, ESI Institute of Pain Management, Calcutta University
9. 2014 to till date: Adjunct Faculty, Datta Meghe Institute of Health Sciences, Wardha, Maharasthra
10. 2014 to till date: Visiting Faculty and examiner, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka
11. 2009 to till date: Faculty & Examiner, World Institute of Pain, USA
12. 2011 to till date: Examiner of “Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice” examination, Netherlands
13. 2017 onwards: Faculty of IASP-ISSP multidisciplinary pain management program at AIIMS, New Delhi
14. 2009-2015: Chief Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Pain (Official journal of ISSP) indianjpain.org
15. 2015 to till date: Editor-in-chief, Journal on Recent Advance in Pain jorapain.com
16. 2017 onwards Faculty at one year fellowship in pain management at R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital
17. 2017 onwards: Visiting consultant, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata

Achievements:

1. Stood 1^st in MD exam at Calcutta University
2. World Institute of Pain awarded “Excellence in Pain Practice” in all 3 categories, “research in pain management”, “multidisciplinary pain practice” & “training of physicians”, 1^st time in Asia in 2010
3. In Feb 2011, Indian Society for Study of Pain (Indian chapter of International Association for Study of Pain) declared Daradia Pain Clinic as “Best Pain Clinic” in India
4. 2007-2012: Chairman of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Iran chapter of World Institute of Pain
5. 2009-2012: Member of educational committee of Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP task force)
6. 2018: President Indian Society for Study of Pain

Workshop attended/Conducted:

1. Conducted 5-6 Live demonstration workshop in each year since 2004
2. Conducted 5-6 cadaveric workshops in every year since 2009 at Calcutta Medical College, KPC Medical college, AIIMS-New Delhi, NEIGRIMS- Shillong, Madras Medical College, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia

Publications:

1. Publication of Books: Author of 5 popular pain management books

2. Publication of Book chapters: Written 13 book chapters published from India and abroad
3. Publication in journal: 100+ publications at national & international journals. Below citing 3 most important publications

TECHNICAL SKILL:

1. Started Percutaneous discectomy 1^st time in India in 2005
2. He is the first pain physician from India to perform Ozone nucleolysis started in 2004
3. Introduced Percutaneous nucleotomy in India in 2006
4. He is first among pain physicians in India to perform Endoscopic discectomy in 2012
5. He introduced bipolar radiofrequency in pain management first time in India
6. He is among few pain physicians in India who perform all advanced pain management procedures regularly like intrathecal morphine/baclofen pumps, spinal cord stimulations, intrathecal neurolysis, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, epiduroscopic and endoscopic pain procedures.