
Name: Gautam Das
Academic qualification:
NAME OF EXAMINATION | INSTITUTE / COLLEGE | BOARD / UNIVERSITY | YEAR OF PASSING |
DCH | Institute of Child Health | Calcutta University | 1991 |
MD (Anaesthesia) | R. G. Kar Medical College | Calcutta University | 1996 |
FIPP | World Institute of Pain | World Institute of Pain, USA | 2007 |
Professional experience:
- 1996-2002: Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Pain Physician at Dum Dum Municipal Specialised hospital and cancer research centre, Kolkata
- 2002-2005: In-charge of Pain Clinic Bohattacharya Orthopedics & Related Research Center, Kolkata
- 2005-2007: In-charge of Pain Clinic at Charnock Hospital, Kolkata
- 2007 to till date: Director, Daradia Pain Clinic Kolkata
- 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
- 2006 to 2018: Visiting consultant & faculty (DNB-Anaesth) at B.R.Singh Hospital, Eastern Railway
- 2011 to till 2018: Course Director & Visiting faculty, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
- 2014 to till date: Visiting Faculty, One year pain management fellowship, ESI Institute of Pain Management, Calcutta University
- 2014 to till date: Adjunct Faculty, Datta Meghe Institute of Health Sciences, Wardha, Maharasthra
- 2014 to till date: Visiting Faculty and examiner, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka
- 2009 to till date: Faculty & Examiner, World Institute of Pain, USA
- 2011 to till date: Examiner of “Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice” examination, Netherlands
- 2017 onwards: Faculty of IASP-ISSP multidisciplinary pain management program at AIIMS, New Delhi
- 2009-2015: Chief Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Pain (Official journal of ISSP) indianjpain.org
- 2015 to till date: Editor-in-chief, Journal on Recent Advance in Pain jorapain.com
- 2017 onwards Faculty at one year fellowship in pain management at R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital
- 2017 onwards: Visiting consultant, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
Achievements:
- Stood 1st in MD exam at Calcutta University
- World Institute of Pain awarded “Excellence in Pain Practice” in all 3 categories, “research in pain management”, “multidisciplinary pain practice” & “training of physicians”, 1st time in Asia in 2010
- 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
- 2007-2012: Chairman of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Iran chapter of World Institute of Pain
- 2009-2012: Member of educational committee of Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP task force)
- 2018: President Indian Society for Study of Pain
Workshop attended/Conducted:
- Conducted 5-6 Live demonstration workshop in each year since 2004
- 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:
- Publication of Books: Author of 5 popular pain management books
| Name of the Publisher | Year of publication |
1. How to start & run a pain clinic | Wiley | 2013 |
2. Clinical methods in pain medicine- 2nd Ed | CBS Publishers | 2015 |
3. Common Pain Management Procedures | Daradia Pain Foundation | 2013 |
4. Basics of Pain Management 2nd Ed | CBS Publishers | 2019 |
5. MCQ in Pain Medicine | CBS Publishers | 2019 |
- Publication of Book chapters: Written 13 book chapters published from India and abroad
- Publication in journal: 100+ publications at national & international journals. Below citing 3 most important publications
| Name of the Journal | Year of publication |
An Alternative Technique for Transaortic Celiac Plexus Block | · Indian Journal Pain | May 2009 |
Ozone Nucleolysis for Management of Pain and Disability in Prolapsed Lumber Intervertebral Disc A Prospective Cohort Study | Interventional Neuroradiology | Sept 2009 |
Evidence and consensus recommendations for the pharmacological management of pain in India | · Journal of Pain Research | March 2017 |
TECHNICAL SKILL:
- Started Percutaneous discectomy 1st time in India in 2005
- He is the first pain physician from India to perform Ozone nucleolysis started in 2004
- Introduced Percutaneous nucleotomy in India in 2006
- He is first among pain physicians in India to perform Endoscopic discectomy in 2012
- He introduced bipolar radiofrequency in pain management first time in India
- 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.