Dr. Arghya Majumdar

Kidney Transplant Physician in Kolkata, India

MD, DNB, MRCP (UK), Higher Specialty Training (Nephrology), UK,
Consultant Nephrologist & Transplant Physician

about Credentials & Experience

The Details of Credentials & Experience

• Experience:
March, 2015 - till date :

Director of Nephrology, Manipal Hospitals ( Dhakuria & Mukundupur )


Jan 2012 - Feb 2015

Consultant Nephrologist
AMRI, CMRI, Apollo Gleneagles , Vision Care Hospital , BM Birla Hospital, Kothari Medical Centre, Woodlands Hospital.


2000 - 2011:

Head Dept. of
Nephrology, AMRI


 


• Credentials:

Qualifications:


1985  MBBS   University of Calcutta
1991  MD (Gen .Medicine )   University of Calcutta
1992 DNB (Gen .Medicine ) National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
1995  MRCP (Gen .Medicine )  Royal College of Physicians, UK
1998 Higher Speciality training in Nephrology Joint Committee of Higher Medical Training, UK

Credentials:

• Post Held : President :

  1. Indian Sociery of Nephrology ( East Zone ) - 2014
  2. Re-elected - 2015


Memberships:


  • Member of the Indian Society of Nephrology
  • Member of the International Society of Nephrology
  • Member of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Member of the Indian Society of Haemodialysis
  • Member of the Indian Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Member of the Association of Physician’s of India
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
  • Member of the Indian Medical Association




Career History:


01.03.15 - till date Director Of Nephrology Manipal Hospitals ( Dhakuria & Mukundupur )
1.01.12 - 28.02.15 Consultant Nephrologist : AMRI, CMRI, Apollo Gleneagles , Vision Care Hospital , BM Birla Hospital, Kothari Medical Centre, Woodlands Hospital.
1.05.01- 31.12.11 HOD, Nephrology: AMRI Hospitals

1.4.98 – 31.12.99     

Staff Grade Physician/ Clinical Fellow: Nephrology: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, UK .

1.4.96 -31.3.98  Sp Registrar: Nephrology: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

1.11.94 - 31.3.96     

Senior House Officer: Medical Rotation: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster. UK                          

21.4.94 - 31.10.94    

Senior House Officer: Clacton & District General Hospital / Severalls Hospital, Colchester. UK

11.2.92 - 30.11.93    

Registrar: General Medicine: Kothari Medical Centre, Kolkata.

1.6.89 - 30.6.91        

Registrar (Post Graduate Trainee): General Medicine: NRS Medical College & Hospital , Kolkata .

22.1.98 - 15.8.88      

Senior House Staff: Accident & Emergency : SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.

16.10.86 - 15.10.87   

Senior House Staff: General Medicine: NRS Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata.

                                  
15.10.85 - 16.10.86

Intern: (Pre Registration): Medicine, Paediatrics, Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Preventive Medicine, ENT, Opthalmology, Orthopaedics,A&E .


Research Experience:


• Studies:


  1. ASCEND study- A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group study to assess the effect of the endothelin receptor antagonist avosentan on time to doubling of serum creatinine, end stage renal disease or death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy- A FDA approved international multi- centre study- published in JASN
  2. Microalbuminuria and VEGF A- Diagnostic and prognostic significance- submitted as thesis for PhD in Biochemistry to the Jadavpur University- by my student S. Basu
  3. Multiple thesis and audit projects- conducted by my DNB & MPharma students & supervised by me as a guide.

• Dissertation:


 ‘Asymptomatic Cardiac Dysfunction in IDDM and NIDDM Cases’- University of Calcutta, for MD & National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, for DNB.