DIPTENDRA K SARKAR

Diptendra K Sarkar is a Professor of Surgery and chief of the Breast Surgery and Research Unit at IPGMER, Kolkata, India. He was awarded the prestigious GB Ong award by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for securing the highest position in FRCS exam in 2000. He was the Past President of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India and the Honorary Secretary of Asian Society of Mastology .Prof Sarkar is the Editor in chief of the prestigious Journal of Annals of Breast Diseases and Associate Editor of Annals of Medical Science & Research.He is the current President of Association of Surgeons of India, West Bengal Chapter. He is an international Tutor-examiner with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is part of the Education and Training committee of Association of Breast Surgeons of UK. Prof Sarkar was awarded prestigious Hauck Visiting Professorship in May 2019 by Mayo Clinic , Rochester, USA

He is a member of the working group committee on Breast Cancer screening in India and has been the international resource person for early diagnosis in breast cancer for Bangladesh. He is presently part of the expert committee of ICMR for preparation of SOP for Breast, oral and Lung cancer.He is the coordinator of State committee on Breadt cancer screening.

His areas of interest include research in prognostic markers and locally advanced breast cancer. He has written more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to 3 book chapters and 2 text books. Prof Sarkar has delivered more than 300 invited talks including plenary lecture in Association of Breast Surgery, UK , Oman, Singapore and Dhaka. His basic research on cox-2 receptors and role of aspirin has been highly acclaimed internationally. Oncoplasty in LABC , the major problem in most developing countries, is another area in which he has been working with various innovations.

He is guide for PhD and post Doctorate program with various universities and has been the Principal Investigator of various projects run by ICMR and DST.