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Dr Suvro Banerjee

Cardiologist

MBBS, MD, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(London), FICC, FCSI, FESC, FACC, FSCAI

26 years experience overall

No. 58, Canal Circular Road, West Bengal, India, Kolkata - 700 054 Ph:91 33 2320 3040/2122, Kolkata

Specialities
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
  • Transesophageal Echocardiogram
  • Permanent Pacemaker
  • Balloon Mitral Valvotomy
  • Arrhythmia Treatments
  • TAVI
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Primary Angioplasty
  • Permanent Pacemaker
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • Micra Insertion
  • Heart failure therapies like Impella
  • IABP
  • TAVI. PBMV & Structural Interventions
  • ASD
  • VSD
  • PDA Device closures
  • Endovascular interventions like Aneurysm Repair
  • Angioplasty and /Stenting
  • Right and Left Heart catheterization
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
  • Angioplasty
  • Device Closure
  • Endovascular Stent Grafting
  • Peripheral Angiogram/ Angioplasty
  • Carotid Stenting
  • Heart & Lungs Transplantation
Experience
WORK EXPERIENCE:
  • Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata 2004 till date
  • Consultant Cardiologist, Barnsley General Hospital, Barnsley, UK. 2004
  • Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Suraksha Hospital, Kolkata. 2001-2003
FACULTY POSITIONS
  • Faculty, CSI National Intervention Council, 2015, 2016,2017
  • Faculty, 67th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India, 2015, Chennai
  • Faculty, EIICCON 2015, Kolkata
  • Faculty, 4th BIT summit, 2014, Kolkata
  • Faculty, EIICCON 2014, Kolkata
  • Faculty, CSI National Intervention Council, 2013, Kolkata
  • Faculty, 3rd BIT summit, 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Faculty, 64th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India, 2012, New Delhi
  • Faculty, EIICCON 2012, Kolkata
  • Faculty, 2nd BIT summit, 2012, Kolkata
  • Faculty, 1st BIT summit, 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Faculty, EIICCON 2011, Kolkata
  • Faculty, SingLive 2011, Singapore
  • Faculty, 4th AICT 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Faculty, ISECON 2008, Kolkata
  • Faculty, 57th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India, 2005 Mumbai
  • Faculty, Indian Academy of Echocardiography Annual Conference,2001, Kolkata
  • Faculty, Cardiology Update, CSI-WB chapter,Kolkata Years:2015,2014,2013,2011,2010,2009,2008,2006,2005
  • Faculty, Cardiology Symposium, Royal College of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 2016
  • Faculty, 8th Annual International Congress of Cardiology, 2016, Xian, China 
     
Members ship
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
  • Indian Medical Association (IMA)
  • Fellow, Indian College of Cardiology (FICC)
  • Fellow, Cardiological Society of India (FSCI)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (FRCPE)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP)
  • Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)
  • Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI)
Certifications
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
  • Certificate of Honours in Physiology,1984
  • Orfila Silver Medal in Forensic Medicine ,1986
PROFESSIONAL AWARD                             
  • Barnsley Health Authority Quality Award, 1997
  • Indian Heart Journal Readers Choice Award, 2016                                                                                               
SOCIAL AWARD                                               
  • Paul Harris Fellow 2004
Honorary professorship
  • Conferred by AHERF in 2016
PROCEDURAL SKILLS:
  • Coronary (femoral & radial routes) angiography
  • Coronary angioplasty (including primary angioplasty)
  • Peripheral angiography and angioplasty
  • Permanent Pacemaker implantation – single & dual chamber
  • Biventricular pacing (Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy)
  • ICD implantation
  • Implantation of Loop Recorder
  • BMV
  • Insertion of vena cava filter
  • EP study
  • Right heart catheterization
ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • Secretary, Cardiological Society of India, West Bengal Branch, 2017-2019
  • Executive Member, West Bengal Academy of Echocardiography, 2015-2018
  • Assistant Secretary, Cardiological Society of India, West Bengal Branch, 2014-2016
  • Academic Counselor and Teacher: Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU), for Post-graduate Diploma in Community Cardiology
  • Member, Organising Committee and Faculty, Cardiology Symposium 2016, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
  • Member, Symposium Programme Panel, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 2017
  • Examiner, MRCP(UK),  2012 onwards
  • Reviewer: Indian Heart Journal, 2014 onwards
  • Winner of Readers Choice Award for the best editorial in Indian Heart Journal, 2016
  • Member, Editorial Board, EC Cardiology, 2017
  • Member, Core Scientific Committee, 67th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India, 2015, Chennai
  • Jt Organizing Secretary, VIIIth Annual Conference, Indian College of Cardiology (ICCCON), Kolkata 2011
  • Joint Secretary, EIICCON 2015, Kolkata
  • Honorary Treasurer, West Bengal Academy of Echocardiography, 2013-2015
  • Founder member, Chakraberia branch of Indian Medical Association, 1992
  • Founder member, Bangla Intervention Therapeutics (BIT) 2011
  • Executive member: Royal College of Physicians Association of Eastern  India   2006 – 2009. Treasurer 2009-2011, 2012-2013
  • Examiner, Post-graduate Diploma in Community Cardiology, IGNOU, 2012
  • Course Director, PLAB-Pro (Preparatory course for PLAB examination), 2001
  • Chairman, Scientific Committee, Eastern Zonal Echocardiography Conference, Kolkata 2016
  • Chairman, Scientific Committee, Cardiology Update 2014, CSI-WB chapter 2014
PUBLICATIONS:
  • Banerjee S, Straffen A, Rhoden W E "Value of qualitative troponin T estimation in decision making in patients with chest pain (research paper)" The British Journal of Cardiology:  1997; 4:  414-418
  • Banerjee S. Rhoden W E "Fast tracking of myocardial infarction by paramedics (research paper)"Journal of Royal College of Physicians of London:  1998; 32:  36-38
  • Banerjee S. Francis CM Making the most of echocardiography: A district hospital perspective (audit)*British Society of Echocardiography, Newsletter, July 1999.*Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography: 2000
  • Banerjee S.Cardiac Troponin: A new biochemical marker (letter)Trends in Cardiology & Vascular Disease: 1999; 2: 45
  • Banerjee S. Hargreaves MR Transient pathological Q waves in suspected acute myocardial infarction: ‘electrical stunning’ (paper)International Journal of CinicalPractice: 2000; 54: 263-264
  • Acharya S, Banerjee S Future of trainee overseas doctors in the United Kingdom (letter; rapid response)bmj.com 15 Aug 2000.
  • Banerjee S.  Banerjee SS, Chakraborty S, Mukherjee P Short term effect of diltiazem on portal hypertension in patients with non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis (research paper)Indian Journal of Gastroenterology.  1991; 19: 7-9
  • De KC, Das A, Banerjee S.Heart disease in pregnancy (case report)Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India.   1989; 10: 78
  • Banerjee S, Francis CM A survey of practice of echocardiography in Scottish District Hospitals (research paper)Scottish Medical Journal  2001;
  • Bandyopadhaya S, Banerjee S Severe hyperkalaemia with normal ECG (case report)International Journal of Clinical Practice: 2001;
  • S Roy, A Sarkar, S Banerjee et al Chronic total occlusion: Femoropopliteal arteries (Abstract)Indian Heart Journal 2002; 54: 526
  • S Roy, A Sarkar, S Banerjee et al Radial approach for coronary angiography: Single catheter experience (Abstract)Indian Heart Journal 2002; 54: 561
  • R Chakraborty, Y Singh, S Banerjee et al Intracoronary glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndrome (Abstract)Indian Heart Journal 2005; 57: 427
  • Soumitra Kumar, Pallav Ghosh, Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Suvro Banerjee, et al Inadvertent transvenous left ventricular pacing through an unsuspected atrial septal defect Journal of the Indian Medical Association.  2006; 104(9):522-4.
  • R. Chakraborty, D. Ghosh, A. Khan, S. Banerjee et al Simplicity, Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Enoxaparin in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Abstract)VIIIth Annual Conference of Indian College of Cardiology, 2011
  • JJ Dalal, T Alexander, PS Banerjee et al 2013 Consensus Statement for Early Reperfusion and Pharmaco-invasive Approach in Patients Presenting with Chest Pain Diagnosed as STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction) in an Indian Setting. JAPI, 2014 ,62, 473-483
  • S Banerjee Takostubo Cardiomyopathy: A rare entity, not to be missed (Editorial)Indian Heart Journal, accepted for publication, september 2015 (in press)
  • S Banerjee, TK Mukherjee, S Basu Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension in the slums of Kolkata (research article) Indian Heart Journal). Accepted for publication, September 2015
  • A Das, S Banerjee, R chakraborty Selective site pacing: RV septal pacing- An alternative technique. Bangladesh journal of Cardiology. Accepted for publication, September 2015
  • JJ Dalal et alThe Indian Consensus Guidance on Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: An Emphasis on Practical Use of Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants. Indian Heart Journal. Accepted for publication, October 2015. Available online 24 November 2015
  • S Banerjee, S Patra Successful coil embolization of an iatrogenic coronary-cameral fistula caused by guide-wire trauma during percutaneous coronary intervention. Texas Heart Institute Journal. Accepted for publication, October 2015
  • A Das, S Banerjee A simple method for Bachmann's bundle pacing with indigenous modification of J-stylet. Indian Heart Journal. Accepted for publication, October 2015
  • JJ Dalal et al The Indian Consensus Guidance on Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: An Emphasis on Practical Use of Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants. Indian Heart Journal. 2015; 67: s 13- s 34. DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.10.380
    S Banerjee, S Patra Successful coil embolization of an iatrogenic coronary-cameral fistula caused by guide-wire trauma during percutaneous coronary intervention.Tex Heart Inst J 2016;43(4):1-3
  • A Das, S Banerjee A simple method for Bachmann's bundle pacing with indigenous modification of J-stylet. Indian Heart Journal.68 : 678 – 684
  • S Banerjee Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, CSI Cardiology Update 2015; Chapter 124, 846-848. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. ISBN: 978-93-5250-039-0. 
  • Banerjee S. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Review. JSM Atheroscler, 2016; 1(1): 1011.
PRESENTATION
  • Paper presentation: 12th international postgraduate course on myocardial infarction and angina. Davos, Switzerland; 1997

              a.Fast tracking of myocardial infarction by paramedics reduces the thrombolysis time

              b.Role of qualitative Troponin T estimation in early discharge of patients admitted with chest pain

  • Demonstration of TOE in LIVE WORKSHOP: Indian Academy of Echocardiography Kolkata, India; 2001
  • Case presentation: CSI Interventional Council Meeting, Mumbai 2005
  • Case presentation: Primary angioplasty in a patient with intracerebral bleed. SingLive 2011, Singapore
  • Speaker: New era of oral anticoagulation, CSI Annual Conference, 2012, New Delhi
  • Speaker: Heart failure in the Elderly, CSI Annual Conference, 2015, Chennai
  • Chair: Cardiology Symposium 2016, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
  • Speaker: Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, 8th Annual International Congress of Cardiology, 2016, Xian, China 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 
  • DISSERTATION for the degree of M.D titled ‘A comparative study of clinical, biochemical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters in hospital in-patients with Q wave and non Q wave myocardial infarction’.
  • Submitted to Utkal University, India in September 1991. Accepted in February 1992.
CLINICAL TRIALS (International): 
 
?As Principal Investigator:
  • ARISTOTLE (2007-2011)
  • ATLAS ACS2 TIMI 51 Trial
  • CRISP-AMI
  • OPAL-2
  • THEMIS
As Co-Investigator:
  • CRESCENDO
  • RESOLUTE ASIA
  • DELIVER
Epidemiological studies:
  • Es-ACS: ETHNIC AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE PRESENTATION OF ACS AND IN ACCESS TO CARDIAC CARE (Collaboration with University of Calgary, Canada)
  • Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension in the slums of Kolkata (PHISK study),(Collaboration with Kolkata Municipal Corporation)
  • KOLCOV-HF Study (The Kolkata – Coventry Heart Failure Comparative Registry Study of Acute Heart Failure) in collaboration with Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust,UK

 

Services
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
  • Transesophageal Echocardiogram
  • Permanent Pacemaker
  • Balloon Mitral Valvotomy
  • Arrhythmia Treatments
  • TAVI
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Primary Angioplasty
  • Permanent Pacemaker
Languages spoken

English,Bangla,Hindi,Oriya

Gender

male

Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals

No. 58, Canal Circular Road, West Bengal, India, Kolkata - 700 054 Ph:91 33 2320 3040/2122, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700054

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