Dr. Mumtaz Afzal is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist with over two decades of experience in advanced anaesthesia care. He is highly skilled in ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and advanced airway management, ensuring patient safety and precision during surgical procedures. A gold medalist in Paediatrics, he is also an ACLS/BLS instructor actively involved in medical education. His expertise spans regional anaesthesia, perioperative care, paediatric anaesthesia, and critical care, making him a trusted anaesthesiologist at Manipal Hospitals, Kolkata.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – 2004
• D.A. (Anaesthesia) – 2007
• DNB (Anaesthesia) – 2010
• IDRA – 2019
• PGDMLE – 2022
• FCPM – 2022

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – Department of Anaesthesiology, Manipal Hospitals, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata (Current)
• Over 20 years of experience in advanced anaesthesia care

Professional Memberships:

• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
• All India Difficult Airway Association
• Indian Academy of Pediatric Anaesthesiologists
• Society of Onco Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care
• Indian College of Anaesthesiologists

Awards and Achievements:

• Gold medal in Paediatrics in Final MBBS(II) examination.
• Instructor for ACLS/BLS course.
• Faculty at Hemodynamic Monitoring Workshop held at B M Birla Heart Research Centre during ISAWBCON 2011.
• Panelist on a panel discussion on “Sepsis Management Beyond Antibiotics – PBLD” at ISAJAC 2015 held at Kolkata.
• Faculty at the “First Basic Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia” held at Medica Superspecialty Hospital in September 2017.
• Faculty at “ISSH-KASS 2nd Basic Hand Course 2018” (Lecture on “Anaesthesia for Wrist & Hand Surgeries”).
• Faculty at 9th Annual National Airway Conference of AIDAA (Lecture on “Difficult Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest Victim”) held on 9th September 2018.
• Faculty at ISACON West Bengal 2019 (Lecture on “Who Has a Right to Consent”) held on 2nd November 2019.
• Faculty at ISACON West Bengal 2021 (Lecture on “The Hyperglycemic Patient”) held on 2nd October 2021.
• Faculty at CME on Paediatric Anaesthesia under the aegis of IAPA BENGAL Chapter held on June 25, 2022 (Lecture on “Consent and Paediatric Anaesthesia”).
• Faculty at “Simulation Based Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring Workshop” organised by Research Society of Anaesthesiology and Clinical Pharmacology on 23rd July 2022.
• Faculty at ISACON East Zone 2022 (Lecture on “Uterotonics – Where do we Stand Now”) held on 24th September, 2022.
• Faculty at Metrocon 2023 (Panel discussion on Difficult airway management: Challenges, skills and solutions), held on 22-23 July 2023.
• Faculty at Midterm meeting of Indian Association of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists (Lecture on Consent and Pediatric Anaesthesia) held on 12-13 August 2023.
• Faculty at PERIZIA 2023 organised by IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata (Workshop on Airway Management and Basic Life Support) held on 16-19 August 2023.
• Faculty at ISAWB PG BootCamp held on 16-17th March 2024. Topic – Recent Advances (Drugs, techniques, devices, AI).
• Faculty at the CME of the 5th Annual conference of Kolkata Society of Anaesthesiologists, METROCON 2024 on 7th July 2024. Topic – Parliament Session “Rocuronium Sugammadex combination should be reserved for anticipated difficult airway situation only” – For the motion.
• Faculty at ISACONWB 2024 held on 31st August & 1st September. Lecture on “The Ways & Means to Keep a Patient Nice & Warm – Is It Time We Have a National Guideline?”.

Publications:

• Central Venous Cannulation. Journal of the Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences. 2009; 32(II): 57-61.
• Amiya K. Mishra, Mumtaz Afzal, Siddhartha S. Mookerjee, Kasturi H. Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Paul. Pre-emptive analgesia: Recent trends and evidences. Indian Journal of Pain 2013; Vol 27(3): pages 114-120.
• Reena, Kasturi H. Bandyopadhyay, Mumtaz Afzal, Amiya K. Mishra, Abhijit Paul. Labor Epidural Analgesia: Past, present and future. Indian Journal of Pain 2014; Vol 28(2): pages 71-81.
• Akshay K. Gadre, Kasturi H. Bandyopadhyay, Mumtaz Afzal, Amiya K. Mishra. Anaesthetic Challenge in Corrective Hand Surgery in a Child with Russell-Silver Syndrome. MGM J Med Sci 2017; 4(3): 146-148.