Dr. Ranjan Kumar Sharma is a highly experienced Cardiologist in Kolkata with over three decades of clinical, academic, and interventional expertise. He specialises in adult interventional cardiology and coronary critical care and has performed more than fifty thousand cardiac interventions, including angiographies, angioplasties, valve procedures, and structural heart disease interventions. He has also implanted over five thousand pacemakers during his career. Dr. Sharma has played a pivotal role in establishing cardiology departments and cardiac cath labs across multiple government and private institutions. Known for his compassionate, evidence-based approach, he continues to contribute significantly to patient care, academics, and cardiology research.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS
• MD (General Medicine)
• DNB (General Medicine)
• Diploma in Cardiology
• DM (Cardiology)

Professional Experience:

• Head, Department of Cardiology – Burdwan Medical College (Sept 2005 – Oct 2006)
• Head, Department of Cardiology – Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata (July 2009 – Jan 2010)
• Head, Department of Cardiology – Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata (July 2017 – Oct 2023)
• Teaching Faculty – Burdwan Medical College, Medical College Kolkata, IPGMER Kolkata, Calcutta National Medical College, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College
• Examiner, Question Paper Setter, Thesis Evaluator – DNB & DM (Cardiology) across Indian universities
• Head of Cardiac Cath Labs – Ruby General Hospital, Anandlok Hospital, AMRI Hospital Salt Lake, Columbia-Asia (Manipal) Hospital Salt Lake, North City Hospital

Professional Memberships:

• Worked as Head, Department of Cardiology:
• Burdwan Medical College from Sept. 2005 to Oct. 2006.
• Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata from July, 2009 to Jan., 2010.
• Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata from July, 2017 to Oct., 2023.
• A member of the Panel of Experts/Advisers in UPSC, New Delhi since 2019.
• Secretary, Board of Studies for Cardiology, WB University of Health Sciences from 2019 to 2023.
• Board of Directors, State Medical Faculty of West Bengal from 2019 to 2023.
• Member, Package Selection Committee of Swasthya Saathi, Dept. of Health and FW, Government of West Bengal from 2021 to 2023.
• Member, Package Selection Committee of West Bengal Health Scheme, Dept. of Health and FW, Government of West Bengal from 2021 to 2023.
• Member, Sishu Saathi Committee, Dept. of Health and FW, Government of West Bengal from 2021 to 2023.
• Subject Expert (Cardiology), Dept. of Health & FW, Government of West Bengal from 2021 to 2023.
• Chairperson, Research Promotion Committee of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata from 2021 to 2023.
• Member, Medical Research Unit of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata from 2019 to 2023.
• Executive Committee member of API, W. Bengal Branch from 2000-2012.
• Joint organizing secretary of APICON, 2012 at Kolkata.
• Organizing Committee member of All the API & CSI Annual State Conferences held since 1996 to 2010, and also CSI Annual conference held in 2002 till 2012.
• Organising Secretary: ‘Update of Cardiology – 2007’; the Annual Scientific Program of Cardiological Society of India, WB Branch.
• Founder Member: Society of Cardiac Interventions.
• Organizing Secretary of 1st and 12th Annual All India Conference of the Society of Cardiac Interventions.
• Acted as Head of Cardiac Cath Labs at Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata; Anandlok Hospital, Kolkata; AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata; Columbia-Asia Hospital (Manipal Hospital), Salt Lake, Kolkata and North City Hospital, Kolkata.

Publications:

• More than 50 in National and International Journals.
• Presented papers at the Annual Conference of European Respiratory Society in Vienna
• International Society of Hypertension in Beijing, China

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