Dr. Mumtaz Afzal

Dr Mumtaz Afzal is a senior consultant anaesthesiologist in Kolkata with over 21 years of experience in regional anaesthesia, advanced airway management, paediatric anaesthesia, and perioperative critical care, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Kolkata.

A Gold Medallist in Paediatrics in the Final MBBS Examination, he holds the Indian Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia (IDRA), Foundation Course in Pain and Palliative Medicine (FCPM), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics (PGDMLE), and serves as a certified ACLS and BLS instructor.

He consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Regional Anaesthesia

Patients requiring targeted nerve block techniques for surgical and pain management are managed with ultrasound-guided regional anaesthetic approaches:

• Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
• Neuraxial anaesthesia techniques
• Regional block for wrist and hand surgery
• Epidural anaesthesia planning
• USG-guided regional anaesthesia workshops

Advanced Airway Management

Patients with anticipated or unanticipated difficult airways are assessed and managed with structured advanced airway techniques:

• Difficult airway assessment and planning
• Airway management in cardiac arrest
• Advanced airway device management
• Fibreoptic and video-assisted intubation
• Airway rescue protocol implementation

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Children undergoing surgical procedures are managed with age-specific anaesthetic planning and perioperative care:

• Paediatric surgical anaesthesia
• Consent protocols in paediatric anaesthesia
• Perioperative paediatric monitoring
• Anaesthesia for complex paediatric cases
• Paediatric airway management

Oncology Anaesthesia

Patients undergoing cancer surgery are managed with tailored perioperative anaesthetic care:

• Onco-anaesthesia planning
• Perioperative care in oncology surgery
• High-risk cancer surgical anaesthesia
• Postoperative analgesia in oncology
• Multidisciplinary oncological perioperative support

Pain Management

Patients with acute and chronic pain conditions are managed with evidence-based multimodal analgesic approaches:

• Pre-emptive analgesia techniques
• Labour epidural analgesia
• Postoperative pain management
• Pain management protocol development
• Multimodal analgesic planning

Critical Care and Haemodynamic Monitoring

Patients in high-risk surgical and critical care settings are managed with advanced haemodynamic monitoring and resuscitation:

• Advanced haemodynamic monitoring
• Sepsis management beyond antibiotics
• Hyperglycaemia management in perioperative patients
• Central venous cannulation
• Advanced cardiac and basic life support

Medical Law and Ethics in Anaesthesia

Clinical and academic teams are supported with structured education on consent, medical law, and ethics relevant to anaesthesia practice:

• Consent in anaesthesia
• Consent frameworks in paediatric anaesthesia
• Medical law and ethics application
• Uterotonic agent selection and evidence
• Medicolegal aspects of perioperative care

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliation

Dr Mumtaz Afzal currently practises at:

• Manipal Hospital (Formerly Medica Superspecialty Hospital), EM Bypass, Kolkata

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS (2004), Gold Medallist in Paediatrics
• Diploma in Anaesthesiology (2007)
• DNB Anaesthesiology, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2010)
• Indian Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia (IDRA) (2019)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics (PGDMLE) (2022)
• Foundation Course in Pain and Palliative Medicine (FCPM) (2022)

He is a life member of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, All India Difficult Airway Association, Indian Academy of Pediatric Anaesthesiologists, Society of Onco-Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care, and Indian College of Anaesthesiologists.

Academic and Teaching Contributions

Dr Mumtaz Afzal has served as faculty at numerous national anaesthesiology conferences and workshops including:

• Faculty, First Basic Workshop on Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia, Medica Superspeciality Hospital, 2017
• Faculty, 9th Annual National Airway Conference, AIDAA, 2018
• Faculty, Simulation-Based Advanced Haemodynamic Monitoring Workshop, RSACP, 2022
• Faculty, Midterm Meeting of Indian Association of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists, 2023
• Faculty, PERIZIA 2023, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Airway Management and BLS Workshop
• Faculty, ISAWB PG BootCamp, 2024
• Faculty, ISACONWB 2024
• Faculty, METROCON 2023 and 2024
• Panelist, ISAJAC 2015, Sepsis Management Panel Discussion

Research and Publications

• "Central Venous Cannulation" — Journal of the Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, 2009
• "Pre-emptive Analgesia: Recent Trends and Evidences" — Indian Journal of Pain, 2013
• "Labor Epidural Analgesia: Past, Present and Future" — Indian Journal of Pain, 2014

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