Dr. Prasun Bhattacharya

Dr Prasun Bhattacharya is a Consultant in Transfusion Medicine in Kolkata with 33 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass and Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, College Square.

He specialises in immunohaematology, apheresis, hemovigilance, and transfusion medicine, with extensive contributions to national policy bodies including the Hemovigilance Program of India, the National Blood Transfusion Council Technical Resource Group, and the High Power Committee under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

He consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking

Patients requiring blood component therapy and transfusion support are managed with evidence-based transfusion protocols and clinical expertise spanning over three decades:

• Blood component preparation and quality management
• Pre-transfusion compatibility testing
• Transfusion reaction investigation and management
• Massive transfusion protocol support
• Rational blood use and transfusion medicine consultation

Immunohaematology

Patients with complex blood group serology and alloimmunisation are evaluated and managed with specialist immunohaematological expertise:

• Blood group serology and antigen typing
• Red cell alloantibody identification
• Antenatal alloimmunisation assessment and management
• Haemolytic disease of the newborn evaluation
• Complex crossmatch and compatibility resolution

Apheresis

Patients requiring therapeutic and donor apheresis procedures are managed with structured apheresis protocols:

• Therapeutic plasma exchange
• Platelet and granulocyte apheresis
• Red cell apheresis and exchange transfusion
• Donor apheresis programme management
• Apheresis for autoimmune and haematological conditions

Hemovigilance and Transfusion Safety

Dr Bhattacharya contributes to national hemovigilance frameworks and manages transfusion safety at institutional and policy levels:

• Transfusion adverse event surveillance and reporting
• Hemovigilance programme participation and coordination
• Blood centre NABH accreditation and quality compliance
• Transfusion safety audit and monitoring
• Blood donor screening and infectious disease surveillance

Convalescent Plasma and Specialised Therapies

Dr Prasun has contributed significantly to convalescent plasma therapy research and its clinical application, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• Convalescent plasma donor recruitment and management
• Therapeutic plasma therapy for severe infections
• Systemic hyperinflammation assessment and plasma intervention
• Clinical trial coordination for plasma-based therapies
• Evidence-based specialised transfusion therapy

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Prasun Bhattacharya currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Kolkata
• Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, College Square, Kolkata

Previous Associations

• Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, Professor and Head of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion (2019)
• Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, Associate Professor (2010 to 2014)
• Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, University of Calcutta (1993)
• DGO, Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics (1997)
• MD Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion (2004)
• Registered with the West Bengal Medical Council

National Committee and Policy Contributions

• Member, SEC Committee, CDSCO, Haematology and Oncology
• Member, Hemovigilance Program of India, NIB, Noida
• Member, Technical Resource Group, National Blood Transfusion Council
• Member, High Power Committee for Institutional Project Reviews, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Research and Publications

• Prevalence of Cytomegalovirus Infections in Blood Donors and Utility of Leukocyte-Reduced Blood Transfusion in Premature Newborns, Journal of Clinical Neonatology (2023)
• Scrub Typhus in Non-Remunerated Voluntary Blood Donors, Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases (2022)
• Clinical Trial Subgroup Analyses of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe COVID-19, Mayo Clinic Proceedings Innovations, Quality and Outcomes (2022)
• Phase 2 Randomised Control Trial for Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe COVID-19, Nature Communications (2022)
• Development and Validation of a Treatment Benefit Index for COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma, JAMA Network Open (2022)
• Plasma Gradient of Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Severe COVID-19, Frontiers in Immunology (2021)
• COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Recruitment Strategies, ISBT Science Series (2021)
• Nature and Dimensions of Systemic Hyperinflammation and Attenuation by Convalescent Plasma, Journal of Infectious Diseases (2021)
• Attended 17 national and 3 international oral conferences

Professional Memberships

• Life Member, Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology (ISBTI)
• Life Member, Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine

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