Dr. Sanhita Chatterjee

Dr Sanhita Chatterjee is a Senior Consultant in Laboratory Medicine and Histopathology at Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata, with over 20 years of experience in histopathology, cytopathology, nephropathology, and neuropathology.

She holds a DRCPath from the United Kingdom and has completed both the ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program and the Advanced Program, along with a one-year certificate course in ISOT Renal Transplant Pathology, establishing her as a specialist in diagnostic renal and neuro pathology.

She consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Histopathology and Surgical Pathology

Patients with complex tissue diagnoses requiring specialist histopathological reporting are evaluated with comprehensive surgical pathology expertise:

• Routine and complex histopathology reporting
• Surgical oncology specimen grossing
• Immunohistochemistry interpretation
• Oncopathology reporting
• Head and neck neoplasm pathology

Nephropathology and Renal Transplant Pathology

Patients with kidney disease and renal transplant complications are assessed with specialist renal biopsy interpretation and immunofluorescence:

• Renal biopsy interpretation
• Renal immunofluorescence
• Transplant pathology reporting
• Glomerular and tubulointerstitial disease diagnosis
• ISN-ANIO certified nephropathology

Neuropathology

Patients with neurological and brain pathology requiring diagnostic tissue evaluation are managed with specialist neuropathology expertise:

• Brain and CNS tumour pathology
• Diagnostic neuropathology reporting
• Neurosurgical specimen evaluation
• Rare neurological condition diagnosis
• Advanced neuropathology assessment

Cytopathology

Patients requiring non-surgical tissue diagnosis are evaluated with a range of cytological techniques across multiple organ systems:

• FNAC reporting for head and neck lesions
• Salivary gland FNAC
• Testicular malignancy cytology
• Paediatric head and neck neoplasm FNAC
• Lymph node and tuberculosis cytology

Infectious and Rare Pathology

Patients with infectious conditions and rare pathological presentations are assessed with targeted diagnostic techniques:

• Fungal infection diagnosis including corneal ulcers
• Tubercular lymphadenopathy evaluation
• Adenosine deaminase in tuberculosis diagnosis
• Cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis
• Abdominal tuberculosis pathological assessment

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
• MD Pathology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
• DRCPath, United Kingdom
• ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program (2015 to 2016)
• ISN-ANIO Advanced Nephropathology Program (2020 to 2021)
• ISOT Renal Transplant Pathology Certificate Course, one year
• DNB Pathology Teaching Faculty, National Board of Examinations

Dr Chatterjee is a member of the Indian Academy of Cytology.

Experience and Affiliations

Current

• Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine and Histopathology, Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata

Previous

• Consultant Pathologist and Head of Department, Histopathology and Cytopathology, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical College Kolkata
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, North Bengal Medical College
• Research Collaborator, School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur
• Lab Director, Theism Pathology, Kolkata
• Consultant Pathologist, Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata

Publications

• "Role of FNAC in the Diagnosis of Paediatric Head and Neck Neoplasms", Journal of Cytology, 2003, Vol 20(4)
• "FNAC in Testicular Malignancies with Special Reference to Cryptorchidism", Journal of Cytology, 2002, Vol 19(2)
• "Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Lesions by FNAC", Journal of Cytology, 2004, Vol 21(1)
• "Role of Potassium Hydroxide Mount in the Rapid Diagnosis of Fungal Corneal Ulcers", Journal of Indian Medical Association, January 2002, Vol 100(1)
• "Value of Adenosine Deaminase in the Diagnosis of Tubercular Lymphadenopathy in the Neck", West Bengal State Journal of Otolaryngology, 1993, Vol 22

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Guest Speaker, CAPPCON 2024, Kolkata, July 2024
• Workshop Conductor, Renal Immunofluorescence, Kolkata, July 2024
• Speaker, National Workshop on Interpretation of Renal Biopsy, RIMS, Ranchi, November 2019
• Speaker, National CME on Interpretation of Renal Biopsy, RIMS, Ranchi, November 2019
• Faculty, Virtual Slide Discussion, Association of Cytologists and Histopathologists of India, 2020
• Delegate, International Update on Renal and Transplantation, Dr Lal Path Lab, New Delhi, 2020

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