Dr. Shamik Ghosh

Dr Shamik Ghosh is a senior consultant paediatrician in Kolkata with 35 years of experience in adolescent health, developmental disorders, addiction management, and general paediatrics, currently practising at Manipal Hospital Salt Lake, Charnock Hospital Newtown, and Sans Pareil Paediatric Clinic, Rajarhat.

He holds the MRCPCH from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, completed advanced postgraduate training at Newcastle University and Liverpool University in the UK, and is a Gold Medallist in DCH Examinations and recipient of the East Zone Pioneer Paediatrician Award 2022.

He consults in English, Bengali, and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Adolescent Health and Medicine

Adolescents with complex health, behavioural, and psychological conditions are evaluated and managed by Dr Shamik Ghosh with specialist adolescent medicine expertise and nationally recognised academic contributions:

• Adolescent health assessment and management
• Anxiety disorders in adolescence evaluation and treatment
• Adolescent suicidal tendency assessment and first-level response
• Puberty disorders including precocious and delayed puberty
• Gender-affirmative care for adolescents and youth

Adolescent Addiction and Motivational Interviewing

Adolescents with substance use and addiction-related concerns are managed by Dr Ghosh with certification from NIMHANS in addiction management and motivational interviewing:

• Adolescent substance abuse assessment and management
• Addiction management using evidence-based techniques
• Motivational interviewing for behaviour change
• Junk food and lifestyle counselling for adolescents
• Substance abuse prevention and guidance

Developmental Disorders in Children

Children with developmental concerns and behavioural disorders are evaluated and managed by Dr Shamik with structured developmental paediatric assessment and clinical intervention:

• Developmental milestone assessment and monitoring
• Behavioural disorder evaluation and management
• Learning difficulty and developmental delay assessment
• Early intervention planning and counselling
• Parent guidance and child development support

Neonatology and Newborn Care

Newborns requiring clinical assessment and neonatal care are managed by Dr Ghosh with structured neonatal clinical expertise:

• Newborn assessment and care
• Neonatal resuscitation and stabilisation
• Neonatal jaundice and infection management
• Preterm and low birth weight infant monitoring
• Early childhood developmental follow-up

General Paediatrics

Children presenting with acute and chronic medical conditions are evaluated and managed by Dr Shamik Ghosh with comprehensive paediatric clinical assessment:

• Childhood infection and fever management
• Immunisation and preventive child health
• Growth and nutritional monitoring
• Respiratory illness in children
• General paediatric consultation and follow-up

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Shamik Ghosh currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata, Senior Consultant
• Charnock Hospital, Newtown, Kolkata, Consultant
• Sans Pareil Paediatric Clinic, Rajarhat, Kolkata, Consultant

Awards and Academic Recognition

• Gold Medal, DCH Examinations, University of Pune (1995)
• East Zone Pioneer Paediatrician Award, East Zone Academy of Paediatrics (2022)
• Executive Board Member, Adolescent Health Academy, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (2021 and 2023)
• President, New Kolkata Academy of Paediatricians (2019 to 2023)
• Executive Board Member, West Bengal Academy of Paediatrics (2019, 2020, and 2022)
• Organising Secretary, 1st Asian Congress of Adolescent Health, Kolkata (November 2022)
• Organising Secretary, National Adolescent Health Conference (2022)

Research and Publications

Dr Ghosh has contributed to peer-reviewed journals, national textbooks, and consensus guidelines in adolescent and paediatric medicine:

• Ghosh S. "Gippi." Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2022; 2: 261
• Co-Author, "Indian Academy of Pediatrics Consensus Guidelines on Preconception Care." Indian Pediatrics, Volume 61, Pages 305-320, April 15, 2024
• Section Editor, "Social Media and Us," IAP AHA Textbook of Adolescent Medicine (2024)
• Sole Author, "Anxiety Disorders in Adolescence," Section 3B.3, IAP AHA Textbook of Adolescent Medicine (2024)
• Sole Author, "Motivational Interviewing," Section 3C.4, IAP AHA Textbook of Adolescent Medicine (2024)
• Co-Author, "Counselling Scenario: Adolescent Suicidal Behaviour, First Level Response," Adolescent Paediatrics, MKC Nair, 2nd Edition (2022)
• Co-Author, "Puberty Precocious and Delayed," IAP Standard Treatment Guidelines (2022)
• Co-Author, Adolescent Health Academy Statement on the Care of Transgender Children, Adolescents, and Youth (2023)

Invited Lectures

• "Junk Foods: Time to Take Action," National Conference of Indian Academy of Paediatrics, January 2024
• "Early and Late Bloomers in Adolescence," National Conference of Indian Academy of Paediatrics, January 2024
• "Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Insight," 1st Asian Conference on Adolescent Health and 22nd National Conference of Adolescent Health Academy, November 2022

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, NRS Medical College, Calcutta (1991)
• DCH, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (1995), Gold Medallist
• DNB Paediatrics, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (1997)
• MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London (2007)
• Advanced postgraduate training, Newcastle University and Liverpool University, UK
• Certificate Course in Basics of Addiction Management, NIMHANS
• Primer on Motivational Interviewing, NIMHANS

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
• Indian Academy of Paediatrics
• Indian Medical Association
• National Neonatology Forum

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