Dr. Subhalakshmi Sengupta

Dr Subhalakshmi Sengupta is a Head of Department and Senior Consultant in Laboratory Medicine and Onco-Pathology at Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata, with over 18 years of experience in histopathology, cytopathology, and diagnostic oncology.

She has cleared FRCPath Part 1 in Histopathology at the Royal College of Pathologists, London, and brings specialist expertise in surgical pathology reporting, immunohistochemistry, and multidisciplinary oncopathology across a high-volume clinical setting.

She consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Histopathology and Surgical Pathology

Patients with complex tissue diagnoses and surgical specimens are evaluated with comprehensive histopathological reporting and grossing expertise:

• Routine and complex surgical pathology reporting
• Grossing and cut-up of surgical specimens
• Frozen section analysis
• Immunohistochemistry interpretation
• Malignant tumour diagnosis and reporting

Oncopathology

Patients with suspected or confirmed malignancies are managed with detailed oncopathology assessment and second opinion reporting:

• Solid tumour pathology
• Soft tissue and bone tumour diagnosis
• Haematological malignancy evaluation
• Immunohistochemistry panel interpretation
• Second opinion oncology pathology reporting

Cytopathology

Patients requiring non-surgical tissue diagnosis are evaluated with a full range of cytological techniques including gynaecological and non-gynaecological specimens:

• Pap smear and liquid-based cytology
• Cell block preparation and reporting
• Solid organ FNAC reporting
• On-site adequacy assessment
• Non-gynaec cytology reporting

Haematopathology

Patients with blood disorders and haematological malignancies are assessed with bone marrow and peripheral blood evaluation:

• Bone marrow aspiration reporting
• Trephine biopsy interpretation
• Peripheral smear evaluation
• Haematological malignancy assessment
• Anaemia and blood disorder workup

Multidisciplinary and Lab Diagnostics

Patients managed in multidisciplinary oncology settings receive integrated laboratory interpretation and diagnostic support:

• Comprehensive lab interpretation in MDT settings
• Histopathology unit establishment and protocol standardisation
• Quality audit and national accreditation compliance
• Staff training and diagnostic quality assurance
• Clinical pathology reporting

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS with Honours, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata
• MD Pathology, Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital and Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
• FRCPath Part 1 Histopathology, Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK

Dr Sengupta is a member of the Royal College of Pathologists, London.

Experience and Affiliations

Current

• Head of Department and Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine and Onco-Pathology, Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata

Publications

• "Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma on the Dorsum of the Tongue", Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2013, Vol 17(1)
• "A Study of the Histopathological Spectrum and Expression of Ki-67 and TP53 in Primary Brain Tumours of the Paediatric Age Group", Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2012, Vol 33(1)
• "Primary Pulmonary Neoplasms in Children: A Report of Five Cases", Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2011, Vol 32(4)
• "Chordoma in the Nasopharynx in a 70-Year-Old Female: A Rare Occurrence", International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 2014, Vol 3(3)
• "Ovarian Haemangioma: A Rare Case Report", International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2013, Vol 4(11)
• "Leydig Cell Tumour: A Report of Two Cases with Unusual Presentation", Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010, Vol 53(4)

Conference Presentations

• PNET of the Salivary Gland, Conference of the Indian Musculoskeletal Oncology Society, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Howrah
• Clear Cell Sarcoma of the Thigh, Conference of the Calcutta Association of Practising Pathologists, International CME on Soft Tissue Tumours, Hyatt Regency, Kolkata, 2016
• Histopathological Spectrum and Ki-67 and TP53 Expression in Paediatric Brain Tumours, Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists, Science City Auditorium, Kolkata

Academic Contributions and Conferences Attended

• IAP-ID Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Slide Viewing Workshop, Pitfalls and Pearls in Urologic and Gynaecologic Pathology
• Conference of the Indian Skeletal Oncology Society
• International Symposium on Immunohistochemistry
• International CME on Soft Tissue Tumours
• International Conference on Thoracic Pathology

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