Dr. Writuparna Das

Dr Writuparna Das is a Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesiology at Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Kolkata, with 21 years of experience in adult and paediatric cardiac anaesthesia, ECMO management, and perioperative critical care.

She is a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management (FIPM) holder, a Gold Medallist in the Dr Basudev Guha Memorial Paper Presentation, and serves as faculty at national conferences including ISACON and IACTACON, reflecting strong academic engagement alongside clinical practice.

She consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Cardiac Anaesthesia

Patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures including transplants and complex interventions are managed with specialist cardiac anaesthesia protocols:

• Adult cardiac anaesthesia
• Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia
• Heart and lung transplant anaesthesia
• Cardiac assist device management
• Vascular access procedures

ECMO Management

Patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support across all age groups are managed with ECMO initiation, maintenance, and weaning protocols:

• ECMO initiation and monitoring
• ECMO weaning and discontinuation
• Paediatric and neonatal ECMO
• Adult respiratory and cardiac ECMO
• ECMO in post-cardiac surgery support

Critical Care Anaesthesia

Patients in the cardiac intensive care unit requiring advanced respiratory and haemodynamic support are managed with critical care anaesthesia expertise:

• Haemodynamic monitoring
• Mechanical ventilation management
• Percutaneous tracheostomy
• Post-operative critical care
• Mechanical cardiac support systems

Pain Management

Patients requiring perioperative and interventional pain management are assessed and managed with targeted anaesthesia-based pain control techniques:

• Perioperative pain management
• Sphenopalatine ganglion block
• Regional anaesthesia techniques
• Interventional pain procedures
• Post-surgical pain optimisation

General and Regional Anaesthesia

Patients undergoing general surgical procedures are managed with evidence-based general and regional anaesthesia techniques:

• General anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery
• Spinal anaesthesia
• Difficult airway management
• Stress response attenuation
• Anaesthesia for endoscopic procedures

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS (2004)
• MD Anaesthesiology (2015)
• Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management (FIPM) (2022)

Current Affiliations

• Consultant, Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Manipal Hospital (formerly Medica Superspecialty Hospital), EM Bypass, Kolkata

Clinical Experience

• Clinical Trainer, DNB Anaesthesiology Programme, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata
• Training and Upgradation Faculty, Nursing Staff in Critical Care, Ventilation, and Mechanical Cardiac Supports

Research and Publications

Dr Writuparna Das has published peer-reviewed research in indexed anaesthesiology and critical care journals.

• Comparison between general anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia in attenuation of stress response in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomised controlled trial, Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, April to June 2015, Vol 9, Issue 2
• Evaluation of the efficacy of bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block in endoscopic sinus surgery under general anaesthesia: a randomised prospective controlled trial, Research and Opinion in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, October 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
• Discontinuation of ECMO: A review with a note on Indian scenario, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, February 2023, Vol 39, Suppl 1, pp 134 to 142

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Gold Medal, Dr Basudev Guha Memorial Paper Presentation, 2013
• Finalist, Smt Sarojini Devi Memorial Paper Presentation, 2013
• Faculty Speaker, ISACON, ISACON East Zone, and ISACON WB, 2015 to present
• Faculty Speaker, IACTACON and WBACTVA conferences, 2015 to present
• Faculty Speaker, ECMO Society of India conferences and ECMO Fellowship Programme

Professional Memberships

• Associate Life Member, Indian Society of Anesthesiologists
• Life Member, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiologists
• Life Member, Indian Association of Pediatric Anesthesiologists
• Life Member, ECMO Society of India
• Executive Committee Member, West Bengal Branch, Indian Society of Anesthesiologists
• Executive Committee Member, West Bengal Branch, Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiologists

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