About Me:
Senior consultant, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Palliative Medicine
Education:
| Year | Degree | Institute |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | MBBS | R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata. |
| 2009 | Diploma in Medical Radiotherapy (DMRT) | IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata |
| 2015 | MD in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) | VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi |
| 2018 | Observership in Department of Palliative Care | AIIMS, New Delhi |
| 2019 | Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management | Daradia Pain Hospital, Kolkata |
| 2024 | International Neuropalliative Care Certificate Course(INPCCC) | 1. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 2. Karunashraya Institute of Palliative Care Education & Research 3. International Neuropalliative Care Society Minneapolis, USA |
| 2025 | National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine (NFPM) | Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozikode |
Dr. Sucheta Saha
MBBS, DMRT, MD(Physical medicine & Rehabilitation),NFPM
Emergency Cases
- She joined Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata in 2019 in the Department of Neurorehabilitation. Now she is working as a Senior Consultant with constant endeavour to improve the services of the department and patient care.
- She started her medical career from R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata. She completed her MBBS in 2007
- She joined IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, in 2009 for obtaining Diploma in Medical Radiotherapy (DMRT)
- She has done the Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care(CCEPC), by Indian Association of Palliative Care IAPC,in 2010
- She completed her MD in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) from VMMC (Vardhman Mahavir Medical College) & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi in 2015, with a gold medal for securing first position in MD in Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University. She has undergone meticulous training in Pediatric rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, Spinal cord injury rehabilitation and Rehabilitation of various other Musculo-skeletal conditions during this period
- She worked as a Senior Resident in the same hospital for next 3 years, where she was involved in the teaching of post-graduate students of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation along with research and clinical works related to Disability assessment and rehabilitation of disabled persons.
- She is keen in doing research works and has done various studies in Cerebral Palsy, Stroke and Rehabilitation Robotics. She was the Chief Investigator of the very first research work done on Rehabilitation Robotics in India.
- She has published research papers in various indexed journals.
- She has also attended various national & international conferences as a speaker and presented her research papers.
- She has received the prestigious Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IAPMR) Gold medal for best research paper presentation in 2014 and various other awards.
- She got training in Neurorehabilitation from Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai in 2018 during the course IMPACT III
- She has also worked as a Senior Resident in Clinical Oncology in Delhi State Cancer Institutes in 2018 as she is passionate about the rehabilitation of the cancer patients
- Out of her interest in Palliative Care, she has done observership in Department of Palliative Care, AIIMS, New Delhi in 2018
- She has done Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management from Daradia Pain Hospital, Kolkata in 2019
- She is trained in Advanced Cardiac Life support(ACLS) by American Heart Association (AHA)
- She has done the online course on ‘Train to Practice Telemedicine’ from Telemedicine Society of India in 2021 & practicing Telemedicine since then.
- She received the coveted Dr. W.G. Rama Rao Travel Fellowship from Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2023.
- Dr Sucheta has completed online Fellowship in Musculoskeletal ultra sound in Pain Medicine from Daradia Pain Clinic,Kolkata in October 2023
- She is a Life member of Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IAPMR) ,Indraprastha Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (IPARM), Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation (IFNR), Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) and Telemedicine Society of India(TSI). She is an active member of International Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).
Areas of special interest:
- Rehabilitation robotics
- Pediatric rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
- Cancer rehabilitation & Palliative Care
