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Dr Amitabha Ghosh

Dr Amitabha Ghosh
28 Yrs+ Years of Experience
  • Consultant Department of Neurology
  • Speciality :

    Neurologist
  • Degrees :

    MBBS,MD(Med),MRCP(UK), CCST(Neurology)UK,FRCP(London),FRCP(Edin)
  • Language :

    English,Hindi,Bangla
  • Hospital :

    Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, Kolkata
  • City & Country:

    Kolkata, India
  • Address :

    58, Canal Circular Road, Kadapara Kolkata 700054 India
  • 8801886655200
About Doctor

Work Experience

    • Working  as Registrar, Nurology in Manchester Royal Infirmary  and North Manchester GH, UK. (1996 - 1997) 
    • Working as Specialist Registrar, Neurology in Hope Hospital, Salford and Manchester Royal Infirmary,UK. 1997-2000
    • Research Registrar and Hon. SpR, Neurology in Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK (2000)
    • Specialist Registrar, Neurology in Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK (2000-2001)
    • Consultant Neurologist in Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK (2001-2002)

     

Research And Publications

  • Research:

    • Principal Investigator of the country's first multi-centric study on the molecular characterization of frontotemporal lobar degeneration and related disorders. This study, with a research grant from the Indian Council for Medical Research(ICMR), has been successfully concluded.
    • Co-Principal Investigaror for the development of a comprehensive neuropsychological tool box for Indian patients. This work, commissioned by the Neurology Task Force, ICMR , Has been successfully concluded.
    • My team and I are also studying behavioural and cognitive peculiarities in frontotemporal dementia in Indian patients. Wer have already described variations that differ from those described in the international literature.

    Ongoing Research

    • Principal Investigator of the country's first multi-centric study on the molecular characterization of frontotemporal lobar degeneration and related disorders. This study, with a research grant from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR),has been successfully concluded.
    • Co-Principal Investigator for the development of a comprehensive neuropsychological toolbox for Indian patients. This work, commissioned by the Neurology Task Force, ICMR, has been successfully concluded.
    • My team and I are also studying behavioural and cognitive peculiarities in frontotemporal dementia in Indian patients. We have already described variations that differ from those described in the international lilterature.
    • Mukherjee O, Das G, Sen S, Dutt A, Alladi S, Ghosh A,C9orf72 mutations may be rare in frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients in India. Amyotrophh Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2015 Jan-Feb; 17(1-2):151-3. Epub 2015 Oct 14 PubMed PMID: 26465714. doi:10.3109/21678421.2015.1074706
    • Fukuhara R, Ghosh A, Fuh JL, Dominguez JC, Ong A, Dutt A, Liu YC, Tanaka H, Ikeda M.Family history of frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Asia - an international multi-center research. Int Psychogeriatrics 2014; 23:1-5
    • Ghosh A, Dutt A, Bhargava P, Rao PS, Using the revised diagnostic criteria for frontotemporal dementia in India: evidence of an advanced and florid disease. Plos ONE 2013; 8(4): e60999. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060999
    • Ghosh A, Dutt A, Bhargava P, Snowden J, Environmental dependecy behaviour in frontotemporal dementia:have we been underrating them? J Neurol 2013; 260:861-868; doi:10.1007/s00415-012-6722-0
    • Das G, Sadhukhan T, Sadhukhan D, Biswas A, Pal S,Ghosh A, Das SK, Ray K, Ray J, Genetic study on frontotemporal lobar degeneration cases of India. Parkinnsonism Relat Disord 2013; 19(4):487-489. doi; 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.11.015
    • Ghosh A. Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional and toxic disorders leading to dementia ANN Ind Acad Neurol 2010;13:S63-S68

     

     

Professional Memberships

    • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
    • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
    • Member, World Federation of Neurology - Research Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders
    • Member, Asian Society against Dementia
    • CME Convener, Association of Neuroscientists of Eastern India
    • Member, American Academy of Neurology
    • Member, Executive Committee, Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India
    • Member, IAN Subsection on Cognitive Neurology

    Reviewer & Examiner

    • Examiner for MRCP (UK) Part 2 Clinical Examination(Paces);
    • Peer reviewer for several international journals on neurology
    • Task force member of Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi

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