and intermediate career he joined Medical College, Calcutta in 1938.
Here he excelled, with an enviable scholastic
record, and passed the MB examinations in 1944. After a brief stint
as an Anatomy demonstrator he left for England in 1948, where, within
a year he passed the Fellowship examinations of the Royal Colleges
of England and Edinburgh. In England he trained under the redoubtable
Harry Hamilton Stewart at the Bradford Royal Infirmary; it was here
that he developed a love for the specialty of Urology. Back in India
he worked as surgeon to the Calcutta Port Commissioners between
1949 and 1956. Here he developed a reputation as a fearless surgeon.
He published several acclaimed research papers on partial gastrectomy
and post-traumatic injuries of the cervical spine in these years.
In 1956 he joined SSKM hospital (now IPGMER), initially as a general
surgeon, though over the years his career interest was gradually
shifting into urology .Dr Sarkar was also a member of the territorial
army attaining the rank of Major. In 1962 he was called to action
in the NEFA during the Sino-Indian conflict and there was thus an
interruption of his career at the SSKM Hospital. After the war he
was placed in Military Hospitals in Jabbalpur and Calcutta. In 1964
he returned to his appointment at the SSKM hospital and eventually
realized his dream of creating an independent urology unit in 1964.
This was to become a centre of excellence with wide ranging facilities
for research and training. A wide range of urological surgery was
performed in this unit. His main urological research interests were
in bladder neck obstruction, vesico-ureteral reflux, renal function
studies, urinary tuberculosis, outcome of prostatectomy, renal angiography,
renal hypertension,and neuropathic bladdder. He had 32 publications
in various journals, and read 15 papers to learned societies. He
guided 11 MS students in thesis projects. He was examiner in Surgery
to the University of Calcutta, and an examiner for MCH Urology to
the University of Madras. He attained the rank of Associate Professor
of Surgery, Calcutta University. He was one of the founder members
of the urology section of the ASI, and the Urology Association,
Calcutta. He died in the year 1970 at the age of 49.
Prizes and Awards :
- College Scholarship in the 2nd , 3rd, 4th and 6th year classes
- Manackjee
Rostomji Scholarship. Gold medal in Surgery
- Duke
of Edinburgh Prize in Surgery
- Gold
medal in Ophthalmic Surgery
- Government
Prize in Clinical Surgery
- 2nd
Prosector's Prize in Anatomy
- Ekendranath
Ghosh Medal
- Mcleod
Gold Medal
- Pasupati
Silver MEDAL
- Sir Frank Connor Memorial Prize
- Class
Assistantships in (i) Surgery (ii) Clinical Surgery (iii) Ophthalmic
Surgery
- 2nd
Prosectorship in Anatomy.
Surgical
Experience :
- House Surgeon, September, 1944 to July, 1945. Medical College,
Calcutta.
- Emergency
Medical Service, 1945.
- Asst.
Surgeon, November,1946 to November, 1948 Calcutta Port Commissioners.
- Urological House Surgeon (U.K.) December, 1948 to July, 1949.
- Deputy
Medical Officer (Surgical) August, 1949 to June, 1956 Calcutta
Port Commissioners.
- Surgeon
General (Hony) November 1961 to November 1962 till death S.S.K.M.
Hospital. Calcutta
- National
Service in March, 1960 to November 1961Territorial Army.
Publications :
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Radiological
observation in surgery of peptic ulcer, Ind. J. Radiol. Nov. 1951.
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A
case of early vollmann's Ischemic contracture, etc. I J. Surg.
Dec. 1952.
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Supraspinatcus
calcification, Cal. Med. Club. J. Dec. 1952
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Report
of twelve cases of peptic ulcer treated by partial gastrectomy.
1, Med. Gaz. April, 1952.
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Intramedullary
Lipoma of the opinal cord. Ind. J. Surg. September, 1953.
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Spontaneous
intraperitoneal rupture of urinary bladder. Ind, J. June, 1953.
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Intussssueception
in adult. Ind. Med. Gaz. No. 1953.
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A
skin case. Bull. Cal. S. T. M. Vol. 1 No. 2 p-31
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Traumatic
prolapse of overvical intervertebral disc. Bull. Cal. STM. Vol.
1 No. 2 Page -34
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A
case of traumatic quadruplegia. Bull. Cal. S. T. M. Vol. 2 No.
2 p-7.
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A
case of spinal tumour. Ind. Med. Gaz. July 1952, p-321.
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Post
traumatic functional paralysis following injuries of cervical
spine and its pathogenesis. Ind. J. Surg. June, 1956, Vol. 1.
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Epithelial
cyst of hand. Ind. J. Surg.
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Vol.
20, No. 6, Dec. 1958.
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Horse
shoe kidney. Bul. I. P. G. M. E. & R., Cal. Vol. 1, No. 2, 1959.
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Genitourinary
tuberculosis in male. Cal. Med. Club J. Vol. 157, Dec. 1960, p-449-458.
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Observations
on papillary changes in cases of cervical spinal injury. Bull.
I. P. G. M. E. & R., Cal. 2 No. 1.
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Horn
in an epithelial cyst. Ind. J. Surg. Vol. 23, No. 2, 1961.
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Haematuria
in surgical practice, Ind. Med. Jr. 1962.
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Problems
of male infertility. M. P. State Med. J. 1963.
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Etiology
and Pathology of bladder neck obstruction in adult Transaction
of Medical College Reunion, Calcutta-1964.
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Common
causes of Urinary difficulty in elderly patient - Diagnosis and
Management, Med. Sciences and Service, July 1964.
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Vasectomy.
Medical Sciences and Service. Nov. 1964 · Anti H in a female -
Joint article, J. I. M. A., Vol. 46, p-558-560, 1966.
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True
hermophroditism - A clinical, Pathological and Cytogenic study
- Bull. I. P. G. M. E. & R., Cal. Vol. 8 No. 3, July, 1966.
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Late
cases of erinary Tuberculosis (Clinical Appraisal and Management).
Transaction of the regional Conference held in S. S. K. M. Hospital,
Calcutta, in 1965 - Joint article.
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An
approach to semi-Quantitative study of Muscle in Bladder Neck
obstruction. Transaction of the Regional conference held in 1965.
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Functional
and Histological study of Radiologically Nonfunctioning kidney
or doubtfully functioning kidney - transaction of the Regional
urology conference held in 1965 in S. S. K. M. Hospital, Calcutta.
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Reticulum
Cell sarcoma of Testis, Bull. I. P. G. M. E. & R., Calcutta Vol.
x, No. 1. P-36, Jany. 1968.
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Prostatectomy
- J. Ind. Med. Assn. - Editorial.
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A
clinical and Radiological study of Nalidixic Acia in urinary tract
infection. Bull. I. P. G. M. E. & R., 10, No. 3 P-120-128, 1968.
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Testicular
tumour - case report. Bull. IPGMER, 1968.
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Hy.
Arthoplasty - case report. Bull. IPGMER, 1968.
Research
and other outstanding work :
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Recipient of Dr. Sankar Memorial Prize for research on post -
traumatic functional paralysis following injury to the cervical
spine and its pathogenesis - 1954.
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Recipient
of I. C. M. R. Grant for "Enquiry into Spinal Concussion following
injuries of spine for 1957-60"
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Guiding
Thesis of M.S. Students on the following subjects :-
i) Bladder Neck obstruction.
ii) Urinary Infection.
iii) Renal Angiogram.
iv) Vesicoureteral Reflux.
v) Urinary Diversion.
vi) Tuberculosis of kidney.
vii) Prostatectomy Follow Up.
viii) Cauda Equina Bladder.
ix) Renal Tumour. x) Hydrone phrosis.
xi) Chronic Renal Failure.
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Research work in subjects other than thesis work :-
i) Cervical Spinal Injury
ii) Carcinoma Bladder
iii) Intersex,
iv) Urethral Bleeding
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