KEY SKILLS:
*. PROCEDURES:
. FNAC
. Diagnostic and therapeutic fluid aspiration / cytology
. Prostate and testicular FNAC
. CT / USG-guided FNAC
. Skin and mucosal biopsies
. Trucut and core needle biopsies, all organs
. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsies
. Slit-skin smears, scrapings and cervical cytology
2. REPORTING:
. Hematopathology
. Cytopathology
. Fluid cytology
. Cyto/histo-chemistry
. Histopathology
. Frozen sections
. Immunohistochemistry
. Flowcytometry / Immunophenotyping
. Immunofluorescence assays
. EGFR/B-RAF/K-RAS mutation studies
. Q-PCR for bcr-abl, HBV, MTB and HCV/HPV genotyping
. Clinical pathology including semen analysis
. Reviews
3. ADMINISTRATIVE:
. Maintenance of NABL norms for histpath, cytopath, hematology and
clinical pathology
. Preparation for CAP accreditation and attending all online CMEs
with good results
. Maintenance of CAP norms for histpath, cytopath, hematology and
clinical pathology
. Technical up-gradation
. Training of paramedical and technical personnel
. Day-to-day management and maintaining turn-around time of
reports
. Record maintenance and medico-legal opinion
DETAILS OF ACADEMIC CAREER AND WORKING EXPERIENCE:
. Secondary passed: 1996, Selected National scholar,
. Higher secondary passed: 1998, Selected National scholar,
. MBBS passed from Calcutta Medical College: 2004,
. Training in general surgery: 1 year 2004 - 2005
. Training in gynecology and obstetrics: 2005 - 2007
. Residency in pathology in PGIMER: 2007 - 2010
. Passed MD: May, 2010
. Joined SURAKSHA DIAGNOSTIC PVT. LTD., KOLKATA: 2010 - 2014
. Joined EKO X-RAY diagnostic centre 2014
. Joined institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, Feb., 2014
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS / ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:
1. Dey P, Sharma N, Samanta S. Fractal dimension of cervical
intraepithelial lesions on cytology smear. Anal Quant Cytol Histol
2. Samanta S, Dey P, Nijhawan R. Micronucleus in cervical intraepithelial
lesions and carcinoma. Acta Cytol.2011; 55:42-47.
3. Samanta S, Dey P, Nalini Gupta, Mauleeswaran, Nijhawan R. Micronucleus
in Atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance. Diagn Cytopathol
2011; 39:242-44.
4. Samanta S, Dey P, Nijhawan R. Micronucleus in breast carcinoma.
Cytopathol, 2010
5. Arora SK, Samanta S, Dey P. Letter to the editor: Epithelioid Cell
Granuloma in CSF Cytology. Cytopathol
6. Samanta S, Dey P. Review article: Micronucleus and its application.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2010
7. Samanta S, Vaiphei K, Rajesh Vijayverghia. Isolated Idiopathic Right
Ventricular Dilated Cardiomyopathy: a Case Report -Indian J Pathol
Microbiol. 2011; 54:164-6.
8. Samanta S, Swamy CR, Varma N. Aberrant Expression of CD8 in B-cell CLL:
a Case Report - on precess
9. Samanta S, Swamy CR, Varma N. Near total erythroblastopenia with
amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia in SLE: a rare case report - on precess
10. Shaily Susheilia, Samanta S, Dey P. Micronucleus assay in buccal
smears of breast carcinoma patients. published online: 2010 Diagnostic
Cytopathology
11. Samanta S, Sultania N. Primary Pulmonary Choriocarcinoma in a male: a
rare case report. Annals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2014;:C1-
C4.
12. Pleuropulmonary blastoma in 12 years old girl: FNAC diagnosis: Samanta
S, Sultania N. on process
13. Giant cell tumor of the pancreas- a rare FNAC finding: Samanta S on
process -
14. Case Study: Coexistence of tuberculosis and adenocarcinoma in the colon
15. Quick Case: Biphenotypic blast crisis in CML in a young female
16. Case Study: Persistent infection in surgical wounds: Atypical
mycobacteria and its surgical treatment
17. Case Study: Intra-abdominal actinomycosis may present as a malignant
tumor
18. Case Study: Inflamed foot cyst may be fungal tumor
19. Case Study: Incidental low grade invasive transitional cell carcinoma
of minor calyx in a hydronephrotic kidney with renal stones
20. Case Study: Recurrent and cyclic appendicitis in females: suspect
pelvic endometriosis
21. Case Study: Supraclavicular nodules in females: May be primary duct
carcinoma
22. BCG Tubercular lymphadenitis in a 4 month old boy with Wiskott-Aldrich
syndrome:
23. Unusual cytomorphology of acute suppurative thyroiditis:
24. RA-RS: A 75 years old male presented with severe anemia for last 2
years.
25. Incidental Vertebral Myeloid Sarcoma in a young male: FNAC diagnosis
26. Sellar tuberculoma presenting as pituitary adenoma
27. Case study: Incidental hepatic amyloidosis in a young male
28. Quick Case: Malignant mixed Mullerian tumor presenting as pelvic
tuberculosis
29. Quick Case: Pilomatric Carcinoma Presenting as Huge Scapular Swelling
with Bone Destruction
30. Quick Case: PEComa (perivascular epithelioid cell tumour) presenting as
a nasal polyp
31. Quick Case: Rectal Cancer Presenting as a Perineal Abscess
32. Faucial diphtheria complicated by myocarditis
33. Other cases: black cirrhosis in khaini-eater, Mucle biopsy in LGMD
diagnosis, role of core biopsy in the diagnosis of para-spinal tumors, co-
existence of pulmonary tuberculosis and adenocarcinoma, papillary
carcinoma in thyroglossal cyst etc.
PRESENTATIONS:
Thesis oral presentation in CYTOCON-2009
14 CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCES and 100 other regular presentations in
PGIMER
Attended 8 international scientific conferences
Public Seminar to wake up the clinicians in sub-urban areas: 'ROLE OF
TISSUE DIAGNOSIS IN ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE'
20 presentations / seminars for technical up-gradation and training of
paramedical staff
CMEs on HBA1C, HER-2-NEU, OVARIAN CANCER, CELL COUNTERS, FLOWCYTOMETRY,
LUNG PATHOLOGY, FNAC etc.
Clinico-pathological studies and presentations with discussion:
40 weeks male baby stillborn to multiparous mother with Autosomal
Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease and Ductal plate malformation
30 yrs. Male k/c/o hepatitis B with Mixed nodular cirrhosis -hepatitis B
related, complicated by portal vein thrombosis resulting in left lobe
atrophy
37 yrs. Male, known alcoholic & drug abuser with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
possibly due to drug abuse
40 years male with Acute cholecystitis with cholelithiasis & ascending
cholangitis;Mixed nodular cirrhosis (? Etiology) with florid
cholangiolitis;Portal hypertension -fibrocongestive splenomegaly,
esophageal varices & ascites and Acute micro-abscesses -heart & kidneys
Disseminated cryptococcosis : the organism in CSF, Peripheral blood,
pleura and bone marrow
LD bodies in peripheral blood
Systemic mucormycosis with pulmonary aspergillosis in 10 years old
diabetic boy
Pneumocystis pneumonia and cytomegaloviral cholecystitis
Hydatidosis involving lung, liver, kidney, brain in a 37 years old male
Seminar: Medical management of ovarian cancer, ROCHE
Seminar: muscle biopsy, Medical College, Kolkata
Attended CME on Her-2-Neu IHC by ROCHE
Research and publication links on the web:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Swapan_Samanta4/publications
mdcurrent.in/author/swapansmnt1
http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dr-swapan-samanta/16/592/b33
MEMBERSHIP: WBMC, MCI, IMA
JOURNAL REVIEWER: Diagnostic Cytopathology and IAPM journal
AREAS OF INTEREST: ONCOPATHOLOGY, BONE MARROW AND NEUROPATHOLOGY
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Name: Dr. SWAPAN SAMANTA
Qualification: MBBS (Cal) Medical College, Kolkata; MD (Pathology, PGI,
Chandigarh)
NATIONAL SCHOLAR
Post-MD experience: 4 years in NABL-and ISO accredited Lab.,
Reviewer of international journal 'DIAGNOSTIC CYTOPATHOLOGY' and IAPM
JOURNAL
Date of birth: 20th December, 1979
Sex: Male
Married
Home town / city: Kolkata (Beleghata)
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