Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr. Sagarika Mukherjee
CONTACT DETAILS 795 D/2 Lake Town Block A Calcutta 700089
9830746146
033-25213243
sagarsankar@hotmail.comPRESENT POSTION: Consultant Physician, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Special interest in Thyroid, Lipid Disorders & Metabolic Medicine
AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata., Columbia Asia Hospital
REGISTRATION: West Bengal Medical Council No 52362.
General Medical Council, UK No 4574332
EDUCATION Secondary - 1987. (ICSE)
& Auxilium Convent School, Calcutta.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Higher Secondary - 1989. Higher Secondary - 1989.
Loreto Day School, Calcutta.
MBBS (Honours, Gold Medallist)) - 1994, University of Calcutta. Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta.
MRCP (UK) in General Medicine -- 1998.
MRCP (Ireland) in General Medicine -- 1999.
CCST in General Medicine and Endocrinology & Diabetes
Joint Committee of Higher Medical Training
Royal College of Physicians, London, UK--- 2005.
AWARDS:
1990 “Merit Scholarship” in First Professional MBBS Course,
Calcutta National Medical College, India.
1991 First Professional MBBS Examination, University of Calcutta, India.
* Certificate of Medical School Top of the Year in total aggregate.
* Certificate of Medical School Top of the Year in Physiology & Anatomy
* Certificate of Honours Marks in Physiology.
1992 “Merit Scholarship” in Second Professional MBBS Course, Calcutta National Medical College, India.
1993 “Merit Scholarship” in Final Professional MBBS Course,
Calcutta National Medical College, India.
1994 Certificate of “Class Assistantship” in General Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, India.
1994 Final Professional MBBS Examination, University of Calcutta, India.
Top of the Year in University of Calcutta in total aggregate.
Certificate of University Top of the Year in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Membership of Learned Societies:
Endocrine Society of Bengal
Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India
Diabetes UK
Editorial Duties:
Regular Editorial Contribution to Current Opinion in Lipidology
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
STUDIES & RESEARCH :
Effects of Folic Acid on Type 2 Diabetes. Supervised by Dr Child at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Presented at EASD, September 2002. Paper published in Cells, Stress and Chaperones.
Heat Shock Proteins in gestational diabetes, normal pregnancy and pregnancy associated with congenital anomalies. Supervised by Dr Child at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Paper submitted to Lancet.
Study on association of Heat Shock Proteins with various complications of Diabetes. Supervised by Dr DF Child. Data analysis in progress. Accepted as an abstract at ADA 2005.
ABSTRACT PRESENTATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS :
1. Non Islet Cell tumour Hypoglycaemia in Metastatic Leydig cell tumour. S Mukherjee, MJ Diver, PJ Weston. European Association for Study of Diabetes Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK September 2001.
2. Mononeuropathy in Thyrotoxicosis. S Mukherjee, PJ Weston. American Thyroid Association Annual Conference, Washington, USA, November 2001
3. Folate supplementation in Type 2 Diabetes is associated with decrease in microalbuminuria and increase in insulin resistance in some patients. DF Child, P Hudson, S Mukherjee, JN Harvey, C Williams. European Association for Study of Diabetes Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 2002.
4. Grave’s ophthalmopathy in euthyroid patients. S Mukherjee, DF Child. American Thyroid Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, USA, October 2002.
5. New onset Type 2 Diabetes in the young presenting with complications. S Mukherjee, JN Harvey. Diabetes UK, Glasgow, UK, March 2003.
6. Newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes presenting as Diabetic Ketoacidosis. S Mukherjee, DF Child. International Diabetes Federation, Paris, France, August 2003.
7. Folate treatment reduces oxidative stress and serum HSP 70 levels in type 2 diabetics. C Lavin, S Mukherjee, P Hudson, DF Child, JN Harvey, C Williams, J Williams. International Diabetes Federation, Paris, France, August 2003.
8. Diabetic Ketoacidocis in Gestational Diabetes. S Mukherjee, DF Child. European Federation of Internal Medicine Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2003.
9. Precipitation of Type 2 diabetes by nicotinic acid. S Mukherjee, JAE Rees. European Federation of Internal Medicine Annual Conference, Berlin, September 2003.
10. Steroid responsive hypogonadism. DA Rees, S Mukherjee, JR Peters, MF Scanlon. British Endocrine Society Annual Conference. Brighton, UK, March 2004.
11. Type 2 Diabetes is associated with higher level of CRP compared to Type I diabetes in matched subjects. S Mukherjee, P Hudson, JN Harvey, DF Child. American Diabetes Association Annual Conference, Orlando,USA, June 2004.
12. Ketoacidosis in type 2 diabetes may occur with hyperglycaemia and euglycaemia. S Mukherjee, DF Child. European Association for Study of Diabetes Annual Conference, Munich, Germany, September 2004.
13. Circulating Heat Shock Protein 70 in Diabetes :its relationship to glycaemic control and complications. S Mukherjee, DF Child, JN Harvey, P Hudson. Accepted at American Diabetes Association Annual Conference, June 2005.
14. Should Type Two Diabetes patients be screened for presence of overt or subclinical hypothyroidism ? S Mukherjee. Accepted at Congress of International Diabetes Federation, Montreal, Canada, October 2009.
15. Sparsh Impact: Telephone counseling to improve Diabetes self management and Diabetes related outcomes.S Mukherjee. Oral presentation at Congress of International Diabetes Federation, Melbourne,Australia December, 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Folate supplementation reduces serum hsp70 levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Hunter-Lavin C, Hudson PR, Mukherjee S, Davies GK, Williams CP, Harvey JN, Child DF, Williams JH. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2004 Winter;9(4):344-9.
CRP is a biomarker of Atherosclerosis and mediator of plaque formation. S Mukherjee. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 2004 October; 15(5):623-625.
The effect of oral folic acid on glutathione, glycaemia and lipids in Type 2 diabetes.
Child DF, Hudson PR, Jones H, Davies GK, De P, Mukherjee S, Brain AM, Williams CP, Harvey JN. Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2004 Apr; 17(2):95-102.
Acute Psychological Stress Induced Water Intoxication. Sagarika Mukherjee, ES Antonarakis, S Asaduzzaman, JR Peters. Accepted in International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Atherosclerosis: cell biology and lipoproteins--atherosclerosis and harbingers of cardiovascular disease start in childhood and adolescence. Sagarika Mukherjee. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2005 Dec;16(6):705-7.
Non islet cell tumor hypoglycaemia in a metastatic Leydig cell tumour. Sagarika Mukherjee, M Diver, PJ Weston. Acta Oncol. 2005;44(7):761-3.
Precipitation of type 2 diabetes by nicotinic acid requiring insulin therapy in a patient with severe dyslipidaemia. Sagarika Mukherjee, JAE Rees. Accepted for publication in Practical Diabetes.
Adrenomyeloneuropathy in patients with 'Addison's disease': genetic case analysis. Sagarika Mukherjee, E Newby, JN Harvey. J R Soc Med. 2006 May;99(5):245-9.
Gestational Diabetes presenting with Euglycaemic Ketoacidosis. Sagarika Mukherjee, DF Child. Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
Newly diagnosed young adults with Type 2 Diabetes presenting with vascular complications. Sagarika Mukherjee, JN Harvey. Submitted to Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.
Genetics and molecular biology: rationale for targeting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol for therapeutic intervention. Sagarika Mukherjee. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2006 Oct ;17 (5):602-5 169 .
Role of Oxidative Stress in Diabetes Vascular Disorders.Sagarika Mukherjee. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2007 Dec ;18 (6):696-698)
Adult onset atherosclerosis msy have its origin in the foetal state in utero.Sagarika Mukherjee. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2009 Apr ;20 (2) : 155-156.
Present Academic Pursuit :
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Healthcare and Medical Laws, 2017-2018
National University of Jurisdicial Sciences, West Bengal, Kolkata
Present Academic Pursuits :
Clinical and Epidemiological Study on Nutrition of Mothers and children at slums in Kolkata , in collaboration with NNEdPro, Cambridge, Kolkata.
Organization of a Mobile Teaching Kitchen to serve as nutrition and education hub in the slums.
Professional Advisory and Medical Administrative Duties:
• Joint Treasurer of the Indian Chapter of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
• Convenor of MRCP Ireland) Examinations held in Kolkata.
• Teacher in MRCP(Ireland) preparatory courses
• Examiner, MRCP(I) , in India
• Executive Director , Remedy Clinic Study Group
• Joint NNEdPro Network Lead, India.
• Supervising Medical Students from the UK during their elective placements in India.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
Music:
I have a natural instinct in music that I have inherited from my father. I have vocal training in Indian classical songs. I have performed in several public gatherings both in India and in UK.
Cooking:
I enjoy cooking a variety of recipes including Indian, Continental and Chinese dishes and contribute innovative recipes on websites (www.banglalive.com, www.bawarchi.com )
Travel:
Living abroad has widened my horizon and I have developed an interest in travelling. My pursuit of wanderlust has exposed me to a wide variety of geographical regions, culture and society and this has only added to my life experiences.
Digital Photography:
I enjoy taking photos of people and nature. I enjoy enhancing them on the computer in my leisure.
