Dr. Amitav Banerjee

Brief Biography:

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1. NAME COL (Retd) (Dr) AMITAV BANERJEE 2. ADDRESS Prof, Community Medicine Padm D Y Patil Medical College, Pune. e_mail: amitavb@gmail.com Mobile: 9372434017 3. DOB 12 August 1954 4. MEDICAL QUALIFICATION: Date College/Institution (a) MBBS Feb 1977 Govt Med College Jabalpur (b) MD (PSM) Nov 1987 AFMC, Pune (c) Fellowship Mar 1994 in Clinical Epidemiology to Mar 1999 INCLEN, KGMC, Lucknow. 5. BRIEF OUTLINE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (a) 1978. Commissioned in the Army Medical Corps as Medical Officer (b) 1987. Appointed Specialist in Preventive Medicine in Armed Forces. Worked in various station/staff health appointments. (c) 1994-95. Proceeded on study leave for post doctoral Fellowship in epidemiology at KGMC Lucknow under International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) (d) 1995-99. Posted as instructor at Health Trg Wing, Officers Training School, AMC Centre & School, Lucknow. During this period also affiliated with INCLEN Lucknow as Post Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology. (f) Sep 2000 to Oct 2004. Assoc Prof in PSM, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. (g) Oct 2004 to Sep 2005, Asst Dir Health, HQ 101 Area (Army) Shillong, Meghalaya (h) Oct 2005 onwards to date: Professor PSM at Dr D Y Patil Medical College

Academic positions:

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1994-95. Proceeded on study leave for post doctoral Fellowship in epidemiology at KGMC Lucknow under International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) (d) 1995-99. Posted as instructor at Health Trg Wing, Officers Training School, AMC Centre & School, Lucknow. During this period also affiliated with INCLEN Lucknow as Post Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology. (f) Sep 2000 to Oct 2004. Assoc Prof in (Preventive and Social Medicine)PSM, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. (g) Oct 2004 to Sep 2005, Asst Dir Health, HQ 101 Area (Army) Shillong, Meghalaya (h) Oct 2005 onwards to date: Professor PSM at Dr D Y Patil Medical College

Research interests:

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Epidemiology of communicable/non communicable diseases

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:

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The idea would enable faster sharing of information among the academic community.