Department of Infectious Diseases and Advanced Microbiology

Faculty

Name Photograph Designation Educational Qualifications Registration Number
Dr. Soumendra Nath Haldar Associate Professor and Head M.B.B.S., M.D. (Tropical Medicine), D.M. (Infectious Diseases) WBMC 59351
Dr. Sayan Maharatna Assistant Professor M.B.B.S., D.M. (Infectious Diseases) WBMC 80147

Senior Resident

Name Photograph Designation Educational Qualifications Registration Number
Dr. Agnibho Mondal Senior Resident M.B.B.S., M.D. (Tropical Medicine) WBMC 77394

Staff

Name Designation
Surajit Das Contractual Staff

Academic Course

Patient Care Services

Infectious Diseases and Advanced Microbiology OPD (2025)

Patients Number
New Male Patients 1678
New Female Patients 1219
Old Male Patients 566
Old Female Patients 455
Total 3918

Indoor Patient Care and Critical Care Support (2025)

Patients Number
Admission 265
Discharge 267
Death 14

Adult Vaccination

Total number of persons vaccinated in 2025: 487

Vaccine Number of persons vaccinated
Influenza 216
Pneumococcal (Conjugate) 42
Pneumococcal (Polysaccharide) 22
Hepatitis B 335
Meningococcal Vaccine 94
TDaP (Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis) 199

Ongoing Research Activities

Investigator Title of the Project
Dr. Sampurna Biswas Pramanik (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Soumendra Nath Haldar (Co-Principal Investigator) 		A Study on Prevalence of Invasive Fungal Infections in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Eastern India

Recent Publications

  1. Teja V, Saha B, Haldar SN. The Deadly Raise of NTM: An Observational Study on Clinical profile and Outcome of NTM Disease. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Volume 12, Issue Supplement_1, February 2025, ofae631.988. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae631.988.
  2. Mondal A, Basu A, Goswami RP. A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials comparing arterolane-piperaquine vs. artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 71(4):170-179, Oct-Dec 2025. doi:10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_393_25.
  3. Mondal A, Naskar A, Roy Choudhury B, Chakraborty S, Biswas T, Sinha S, Roy S. Evaluating the Performance and Safety of Large Language Models in Generating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management Plans: A Comparative Study With Physicians Using Real Patient Records. Cureus. 2025 Mar 17;17(3):e80737. doi:10.7759/cureus.80737. PMID: 40248538; PMCID: PMC12003111.