Dr. Pradip Chakrabarti
Consultant
44 years of experienceKidney Transplant Surgeons
MBBS, MD, FRCS, FICS, Fellowship
Calcutta Medical Research Institute | CK Birla Medical Centres, Kolkata
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Dr Pradip Chakrabarti is one of the greatest transplant surgeons with 44 years of professional experience. Dr. Pradip Chakrabarti is one of the few surgeons who specialize in surgery for Renal Hyperparathyroidism, which cannot be treated with pharmacological therapy. He does autotransplantation and total parathyroidectomy in these circumstances. His specialization lies in Kidney Transplant, End-Stage Renal Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Symptomatic Hydronephrosis, and Polycystic Kidney Disease. He has performed unique specialist surgeries, such as Pancreas Transplantation for ß-cell replacement in type I and some individuals with type II diabetes. Both open and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Renal allograft biopsies using real-time ultrasound scan guidance. Renal Transplantation both from live and cadaveric donors. Abdominal organ procurement (Liver, pancreas, kidneys) for transplantation from cadaveric (brain dead) donors. He received his medical degree from the Univ. of Calcutta. He completed a general surgery residency at Prince Charles Hosp. in Wales, where he was named a a fellow of the Royal Coll. of Surgeons. After completing a residency in renal and pancreatic transplantation at the Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA), he became an attending consultant surgeon and an instructor in surgery, joining the faculty. With such a stellar career of around half a century, he has received many accolades, namely the Medal of Honor from Calcutta Medical Coll..Education
MBBS - Univ. of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 1980 MD, State Board of Medicine, Harrisburg, PA, USA Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS), 2012 a fellow of the American Coll. of Surgeons (FACS), 2008 a fellow of the International Coll. of Surgeons (FICS), 2008 Clinical fellowship, Division of Transplantation, Univ. of Pittsburgh MedicalPast Experience
Clinical Research Fellow at Dept. of Surgery / Biomedical Lasers and Spectroscopy. Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Clinical Fellow at Division of Transplantation Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Clinical Instructor at the Department of Surgery & Consultant Surgeon, Division of Transplantation, Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Chief at Pancreas Transplantation & Consultant Surgeon, Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Transplant Centre of Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Valley Hosp. & Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA Chief at Renal and Pancreas Transplantation Lehigh Valley Hosp., Allentown, PA, USA Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Penn State Univ. Coll. of Medicine, PA, US Transplant Surgeon at Apollo Gleneagles Hosp. KolkataAwards
First Prize – Harry M. Spence MD, Memorial Essay Contest, Texas Urological Society, Arlington, Texas, June 8th, 1996. Travel accolade – Society of Basic Urologic Research, Fall Symposium, Pacific Grove, California, 12th-15th December 1996. Recognition accolade – Lehigh Valley Hosp. and Health Network for outstanding commitment and dedication to the Lehigh Valley Hosp. Transplant Program. 2005
Associations/Membership
American Medical Association The Transplantation Society, Montreal American Society of Transplantation American Society of Transplant Surgeons International Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation Association
Paper Published
He is a highly acclaimed academician and has published multiple publications in esteemed journals: Corry RJ, Chakrabarti P, Shapiro R, Rao AS, Dvorchik I, Jordan ML, Scantlebury V, Vivas C, Fung JJ, Starzl TE. Simultaneous administration of adjuvant donor bone marrow in pancreas transplant recipients. Ann Surg, 230 (3): 372-81, 1999. Chakrabarti P, Wong HY, Scantlebury VP, Jordan ML, Vivas C, Ellis D, Lombardozzi-Lane S, Hakala TR, Fung JJ, Simmons RL, Starzl TE, Shapiro R. Outcome after steroid withdrawal in pediatric renal transplant patients receiving tacrolimus-based immunosuppression. Transplantation, 70 (5): 760-64, 2000. Jordan ML, Chakrabarti P, Luke P, Shapiro R, Vivas C, Scantlebury VP, Fung JJ, Starzl TE, Corry RJ. Results of pancreas transplantation following steroid withdrawal under tacrolimus immunosuppression. Transplantation, 69(2): 265-271, 2000. Shapiro R, Jordan ML, Scantlebury VP, Vivas CA, McCauley J, Egidi MF, Randhawa P, Chakrabarti P, Corry RJ. Renal allograft rejection with normal renal function in simultaneous kidney/pancreas recipients - does dyssynchronous rejection really exist? Transplantation, 69(3): 440-01, 2000. Chakrabarti P, Orihuela E, Egger N, Neal DE Jr., Gangula R, Adedokun A, Motamedi M. Delta-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photosensitization of prostate cell lines: Implication for photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer. Prostate, 36(4): 211-18, 1998.
Area of Expertise
- ABO Incompatible Transplant
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplants (DDLTs)
- Incompatible Kidney Transplant
- Intestinal Transplant
- Kidney Transplant