Delegate: Dr Sudipta Chandra
Affiliations: MBBS, MS(ENT), AMA Certified, AOCMF Certified, FSMSS (Singapore), FRCS Glasgow
Short Bio: Passed MBBS from NRS Mecical College, Kolkata, India 1998. Passed MS(ENT) from MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India 2005. Received AMA Certification for manuscript review- Archives of Otolaryngology–Head Neck Surgery 2007 & JAMA Otolaryngology–Head Neck Surgery 2014 Got AOCMF Certification in 2014. Completed Fellowship of Sleep Medicine & Sleep Surgery from Asia Sleep Centre, Singapore 2015. International Faculty at UAE, Bangladesh & Singapore multiple times from 2015 till date. Education Committee Member of World Sleep Society 2016. Trained in Advanced FESS & Skull Base Surgery from Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 2017. SAARC Regional Co-ordinator of World Sleep Society since 2020 till date. Received FRCS Glasgow honour from RCPSG, UK, 2020.
Activity: Organized an International online Webinar through Facebook live (also shared through Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp etc.) on the occasion of World Sleep Day on 19th March. This was webcasted in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, SriLanka etc. Over 1 million people watched this program over all these countries. It was followed by a Panel Discussion at Dhaka Officer’s Club with the help of Association of Surgeon’s of Sleep Apnoea Bangladesh (ASSAB) chaired by President Prof SM Khorshed Mozumder on the same day.
Location: Kolkata, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date of Activity: 19th March 2021
Submitted by: Dr Sudipta Chandra