Department of Hemostasis and Thrombosis

Name : Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh

Degree: MBBS (Hons), MD (Med), DNB (Haem), MNAMS (Path), MRCP ( UK), MRCP (Ire), FRC Path (Lond), FAMS, FACP ( USA), FICP, FNASc

Designation: Director

Email: kanjakshaghosh@hotmail.com

Education:

Fellowship/Awards/Honors

 1 .National Merit Scholarship - 1968 to 1976

2. Gold medal in physiology - 1972

3. Gold medal in Pharmacology - 1974

4. Dr.A.K. Chakraborty Silver Medal in Biochemistry - 1973

5. Shanks medal in Clinical Pathology - 1975

6. 1 st Certificate of Honors in Anatomy - 1972

7. 1 st Certificate of Honors in Pathology- 1976

8. Honors in Pathology - 1976

9. Talent Search Fellow (Indian Council of Medical Research – 14 th Rank in a Nationwide Competitive examination with 12,000 medical graduates in India) - 1976

10. Member National Academy of Medical Sciences, India – On the basis of significant Contribution to research in Medicine in India - 1988

11. Member Royal College of Physicians of Ireland on basis of research publications - 1993

12. Fellow American College of Physicians -1999

13. Fellow of Indian College of Physicians 2001

14. Fellow of Indian Society of Haematology and transfusion Medicine 2000

15. Fellow of Royal college of Pathologists( London) -2000

16. Fellow of National Academy of Sciences - 2002

17. Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences -2004.

Fields of Interest: Coagualtion, Stem Cell Biology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Biology of Diseases

Research guide:

Publications:

Chapters in Books/Monographs: 8

International Journals: 231

National Journals: 128

International Abstracts: 50

National abstracts: 75

Latest Publication:

1. Gangodkar S, Jain P, Dixit N, Ghosh K, Basu A. Dengue virus-induced autophagosomes and changes in endomembrane ultrastructure imaged by electron tomography and whole-mount grid-cell culture techniques. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo). 2010 Jun;59(6):503-11.
2. Colah R, Gorakshakar A, Phanasgaonkar S, D'Souza E, Nadkarni A,Surve R, Sawant P, Master D, Patel R, Ghosh K, Mohanty D . Epidemiology of beta – thalassemia in Western India:mapping the frequencies and mutations in sub – regions of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Br J Haematol. 2010. Jun; 149(5): 739-47.
3. Mota L, Shetty S, Idicula-Thomas S, Ghosh K. Molecular basis of factor X deficiency cases from India. Haemophilia 2010 Jul 1; 16(4): 693-7.
4. Pai N, Shetty S, Ghosh K. Protein C (PROC) gene mutations in two Indian families with purpura fulminans. Ann Hematol. 2010 Aug; 89(8): 835-6.
5. Kasatkar P, Shetty S, Ghosh K. Delayed vitamin K deficiency as a cause of bleeding: still a concern in the 21 st century! Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2010 Sept; 21(6):608-10.
6. Shmukler BE, Kedar PS, Warang P, Desai M, Madkaikar M, Ghosh K, Colah RB, Alper SL. Hemolytic anemia and distal renal tubular acidosis in two Indian patients homozygous for SLC4A1/AE1 mutation A858D. Am J Hematol 2010 Oct;85(10):824-8.
7. Nair PS, Shetty S and Ghosh K. Double mutations in haemophilia: muddling strangers or indifferent partners in crime? Haemophilia 2010 Nov;16(6):970-1.
8. Warang P, Gupta M, Kedar P, Ghosh K, Colah R. Flow cytometric osmotic fragility-An effective screening approach for red cell membranopathies.Cytometry Part B (Clin Cytometry). 2011 Feb; 80B:186-190.
9. Basu A, Jain P, Sarkar P, Gangodkar S, Deshpande D, Ganti K, Shetty S, Ghosh K. Dengue virus infection of SK Hep1 cells: inhibition of in vitro angiogenesis and altered cytomorphology by expressed viral envelope glycoprotein. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2011 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21332827.
10. Shanbhag S, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. An improved, semi quantitative clot based assay for factor XIII.Haemophilia. 2011 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21323796.