Siliguri Doctor gets the National Best Medical Teacher award 

Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya from Siliguri has been bestowed with the prestigious National Best Medical Teacher award today by the Indian Medical Association Head quarters New Delhi.

Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery at Mata Gujri Memorial Medical College Kishanganj in Bihar and taking classes and clinics for the postgraduate students. He is also a Member of the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Surgery and has more than 170 research publications in various International and National medical journals. He was previously awarded Best Researcher Award by the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons in 2022. 

During Covid 19, he has published extensively on surgical management of Covid related patients and 8 of his publications are considered as global literature and features in the website of the World Health Organisation.

The local branch of Indian Medical Association Siliguri have expressed their joy on this award being given to a surgeon from North Bengal  and the President Dr Moloy Chakraborty and Secretary Dr Radheshyam Mahato feels it's an major achievement for the medical fraternity of Siliguri.

The award will be presented to Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya at the Indian Medical Association Headquarters on 18th of November during a ceremony.