Prasun Chatterjee

Prasun Chatterjee (born 30 September 1978) is an Indian geriatrician and author. He is known for being a geriatrician and for his social service.[1][2]

Prasun Chatterjee
Born (1978-09-30) September 30, 1978
Digha, Bolpur, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materBankura Sammilani Medical College, Calcutta University
OccupationGeriatrician and Author

Early life and education

Prasun Chatterjee joined the Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, where he completed a one-year training in Psychiatry and RG in 2004. He completed two years of training in Thoracic Medicine from Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. After getting his MD in Geriatric Medicine from Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chatterjee joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi as a senior resident in the newly formed Geriatric Medicine Department.[3][4]

Career

Chatterjee has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geriatric Medicine since 2014.[5] He founded Healthy Aging India (HAI)[6] in 2013, an NGO that works for the empowerment of older Indians.[7] He is also a doctor, academician, and researcher.[7] Chatterjee has also worked to make more than 20000[8] school children across the country aware of the various health problems of their grandparents to strengthen inter-generational solidarity.[9][10]

Bibliography
  • Health and Wellbeing in Late Life: perspectives and Narratives from India, Singapore, Springer Nature. ISBN 9789811389382[11][12][13]

Awards and honors

Prasun Chatterjee received the prestigious 'Bharat Jyoti Award' in March 2018.[14]

References
  1. "Dr. Prasun Chatterjee". AIIMS NEW. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Experts see rise in opportunistic infections in Covid-19 recovered patients". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. User, Super. "Faculty". AIIMS NEW. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. Perappadan, Bindu Shajan (7 April 2020). "COVID-19 | Elderly in old-age homes at higher risk". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. Perappadan, Bindu Shajan (6 April 2020). "One undiagnosed COVID-19 case can infect up to 16,000 cases in 14 days if not quarantined: Prasun Chatterjee". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. "This AIIMS doctor goes beyond duty, feeds over 5,000 elderly, poor people amid lockdown restrictions". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. P, Ambika; Apr 20, it / TNN /. "Delhi: When age-old woes of hunger, depression weigh more than Covid-19 | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. Bureau, BW Online. "CRPF Donates 14 Sewing Machine To HAI For Making Cloth Mask". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. "AIIMS Delhi launches initiative to make elderly, children interact with one another in government-run schools". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. "COVID-19 Lockdown: Going Beyond The Call Of Duty, Delhi Doctors Distribute Meals To Senior Citizens, Migrants". NDTV. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. "How to embrace inevitable old age with grace: AIIMS professor tells in book". Outlook India. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. "Asia's first-ever study by AIIMS observes MBI as precursor of Dementia". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. Sep 22, Shailvee Sharda / TNN /. "Coma dilemma: White paper soon on ventilator plug | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  14. Jul 20, TNN /. "Patna doctor awarded | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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