Dr. Pushan Bharadwaj Nuclear Medicine Specialist in Kolkata

Dr. Pushan Bharadwaj

Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Kolkata

MBBS, DRM, DNB, CCST (UK), FRCP(Edin), Dip CBNC(USA) FEBNM, FASNC(USA)

Specialities

  • Nuclear Medicine

Procedures

  • Cardiac Imaging

Conditions

  • Chest Pain

  • Neurodegenerative Diseases

Expertise

Nuclear Medicine
  • Cardiovascular nuclear medicine
  • Bone scanning in benign and malignant diseases
  • Oncological Nuclear Medicine including PET-CT
  • Nuclear nephro-urology
  • Gastrointestinal nuclear medicine
  • Neurodegenerative diseases
  • Nuclear medicine therapy
Thyroid disorders
Cardiology
  • Chest pain clinic
  • Non-invasive Cardiac imaging

Education

  • MBBS from University of Calcutta, 1990
  • Diploma of Radiation Medicine (DRM) from University of Mumbai, 1994
  • Diplomate of the National Board in Nuclear Medicine (DNB), NBE India, 1996
  • Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Nuclear Medicine (CCST), UK, 2001
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK, 2006
  • Diplomate, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC), USA, 2007
  • Fellow, European Board of Nuclear Medicine, 2009
  • Fellow, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (FASNC), 2009
  • MSc in Cardiology, 2010

Practice Information

Achievements & Contributions

  • 1982 Recipient of Governors award for merit: 6th position in the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. 
  • 1984 Recipient of Chief Ministers award for merit: 11th position in the West Bengal Council for Higher secondary education
  • 1989 University of Kolkata: 3rd position in the MBBS examination
  • 1994 University of Mumbai: 1st position  in post graduate examination
  • 1998 Recipient of J N Tata Scholarship to visit St Bartholomew’s Hospital for higher training in Antibody imaging and other aspects of Nuclear Oncology
  • 2007 Distinction in the Examination of The Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, USA
  • 2009 Distinction in the Fellowship examination of the European Board of Nuclear Medicine
  • 2010 Awarded Global Indian Achiever by the India International Friendship Society for outstanding achievement among Non resident Indians in UK 
  • Book Chapter: Oxford Textbook of Heart Failure. 2011. Oxford University Press. Edited by T McDonagh, R Gardner, A Clark and H Dargie. Chapter titled Nuclear Medicine in Heart Failure as the first author. 
  • Role of 99m-Technetium- sulphur colloid in assessing renal allograft. 
  • Peritoneoscintigraphy with 99m-Tc-sulphur colloid in patients on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. 
  • Dobutamine Thallium 201 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
  • Utility of reinjection of Thallium 201 at 24hrs in patients showing 
  • Role of 99m-Technetium-Tetrofosmin in primary bone tumour
  • Dual isotope rest Thallium 201 and stress 99m- Technetium -Tetrofosmin study in patients with previous myocardial infarction. 
  • Comparison of Equilibrium Radionuclide Ventriculography with CMR for Assessing the Systemic Right Ventricle after Mustard or Senning Procedures for Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine India (SNMI)
  • Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India (ANMPI)
  • Nuclear Cardiology Society of India (NCSI)
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