Dr Debasis Majumdar

I have graduated in India and completed my post graduate degree in medicine in Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and research and migrated to United Kingdom for higher study and training. I have completed my Royal College of Physician board exam and awarded a membership initially and then incorporated as Fellow. I have completed my higher training in gastroenterology in Northern Deanery and have completed three years of Endoscopy Research Fellow post and completed thesis in Durham University and warded M.D degree. I also trained as Pancreatic-biliary fellow in Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and trained in advanced ERCP and Endoscopic Ultrasound.

I have joined as a Consultant Gastroenterologist in James Cook University Hospital and worked for three years and relocated to London as Consultant Endoscopist and Gastroenterologist in North Middlesex University Hospital and currently the Clinical and Training Lead for Endoscopy.
I work as a interventional endoscopist and a consultant gastroenterologist and has a special interest in pancreatic-biliary medicine and endoscopy and has interest in training in Endoscopy.

I am a faculty member of Northern School of Endoscopy and deliver training modules in accredited endoscopy courses.
I review patients with wide variety of symptoms in gastroenterology and perform diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection, flexible sigmoidoscopy and endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram (ERCP) and endscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedures.

Special interests: Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, E.R.C.P, EUS,

Publications:

1. Adenoma characteristics in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, Debasis Majumdar, et al, Colorectal disease, DOI: 10.1111/codi.16930
2. Safety and efficacy of self-expandable metal stents for obstructive proximal and distal large bowel cancer: experience from a district general hospital, Dr. Vikramjit Mitra, Dr. Maxworth Hu, Dr. Debasis Majumdar, et al, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (Accepted for publication, January 2017).
3. Comparison of the diagnostic performance of 2 core biopsy needles for EUS-guided tissue acquisition from solid pancreatic lesions. Manu K. Nayar, Bharat Paranandi, Muhammad F. Dawwas, John S.Leeds, Antony Darne, Beate Haugk, Debasis Majumdar, et al, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Article in press, December 2016)
4. Reported adverse clinical incidents in a district general hospital. Lessons to be learnt? M Macauley, D Majumar, B Chaudhury. The Online Journal of Clinical Audit, Vol 2, No:4, 2010.
5. Pulmonary Involvement in Chronic Arsenic Poisoning from Drinking Contaminated Groundwater; BK De, D Majumdar, S.Sen, et al, Journal of The Association of Physicians of India,2004;52:395-400.
6. Management of the Budd-Chiari syndrome by ballon cavoplasty; BK De, PK Biswas, S Sen, D Das, SK Mandal, D Majumdar, Indian Journal of Gastroenteology,2001;20:151-154.
7. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in Inferior Vena Cava Obstruction Responding to Cavoplasty; BK De, S Sen, PK Biswas, R Sanyal, D Majumdar et al, Gastroenterology 2000;118:192-196.
8. Acute and 7-day portal pressure response to carvediliol and propranolol in cirrhotics; BK De, D Das, S Sen, PK Biswas, SK Mandal, D Majumdar et al, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2002;17:183-189.