Dr. Subodh Mitra

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, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G. (1896-1961) was an eminent obstretrician and

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. He is the founder of the "Mitra operation" for

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Brief biography

He was born on 1 November 1896 in

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(presently in Bangladesh). He graduated from the

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in 1922. He saw the plight of female patients as an undergraduate and took up the Obstetrics and Gynecology as his career. He has gone to Germany and completed post graduation in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2 years. He got M.D. from

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in 1924. He went to

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and did his

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(F.R.C.S.) in 1925 and F.R.C.O.G. in 1928. He returned to India and started working in

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as Resident Surgeon and Assistant Superintendent. He became the director of Chittaranjan Seva Sadan and Principal of its College of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Child Health, Calcutta. He was appointed as Dean of the faculty of Medicine and member of the Senate of the Academic council of the University of Calcutta. He became the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director at

, Calcutta. He was later appointed as Vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1960. He was awarded

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of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Germany and Italy for his scientific contribution in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He built Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital in 1950 with handsome donation to Deshbandhu Memorial Trust in Calcutta.Our Idol: Subodh Mitra at Subodh Mitra Cancer Hospital and Research Center.
Nobel laureate Madam Curie inaugurated this hospital. He died on 5 September 1961 in

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while attending the 3rd International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Mitra operation

Dr. Mitra developed a technique in the surgery of

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. His technique was well appreciated world over. The technique developed by Dr. S. Mitra for Cancer Cervix Operation namely Extended Radical Vaginal

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with Extraperitoneal Lymphadenectomy was officially announced in British, American and German gynecological conferences. He demonstrated this technique in Vienna in 1952. This has been published in a monograph "Mitra Operation for Cancer of the Cervix" simultaneously by Charles C. Thomas, U.S.A. and

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, Toronto and

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, Oxford.

References

External links

Mitra Operation for Cancer of the Cervix: Extraperitoneal Pelvic Lymphadenectomy and Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy, Americal Lecture series no. 364, Thomas, 1960
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitra, Subodh Indian gynaecologists 1896 births 1961 deaths University of Calcutta alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy 20th-century Indian medical doctors Expatriates of British India in the United Kingdom Expatriates of British India in Germany