Dr. Arpan Chakraborty is a leading expert in ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) and critical care medicine with a rich background in anesthesiology, cardiac care, and organ transplantation. He is the past President of the ECMO Society of India and has played a pivotal role in establishing and advancing ECMO programs across India, including retrievals, pediatric ECMO, and ECPR.

Qualification:

• MBBS – RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata (2000
• MD (Anesthesiology) – Banaras Hindu University (2007)
• FNB (Cardiac Anesthesiology) – Narayana Hrudayalaya RTIICS, Kolkata (2010)

Work Experience:

• Consultant – Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata (2010–2012)
• Senior Consultant – Critical Care & Cardiac Anesthesia, Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Kolkata (2012–Present)
• Co-director of ECMO program.
• Mentored ECMO programs at IPGMER, Kolkata, and Cuttack Medical College.
• Conducted over 50 ECMO retrievals and 20+ ECPR cases, including pediatric and neonatal ECMO.

International Speaker Roles:

• Post-ECMO Care Clinics – SWAACELSO 2022, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Centrimag in COVID-19 – APELSO 2021, Taiwan.

Publications and Academic Activities on ECMO

• Implementation of New ECMO Centers During COVID-19 (Intensive Care Med, 2021).
• Updated 2021 Guidelines for ECMO in COVID-19 (ASAIO Journal, 2021).
• Contributed a chapter on "Weaning and Liberation from VA ECMO" in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Marc O. Maybauer.