Dr. Durba Biswas has joined the Department of Transfusion medicine at Tata Medical center Kolkata, as
a consultant in 2026. She completed her M.B.B.S (2008-2013) from North Bengal Medical College
followed by MD in Immunohematology and Blood transfusion (2016-2019) from Medical College and
Hospital under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences. During her residency she had been
awarded gold medal for the best post-graduate student. Subsequently she worked as a senior resident
in the same hospital for further three years (2019-2022) during which she played an important role in
setting up of Plasma bank for the collection of convalescent plasma to combat COVID-19 disease. She
also participated in a phase-II randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of convalescent
plasma in COVID-19 patients. Further she was instrumental in setting up of outdoor services for
transfusion dependent patients at Medical College Kolkata which happens to be the first of its kind in
the country. In 2023, she joined as a Clinical Associate at Tata Medical center, Kolkata where she
continued in advancing quality improvement initiatives through development and implementation of
robust SOPs and policies, conducting regular audits, spearheading the initiation of therapeutic
aphaeresis services and actively mentoring the DNB and DMLT students. She got best-of-three oral
paper award during the Transmedcon-2023. She has contributed as an author to a chapter in the DGHS
Technical Manual, the national reference guideline for blood centers. An invited faculty at multiple
national and state CMEs, with numerous national and international publications in reputed journals Dr.
Biswas has consistently translated transfusion science into academic rigor. In recognition of her
contributions to the field she was granted the exempt membership of the International Society of Blood
transfusion in 2024. She demonstrates a strong inclination for advanced immunohematology, clinical
transfusion services, academic research and collaboration, and remains committed in advancing these
domains through sustained excellence and consistency.