Dr Jaydip Bhaumik is the Head of
the Department, Gynaecological Oncology at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata. Before
relocating to India in 2009, Dr Bhaumik worked as a consultant gynaecologist in
South Wales, UK. He was an honorary lecturer at the University of Wales College
of Medicine, Cardiff, preceptor for minimal access gynaecological surgery for
the Welsh Deanery, trainer at the Welsh Institute of Minimal Access Therapy,
and a BSCCP accredited trainer in colposcopy.
At Tata Medical Center (TMC), Dr
Bhaumik has created and fostered the gynaecological oncology department now
comprising of five consultants and several national and international trainees
who are providing evidence based modern scientific treatment to women suffering
from cancer of the reproductive organs nationally and abroad. He led this unit
to secure accreditation from European Society for Gynaecological Oncology as
the only Indian centre for treatment of ovarian cancer. Among his other notable
contributions are the development of a structured training program in
gynaecological oncology in India that initially started as a Fellowship at TMC
and eventually taken up by the National Board of Examinations in Medical
Sciences for its DrNB Super-Specialty degree, and his role in the development
of the national guidelines for the treatment of women with gynaecological
cancers as the lead of the guideline development committee for ovarian cancer
for National Cancer Grid of India. He is currently the vice president of
Association of Gynaecologic Oncologists of India (AGOI) and the founder
president of the West Bengal State Chapter of AGOI.