Gautam Biswas completed his undergraduate (MBBS) training from NRS Medical college Kolkata,and MS from Motilal Nehru Medical College Allahabad in 1985. He completed his post doctoral (M.Ch)in Plastic surgery from the Post Graduate Institute Chandigarh in 1989.After working as a Consutant at Safdarjung Medical college from 1991-1993, he joined as Faculty at the Post Graduate Institute Chandigarh from 1993 to 2012.He took voluntary retirement from the position of Professor at the Institute to join Tata Medical Center in 2012 as a Consultant.

He had advanced training in Reconstructive Microsurgery in Taiwan and Japan. He also worked as a Consultant in the Ministry of Health Oman, in the Department of Plastic surgery from 2005-2007.

He was the President of the Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery from 2012-2014. He has received the Peet Prize of the Association of Plastic surgeons, the International travelling Fellowship of APSI ,and the Ethicon visiting Professor in Microsurgery.

His interest is in Head and neck, Breast ,Hand and Microneural surgery.