Description:

• Dr. Somnath Dey, Consultant in the Department of Cardiology at Manipal Hospitals, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata, brings over two decades of expertise in cardiac anaesthesiology and perioperative care. With an MBBS (2000), MD in Anaesthesiology (2012), and DM in Cardiac Anaesthesiology (2015), Dr. Dey is adept at managing high-risk cardiovascular and thoracic procedures, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. His clinical proficiency encompasses pre-anaesthetic assessments, ASA and EUROScore risk grading, and perioperative anaesthetic management for complex cardiac surgeries such as Off-Pump and On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), valve replacements (MVR, AVR, DVR), mitral and aortic valve repairs, and congenital heart defect corrections, including ASD, VSD, TOF, TGA, and Ebstein anomaly surgeries.

• His extensive experience in paediatric cardiac surgery and catheterisation lab procedures, such as high-risk cases like TAVR, EVAR, Leadless Pacemaker, BMV, Device Closure (ASD, VSD, PDA etc) primary & complex angioplasty, device closures, and ICD implantation, further solidifies his expertise. Dr. Dey is highly skilled in transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography, proficient in all 28 basic and special TEE views, and adept at diagnosing and managing cardiac pathologies before and after surgical interventions.

• Additionally, he specialises in vascular and thoracic surgeries, utilising one-lung anaesthesia techniques for lobectomy, pneumonectomy, segmentectomy, and VATS procedures. His