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Debasish Kar

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Dr Debasish Kar

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-1312

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    Cardiorenal risk evaluation in people at different stages of glycaemic spectrum for micro- and macrovascular complications.

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    Profile summary

    I am an academic GP with experience working in primary care, secondary care and academia. I completed my undergraduate medical qualification in Bangladesh in 1991 and moved to the UK in 1995. Before starting my clinical career, I worked as an interpreter/translator at Sheffield City Council for the Equality and Diversity Unit. I also worked as an interviewer for the Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR) and contributed to the British Crime Survey (1997) and Health of the Nation (1998) study. I also worked in Community Health Sheffield, leading a project empowering patients from black and ethnic minorities to manage simple health problems without coming to the GPs. 
    I worked in hospital medicine until 2002 and joined a GP training scheme in Sheffield. I passed my MRCP and MRCGP exams 2004 and maintained my interest in primary and secondary care. I conducted over 300 gastroscopies and was one of the first GPs in the country to undertake capsule endoscopy, which was published as an abstract at the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) annual conference in 2005. I served as the NHS Hardwick CCG lead for respiratory disease and neurology, worked as a GPSI in neurology, and undertook teaching sessions for the RCGP. I also worked as the RCGP Education Lead (White Rose Faculty), International Medical Adviser and a mentor. 
    I completed my MSc in diabetes (University of Leicester) and an MD (University of Sheffield). I was a senior clinical researcher at the University of Oxford (2021 to 2023) and a Primary Care Fellow at the University of Leicester (2016 to 2018). 

    Professional memberships

    Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP)
    Fellow of the Royal of General Practitioners (FRCGP)
    Member of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (MFCI)
    Diplomat of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H - London)
    Diplomat of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (DFSRH) 

    Roles on external bodies

    GP Adviser - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Member - Editorial board - Diabetes and primary care
    Peer reviewer - BMJ, Elsevier, PLOS one, American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Dove and Sage Publications, Springer Nature, Canadian Journal of Public Health
    GP appraiser - NHS England and Improvement
    GP mentor - Royal College of General Practitioners of United Kingdom
    International Clinical Adviser - Royal College of General Practitioners of United Kingdom
    Ex-examiner - Professional and Linguistic Board (PLAB) - General Medical Council (GMC), UK.
    GP tutor - Derbyshire Health United (DHU), UK. 

    Supervised research degrees

    MSc 

    Teaching interests

    I have been involved in multi-professional teaching for the last 22 years.
    I have worked as a GP tutor for 4th and 5th-year medical students from Sheffield University. I was also a clinical lead tutor for the Access to Medicine course at Leicester University.
    As a GP trainer, I have worked as a clinical and academic supervisor of about 20 GP trainees. I have also mentored my register to develop their leadership skills. 

    Academic qualifications

    Medicine and dentistry, Doctorate, Natural history of kidney disease based on smoking and glycaemic status: a conceptual framework for updating the current diabetes prevention programme (DPP) model, University of Sheffield

    1 Jan 2020 → 2 Aug 2023

    Award Date: 8 Feb 2024

    Medicine and dentistry, Other higher degree (e.g. Masters degree), Relationship of cardiometabolic parameters in con-smokers, current smokers and ex-smokers: a systematic review and meta-analysis, University of Leicester

    1 Sept 2014 → 30 Sept 2016

    Award Date: 30 Dec 2016

    External positions

    Specialist Advisor, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

    1 Aug 2022 → …

    GP appraiser, NHS England

    15 Jan 2011 → …

    Sessional GP, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    1 Jan 2006 → …

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
    2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality

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