Brief Biodata & Contributions to the field of Nuclear Medicine

Dr. G. N. Mahapatra is a well-known senior consultant in the field on Nuclear Medicine for the past 20 years. He is the first Nuclear Medicine physician who introduced Stress Thallium Myocardial Perfusion scans in the country in the year 1989 at Hinduja Hospital, where he was a Chief Consultant in the department of Nuclear Medicine. He has completed more than 10,000 perfusion scans till date. He has other pioneer works in the field of invitro labeling of WBCs in the detection of occult infection and a novel therapeutic procedure for a treatment of Arthritis. He has also worked in Lilavati Hospital as a consultant and chief of Nuclear Medicine for a period of  7 years. At present he is senior visiting consultant to the department of Nuclear Medicine at Mandakini Nuclear imaging Center, Chembur and Apollo Hospitals Kalaghoda, Mumbai. He has specialized in this field in various opacities at U. K., U. S. A & U. S. S. R. He has published over 50 scientific articles pertaining to different areas of Nuclear Medicine in various National & International journals. He has presented over 100 scientific papers at National & International Conferences. He has been invited to various scientific gatherings to deliver lecture on various topics on nuclear cardiology and has chaired many scientific sessions in National & International conferences. Recently he has attended 49th International Conference of Nuclear Medicine organized by SNM U. S. A at Los Angeles where he had lot of fruitful interactions with the various leaders in the different subspecialty in Nuclear Medicine from all over the world. He has also taken active part in the reporting session of Dr. Daniel Burman's department at Cedar Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles. On his way back to India he had delivered a lecture at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) organized by Dr. Feliix Sundram, Senior Consultant & Head of Nuclear Medicine Department. After the lecture he has been invited to join as an executive member to the Asia Pacific Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

He has contributed many important chafers in various textbooks of medicine such as Current Topics in Medicine, International Proceedings particularly of IAEA, Vienna etc.

He has founded a society called Nuclear Cardiological Society of India (NCSI). With his hard effort this young society has completed three successful National Conferences i.e. one at Mumbai where he was organizing secretary and one at Delhi (Apollo Hospital) and the third one at Hyderabad.

He is also the Managing Editor of the News Letter called NCSI News Letter, which is being published regularly. He is also the Editorial Advisor for Indian Heart Journal, Indian Journal of Stroke & Cardiology Today Journal.

He has prepared a small booklet entitled "GUIDELINES FOR VARIOUS NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND RIA PROCEDURES". He is writing a book entitled Nuclear Cardiology A Clinician Guide, which is also first of its kind in Indian Scenario of Nuclear Cardiology.

He has received various prestigious awards i.e. "BHARATJYOT", "SAMAJSHREE", "SARVASHREE" for his significant contribution to the Nuclear Medicine field.

Staffs of Nuclear Medicine Department