Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar, is a doctor primarily located in Kolkata, West Bengal. The doctor specializes as a Allergist, Endocrinologist, Geriatrician and Pulmonologist. The doctor speaks English and Bangla.
Degrees
Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar has the following degrees:
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 1978
NIL Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital
Diploma in Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases (DTCD), 1984
Medical College and Hospital
Specialization: Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases
Specializations
Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar has the following 4 specializations:
Allergists are doctors trained to prevent, diagnose, manage, and treat allergic diseases. Allergists are also trained to manage immune system disorders, including allergies, asthma, inherited immunodeficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases. You should see an allergist if you have difficulty breathing, or nasal congestion, or chronic sinus infection, or seasonal/year-round allergies, or severe asthma impacting your work and life, or if non-prescription antihistamine medicines are not effective.
Endocrinologists are doctors trained to work with patients having hormone-related diseases. These doctors are trained to diagnose and manage diseases that affect the glands (adrenal glands, hypothalamus, ovaries and testicles, pancreas, parathyroid, pineal, pituitary, thymus, and thyroid) and the hormones. The endocrinologist helps in restoring hormone balance in the impacted gland. As part of their work, endocrinologists commonly treat diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause, metabolic disorders, thyroid diseases, some cancers (including thyroid cancer, pituitary tumor, parathyroid cancer, and adrenocortical carcinoma), short stature, and infertility.
Geriatricians are specialized in the health care of older adults. This specialty follows the aim to promote the health of older adults by treating and preventing diseases in these peoples. A geriatric physician is a physician who is trained in the care of older adults. Geriatricians are experts in treating the conditions which affect the older peoples. These physicians are commonly expert in treating diseases like dementia, delirium, Alzheimer's disease, and falls. These physicians are specialists in many fields including but not restricted to oncology, general surgery, urology, trauma, nutrition, nursing, pain management, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.
A pulmonologist is specialists who diagnose and treat conditions that affect the respiratory system in men, women and also in children. They are also known as a respiratory physician. Pulmonologists treat everything from asthma to tuberculosis, and they have expertise in several types of respiratory disorders like infectious, structural, inflammatory, neoplastic, autoimmune. Pulmonologists can use and interpret exams and tests to help determine a lung-related diagnosis. They begin the diagnostic process with a general review focusing on hereditary diseases affecting lungs, exposure to toxins, exposure to infectious agents, an autoimmune diathesis.
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