A. Roshni Dasgupta, MD
Title
Pediatric Surgeon
Appointment
Assistant Professor
Email
roshni.dasgupta@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4371
Fax
513-636-7657
Credentials
MD: University of Toronto, Toronto Canada, 1996
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 1996-2003, General Surgery
Research Fellowship: Immunology, University of Oxford, Oxford England
Fellowship: Pediatric General Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Awards and Honors
- Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Trustees, Oxford University, United Kingdom
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Terry Fox Humanitarian Award
- Teaching Award, Harvard Medical School
- Wainwright Scholarship, University of Toronto for academic excellence
- WH Henry Award, University of Toronto for outstanding academic achievement and contribution to the University
- Competition in Peace, University of Toronto, given to a graduating student athlete for academic and athletic excellence
- John Copp Prize, University of Toronto for Academic Excellence
- John Cole Award, Entrance Scholarship, University of Toronto Medical School
- Greville Smith Award, McGill University, Full Academic Scholarship
Canada Scholarship, Government of Canada for Science
- Nobel Prize Ceremony, Canadian representative, Stockholm Sweden
Athletic and Academic Excellence
- Award-All-Canadian and All-Academic Canadian team
Research
oncology and vascular malformations
Publications, Most Recent
Dasgupta R and Langer JC: Complications of Colon Surgery, in Complications of Pediatric Surgery, Caty and Glick, Informa Healthcare, in press (2007).
Dasgupta R, Patel S, Sauer C, Chait P, Langer JC and Wales PW: Percutaneous Cholangiography is Superior to Open Cholangiography for the Evaluation of Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia in the Neonate. In press
Dasgupta R, Roberts, E, Superina, R and Kim PC: Effectiveness of the Rex Shunt in treatment of portal hypertension.J Pediatr Surg 2006 Jan;41(1):108-12;
Gasparini F, Navarro O, Dasgupta R, Gerstle JT, Thorner P and Manson D: Ileocolic intussusception mimicking the imaging appearance of midgut volvulus as a result of extrinsic duodenal obstruction.Pediatric Radiology. 2005; 1432-1998
Dasgupta R and Kim P: Relationship between surgical volume and clinical outcome: Should pediatric surgeons be doing pancreatoduodenectomies?J Pediatr Surg; 2005; 40(5): 793-796
Dasgupta R and Langer JC: Trans-anal pullthrough for Hirschsprung Disease.Semin Pediatr Surg. 2005 Feb;14(1):64-71.
Dasgupta R and Langer JC: Hirschsprung Disease.Curr Probl Surg. 2004 Dec;41(12):942-88.
Dasgupta R and Ryan D: Pediatric Trauma in: The Trauma Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
Dasgupta R, Schnitzer JJ, Hendren WH, Donahoe PK: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: surgical considerations required to repair a 46 XX patient raised as a boy.J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Aug; 38(8): 1269-73.
Professional Organization Memberships
- Childrens Oncology Group
- American Pediatric Surgery Association
- Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Special Interests
Surgical oncology and vascular malformations, minimally invasive surgery, general pediatric surgery
Presentations, Most Recent
Dasgupta R and PCW Kim: Rex shunt and its utility in children with portal venous thrombosis. Presented at the American Pediatric Surgical Association Meeting, May 2005.
Dasgupta R, Connolly B and Langer JC: The use of an Integrated Radiologic and Surgical suite for splenic embolization and resection. Video presentation, American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress Oct 2004
Dasgupta R, Patel S, Sauer C, Chait P, Langer JC and Wales PW. Percutaneous Cholangiography is Superior to Open Cholangiography for the Evaluation of Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia in the Neonate. Presented at the British Association of Pediatric Surgery Meeting, July 2004 Oxford, UK
Dasgupta R and Kim P: Relationship between surgical volume and clinical outcome: Should pediatric surgeons be doing pancreatoduodenectomies? Presented at Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgery meeting, Oct 2004
Dasgupta R, Cowper A, Screaton, G, Xu X and J Bell: TRAIL and its Receptors.
Les Ambiez, European Immunology Society Young Researcher Conference award, Rhodes Research Award, Les Ambiez, France
