Dr Anup Kumar Barman Appointed Part-Time Member of National Medical Commission
Guwahati: In recognition of his extensive experience in medical education and healthcare, Dr. Anup Kumar Barman from the Assam Medical Council has been appointed as a part-time member of the National Medical Commission (NMC) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Dr. Barman currently serves as the Director of Medical Education, Training, and Research, Assam, a position he has held since February 29, 2016. He is also the President of the Assam Council of Medical Registration and serves on several key bodies, including the Medical and Health Recruitment Board, Assam, and the Board of Directors of the Assam Medical Services Corporation Ltd. He is also the state-nominated member of the Medical Advisory Council (MAC) of the NMC, New Delhi.
A distinguished academician and nephrologist, Dr. Barman completed his MBBS in 1988 from Assam Medical College under Dibrugarh University, followed by an MD in Internal Medicine in 1993 from Gauhati Medical College. He later pursued his DM in Nephrology from AIIMS, New Delhi, in 1997. His international training includes a fellowship from the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis at Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, and a postdoctoral preceptorship in renal transplant at Columbia University, New York, USA.
Dr. Barman has had an illustrious academic career, having served as a Registrar, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and eventually as Professor and Head of the Department of Nephrology at Gauhati Medical College. He played a crucial role in establishing the DM course in Nephrology at the college and is also the Founder Secretary of the Guwahati Nephrology Forum. Over the years, Dr. Barman has contributed extensively to the medical community as an invited speaker at national and international forums and as a peer reviewer for several medical journals. He has served on the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Nephrology (2015-2018) and has 18 indexed publications to his credit-14 national and 4 international.
He is a life member of various prestigious bodies, including the Association of Physicians of India, Indian Society of Nephrology, Indian Society of Peritoneal Dialysis, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, Indian Medical Association, and Indian Academy of Geriatrics. Dr. Barman’s appointment to the NMC is seen as a major boost for Assam and is expected to strengthen representation from the Northeast in national healthcare policy and education reforms. Dr. Barman told Medical Dialogues that he was grateful for the opportunity to represent his state in the apex medical council, and he would do his best to work for the interest of the patients and doctors.
