Background
Das, Suman Kumar was born on May 6, 1944 in Calcutta, India. Son of Bisweswar and Devi Rani (Ghosh) Das. came to the United States, 1980.
Das, Suman Kumar was born on May 6, 1944 in Calcutta, India. Son of Bisweswar and Devi Rani (Ghosh) Das. came to the United States, 1980.
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Calcutta (India) U., 1967; Doctor of Medicine, Ednl. Commission Foreign Medical Graduate, 1981.
Intern, Radh Govinda Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcatta, 1966-1967;
resident in general surgery, house officer, Radh Govinda Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcatta, 1967-1968;
senior house officer in accident and emergency, orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary, Bolton, Lancs., England, 1968-1969;
house surgeon in general surgery, Royal Infirmary, Bolton, Lancs., England, 1969-1970;
senior house officer in general surgery, Royal United Hospital, St. Martins's Hospital, Bath, England, 1970-1972;
house officer in medicine, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Liverpool, England, 1970;
registrar in general surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England, 1972-1973;
senior house officer in plastic surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England, 1973-1974;
registrar in plastic surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England, 1974;
registrar in plastic surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1974-1977;
fellow in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1978;
fellow in micro and hand surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1979-1980;
assistant plastic surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1979-1980;
research associate in plastic surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1980-1982;
co-director microsurgery training program, Harbor/University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1980-1982;
director plastic surgery research, VA Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1980-1982;
resident in plastic surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1982-1983;
senior and chief resident in plastic surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1983-1984;
private practice, Jackson, 1984-1986;
chief and assistant professor division plastic surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1986-1987;
chief and associate professor division plastic surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1987-1990;
professor plastic surgery, chief division plastic surgery, chief, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1990-1995;
clinical professor plastic surgery, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, since 1995. Consultant plastic surgery Methodist Hospital, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, River Oaks Hospital. Attending Methodist Rehabilitation Center, U. Mississippi Medical Center, River Oaks East Hospital, Parkview Hospital, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Visiting professor department surgery division plastic surgery University of California, San Francisco, 1981, U. Alabama, 1992;member patient care committee U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1990. Presenter and exhibitor in field at numerous professional meetings.
Donor Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Jackson, 1991, Indian Association, 1991. Archangel New Stage Theatre, 1991. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons London, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh (traveling scholarship 1976).
Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Association Hand Surgery (research grant committee 1990-1991, chairman research grant committee 1992), American Association Academy Plastic Surgeons (fellowship committee 1990), American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, American Association PlasticSurgeons, International Society Burn Injuries, International Society Reconstructive Microsurgery, International Society Surgery, International Society Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (charter), British Association Plastic Surgeons (best prize and certified 1967), British Society Surgery of Hands (European traveling scholarship 1977), Society North America Skull Base Surgery (founding), Mississippi State Medical Association, Plastic Surgery Research Council, New York Academy Science, S.E. Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (program committee since 1990, trustee1997-), Mississippi Academy Sciences (chairman 1992), Academy Surgical Research, Association for Academy Surgery, Southeastern Surgical Congress, International Federation Surgical Colls., Southern Medical Association (chairman elect 1991, chairman 1992), Sigma Xi.
Married Carole Ellen Simmons, July 10, 1976 (divorced April 1984). Children: Louise Angelique, Natalie Krishna. Married Rosyln Tanner, March 22, 1991.