Institution Affiliations:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Spine Center

Education:

PhD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England (UK), Medicine (DrMed), 2004

Medical School:

MD, Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta, India, 1979

Internship:

Calcutta Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, India, Rotating, 1979-82

Residency:

Railway Orthopaedic Institute & Research Centre, Eastern Railway, Howrah, India, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1982-86

Fellowship:

Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, England (UK), Spine Surgery, 1997-98; 1999-00

Fellowship:

Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX, Orthopaedic Surgery Spine, 1998-99

Fellowship:

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, Spine Surgery, 2002-04

Specialties:

Orthopaedics
Spine Center

Joined Staff in 2004

Practice Note: Spinal Injuries, Spinal Deformities, Lumbar Disc Replacement, Low Back and Neck Pain, Scoliosis Surgery, Cervical Disc Replacement

Research Interests:

Fulcrum Assisted Soft stabilisation in the treatment of Low Back Pain – Feasibility study—Supported by Wishbone Trust for the feasibility study – 1996

Fulcrum Assisted Soft stabilisation in the treatment of Low Back Pain – Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3—Supported by AO International, Switzerland – 1997

Dynamic Stabilization System (DSS) in the treatment of low back pain—Supported by Spinal Concepts Inc. Austin, Texas, USA and Texas Back Institute, Plano Texas, USA

Kinematics after disc replacement - supported by Synthes, USA

Kinematics of Cervico-thoracic junction - Supported by Beaumont Major Research Grant, 2003

Kinematics of lumbar spine motion segment in search of 'Instability of the Lumbo-Sacral spine – supported by DePuy J&J, Boston, MA USA

Selected Publications: Sengupta DK, Herkowitz HN. Degenerative spondylolisthesis: review of current trends and controversies. Spine. 2005 Mar 15;30(6 Suppl):S71-81.

Sengupta DK. Neglected Spinal Injuries. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Feb;(431):93-103.

Sengupta DK. Dynamic Stabilization Devices in the Treatment of Low Back pain. Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan;35(1):43-56.

Sengupta DK, Herkowitz HN. Lumbar spinal stenosis. Treatment strategies and indications for surgery.Orthop Clin North Am. 2003 Apr;34(2):281-95.

Mulholland RC, Sengupta DK. Rationale principles and experimental evaluation of the concept of Soft Stabilization. Eur Spine J. 2002 Oct;11 Suppl 2:S198-205.