Doctor

Dr. Brajendra Lahkar

Dr. Brajendra Lahkar

Clinical Director cum Senior Consultant, Dept. of Internal Medicine & Critical Care

MBBS, MD, FICP “Service with empathy and compassion. Stay human, have human touch.”                                                                                                          - Dr. Brajendra Lahkar
Experience 29+ Years
Specialities
Internal Medicine & Critical Care
Availability Mon-Sat
Timing 10 am-12 pm

About the Doctor

About Dr. Lahkar

With over 28 years of dedicated clinical experience, Dr. Brajendra Lahkar is one of the best expert and top rated Doctor in Internal Medicine and Critical Care. He is renowned for his empathetic evidence based patient care and excellence in managing critically ill patients, especially in resource-limited settings. His expertise spans sepsis management, multiorgan failure, diabetes care, and hemodynamic stabilization, making him a trusted leader in the field of Internal medicine and Critical Care.

Education & Qualifications

  • MBBS – Dibrugarh University, 1991 (Reg. No. 11947 AMC)
  • MD (Medicine) – Dibrugarh University, 1996 (Reg. No. 2300 – AMC)
  • FICP (Fellow of Indian College of Physicians).
  • “Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine” accredited teacher for Indian Diploma of Critical Care Medicine (IDCCM)
  • Teacher for DNB (Medicine), National Board.
  • Faculty, Academy of Trauma, an NGO which train Doctors and Paramedics on Disaster and Trauma management

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT:  

  • Senior Consultant & Medical Advisor from Nov 2008 to Dec 2017

    Department of Internal Medicine & Critical Care, Dispur Hospitals,  Guwahati, Assam, India 

  •  Senior Consultant, (From 2002 to 2008), 

    Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care,  Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, Assam

  • Resident Medical Officer (from 1997 to 1998)
  •  Junior Consultant, (from 1998 to 2002),  Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care, Down Town Hospitals, Guwahati,Assam                       

Areas of Expertise

  • Internal Medicine 
  • Critical Care in Low-Resource Environments
  • Hemodynamic & Multiorgan Failure Management
  • Sepsis & Infection Control
  • Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management

Certifications & Teaching Roles

  • Accredited Teacher for IDCCM (Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine)
  • Accredited Teacher for IDCCN (Indian Diploma in Critical Care Nursing)
  • Accredited Teacher for DNB (Medicine)

Professional Memberships

  • Life Member of Indian society of Critical Care Medicine, (ISCCM)
  • Member of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM),
  • Life Member of Association of Physician in India (API)
  • Life Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA).
  • Life Member of Society of Emergency Medicine in India (SEMI)
  • Chairman Scientific Committee, Easter-zonal Critical Care Conference (EZCCCON 2023) at Guwahati, Assam 
  • Past Chairman, ISCCM Guwahati City Branch, 2017-2019
  • Past Secretary, ISCCM Guwahati city branch, 2013 -2015
  • Organizing Secretary, Eastern-zonal Critical Care Conference (EZCCCON) 2014 September 2014 at Guwahati, Assam
  • Organizing secretary, EMCON (11th Annual Conference of Society of Emergency Medicine in India) 2009 at Guwahati, Assam
  • Founder Executive member, ISCCM Guwahati City Branch
  • Founder Secretary, Society for Emergency Medicine in India (SEMI), North-East chapter.
  • “Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine” accredited teacher for Indian Diploma of Critical Care Medicine (IDCCM).
  • Teacher for DNB (Medicine) course.
  • Faculty, Academy of Trauma, an NGO which train Doctors and Paramedics on         Disaster and Trauma management

Honors & Awards

  • Fellowship of Indian College of Physicians (FICP) – 2024
  • IMA National Presidential Award – COVID Warrior – 2020
  • Presidential Award of Excellence in Critical Care Medicine – 2018
  • Fellowship of Indian College of Physicians (ICP), academic wing of The Association of Physicians of India (API), on 23rd February 2024 at New Delhi.
  • Recipient of Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution to critical care medicine in India 2018, conferred by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine in India at banquet of “Criticare”2018 Varanasi.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

  1. “MDR Gram negative infection in ICU: An Evidence based update”, Mid-term CME of API, Assam at Diphu on 28-29th June 2025
  2. “DVT and it’s management”, at North East Critical care & Emergency Conference (NECCECON 2025) on 26th April 2025 at AIIMS, Guwahati.
  3. “Newer hypolipidemic: an update”, at APICON 2025, Kolkata, 80th Annual Conference of The Association of Physicians of India, at Milan mela Prangan, Kolkata, on 25th January 2025.
  4. “VRE / MRSA: recent update” at 13th Eastern-Zonal Critical Conference (EZCCCON) 2024, 9th to 10thNov, 2024, organized by ISCCM Siliguri branch at Siliguri.
  5. “Fluid management with special emphasis on Sodium: Physician perspective” at Mid-term CME of API, Assam state chapter, at Jorhat, Assam, organized by API, Jorhat branch on 29th Sept 2024.
  6. “Myasthenic Crisis in the ICU -Challenges & Solutions”, at 4th World Conference on comprehensive critical care (W4C) & 2nd Odisha criticon 2024, organized by ISCCM, Bhubaneswar branch with SUM Ultimate Medicare at Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 20th September 2024.
  7. “How to assess cardiac output if I do not have a tool to monitor it” at “30th Criticare,2024, Kolkata”, Annual conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) on 02/03/2024 at Kolkata.
  8. “Prevention of Nosocomial infections in Critical Care settings”, at XXXII APICON Assam 2023, Tezpur on 15th Dec 2023.
  9. “Antibiotics escalation and de-escalation in ICU”, at Pulmocon 2023, Guwahati, Assam on 10th Dec 2023.
  10. “Management of Sepsis and Septic shock in Cancer patients” at Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, CME organized by IMA, Arunachal Pradesh branch on 25th Nov 2023.
  11. “Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: from Policy to Practice”, ASSAM MICROCON 2023 the 3rd biennial conference of assam chapter organized by: Department of Microbiology, Dhubri Medical College & Hospital Sept 2023.
  12. “Hemodynamic monitoring: A case-based discussion” at Mid-term CME of API, Assam State Branch, organized by API, Dibrugarh branch on 9th August, 2023 in AMC, Dibrugarh.
  13. “Hemodynamic monitoring in resource poor situation” at Mid-term CME of API, Assam State Branch, organized by API, Bongaigaon branch at Bongaigaon, Assam in May 2023.
  14. “Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges” at API Mid-term CME of API Assam state branch at Dhubri Medical College, Dhubri, Assam in April, 2023.
  15. “Antimicrobial Resistance” at 36th Biannual Medimeet (Platinum Jubille year) of Indian Medical Association at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh in April 2023.
  16. “Management of Sepsis in Limited Resource Settings” at “APICON, Assam,” Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam in Dec 2022.
  17. “New antibiotics” at 2nd World Conference on Comprehensive Critical Care (W4C), on 16thOctober,2022, at Jim Corbrt, Nainital, India organized by SRMS Medical college, Critical Care foundation and ISCCM.
  18. “Fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients”, at APICON, Assam on 1st of May 2022 at Iora, Bokakhat, organized by API, Jorhat branch.
  19. “Antimicrobial Resistance Trends & Challenges in India”, at World Conference on Covid 19, October 2021, Web based conference organized by Agra branch of ISCCM. 
  20. “Need for Blood and component transfusion during Covid 19”, at World Conference on Covid 19, October 2021, Web based conference organized by Agra branch of ISCCM.
  21. “Non-invasive ventilation: a brief overview” Mid-term CME of API Assam state branch on inauguration of Diphu branch of API in Feb 2020
  22. “Sepsis update” in APICON Assam state conference at Nalbari in Dec 2019.
  23. “VTE prophylaxis- NOAC’s are the present and the future at “Eastern Zonal Critical Care Conference” at Kolkata in Nov 2019.
  24. “Fluid management in ICU”, in Eastern Zonal Association of Physician of India Conference (EZAPICON) Nov 2019, Shillong, Meghalaya. 2019
  25. “Management of Sepsis in Resource poor situations” in North-East Zone Critical Care CME/CNE and Conference (NEZCCCON)-Shillong, Meghalaya in Nov 2019 
  26. “Management of ARDS” in APICON Assam state conference at Dibrugarh, Dec, 2018.
  27. “Understanding ARDS” in Mid-term CME of API Assam at Guwahati in September 2018.
  28. “Diagnosis and Management of critically ill patients in Resource-constraint situations” IMA meet at Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh IMA meet, April, 2018
  29. “Fluid management in ICU” in APICON Assam, state conference at Silchar, December 2017
  30. “A nightmare: Acute Traumatic Brain injury and concomitant ARDS” at Eastern Zonal Critical Care Conference (EZCCCON 2017), Ranchi 28th October 2017
  31. “Management of Sepsis in Resource poor situation” at IMA meet 24th June 2017 at Sibsagar, Assam
  32. “Procalcitonin: Hope or Hype?” at APICON, Assam, Dec 2016
  33. “Disaster planning of an ICU” at Eastern-zonal Critical Care Conference, Sept 2016, Siliguri, West-Bengal 
  34. “Nosocomial Pneumonia” at Eastern-Zonal Critical Care Conference, at Patna Sept 26th 2015.
  35. “Disaster planning of an ICU, are we prepared ?” at APICON Assam Dec 2014
  36. “BAL: The art of picking a sample and how rewarding it is?” at Criticare 2014 at     Jaipur 
  37. “Management of Acute Liver Failure in ICU” at Eastern-zonal Critical Care Conference at NEIGRIMS, Shillong Sept 2013
  38. “Immunoprophylaxis in Emergency Department” at Emergency Medicine Conference (EMCON) at Kolkata, West Bengal in Nov 2011 
  39. “Recent advances in the management of critically ill patients” at Annual Conference of API, Assam State chapter. Nov 2010
  40. “Advantage of Insulin analogue in management of Diabetes: a debate” at Annual Conference of API, Assam state chapter , 2009
  41. “Endocrine & Metabolic changes in critically ill patients” at Annual Conference of API, Assam 2008
  42. “Early recognition of critically ill patients” at Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India, Assam State chapter, 2007
  43. “Multi organ dysfunction in Severe Malaria: An experience from North-East India”, at CRITICARE conference at Kochi, 2007
  44. “ABC of Mechanical Ventilation”. at Annual Conference of Association of       Physicians of India, Assam State Chapter,2004
  45. “Multiorgan Dysfunction in Severe & complicated Malaria” at Society for Emergency Medicine in India (SEMI) annual conference at PUNE, 2003.
  46. “Role of Exchange Transfusion in severe Malaria”, at Assam State Conference of Indian Medical Association, 2000.
  47. “Pancytopenia, it’s causes, & Analgesic as the cause of Aplastic Pancytopenia”, At Annual conference of Association of Physicians of India, Assam state chapter, 1995.

Publications in Indexed Journals:                                                      

  1. Khanikar RG, Baruah R, Choudhury K, Lahkar B, Sharma C, Baishya MJ “Pregnancy and COVID—Complications and its challenges: A case series from a tertiary care center in the northeastern part of India. J Obstet Anaesth Crit Care 2024;14:186-92.
  2. “Hemadsorption (CytoSorb®) in the Management of Septic Shock: our Experience from North East India”; Journal of the Indian Medical Association. Vol 121, No 9, September 2023
  3. “Review of a Series of Hospitalised Covid 19 Patients with AKI”. Academia Anesthesiologica International; 31st December, 2021, Volume: 6 | Issue: 2; 79
  4. “Clinical Course and Outcome of ARDS Related to Covid 19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North East India”.Academia Anesthesiologica International; 31st December, 2021, Volume: 6 | Issue: 2; 95.
  5. “Covid Vaccine Adverse Effects Following Immunization: Vaccine Associated Myocarditis: A Case Report.” Academia Anesthesiologica International; 31st December, 2021, Volume: 6 | Issue: 2; 76-77.
  6. “Pancreatic pseudocyst as initial presentation of a 22-year-old male Lupus patient” in “International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports” (2021) 5(5):128-131
  7. “Sepsis in ICU” Editorial “Assam Journal of Internal Medicine, volume 10, Issue, January 2020.
  8. “Disseminated Histoplasmosis presenting as oropharyngeal mass lesion” in     Medical Mycology Case Reports,Elsevier, 24 (2019) 78-81.
  9. “Melioidosis presenting as Sepsis syndrome: A case presentation” in Assam   Journal of Internal Medicine. vol 2, issue 1;31-35, January 2012.
  10. “Suggestive evidence of association of C-159T functional polymorphism of the CD 14 gene with atopic asthma in northern and northwestern indian populations. In Immunogenetics (2004), 56: 544-547.

Chapters in book, booklet, and Updates:

  1. “Newer Hypolipidemic: An Update”, Chapter 230: Medicine Update 2025, volume 25, edited by Jyotirmoy Pal, published by Jaypee on behalf of Association of Physicians of India (API).
  2. “Antimicrobial Stewardship in the era of Multidrug Resistant Infections”, Chapt 27, Medicine Update, volume 24,2023, Editor. Dr Bhabani Bhuyan, Published by Association of Physicians of India, Assam Chapter
  3. “Peri-intubation complications and management”, Critical Care Update 2022, 4th   edition, Chapter 20, Edited by Deepak Govil, Rajesh Mishra et al, published by Jaypee Brothers Med Publications(P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2022.
  4. “Sepsis Update” in “Medicine Update” volume xxii,2019, published by API Assam 2019.
  5. “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Update” in “Medicine Update”, volume xix, 2016, published by API Assam 2016.
  6. “Sepsis early recognition and management” in “Medicine Update” volume xiv, 2011, published by API, Assam State chapter at Annual Conference 2011.
  7. “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome : Recent advances in management” In “Medicine Update” volumeX; 2007, published by Association of Physicians of India, Assam state chapter, annual conference 2007.
  8. “Does all ‘seriously’ ill patients need ICU care?” in “Medicine Update” volume ix published by Association of Physicians of India, Assam state chapter, annual conference 2006.
  9. “Recent advances in diagnosis & management of Severe & Complicated Malaria” in “Medicine Update” published by Association of Physicians of India at annual conference at Patna, India, Jan. 2005.
  10. “Respiratory failure and Mechanical Ventilation in ICU” in special issue on Respiratory Medicine, “Medicine Update”. Published by Association of Physicians of India, Assam chapter. 2004.
  11. “Management of Chest Pain” in Handbook on Emergency Medicine, published    by Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, 2003.
  12. “Management of Acute Dyspnoea” in Handbook on Emergency Medicine, published by Down Town Hospital, Guwahati 2003.

Philosophy of Care

“Service with empathy and compassion. Stay human, have human touch.”

Dr. Lahkar believes that medical care goes beyond diagnosis and treatment—it is about building trust, showing empathy, and offering hope even in the most critical situations.

 

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Beyond Medicine

Outside the hospital, Dr. Lahkar enjoys: Running Marathons, Playing Cricket, Following Sports and International Affairs, Traveling and Making New Friends

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