J. B. Chatterjea, born on 16 February 1919 in Kolkata, the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal, graduated in medicine from Calcutta Medical College of the University of Calcutta in 1942 and secured the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the same institution in 1949.[6] Starting his career as an assistant research officer at Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and served as a professor of hematology from 1956 till he was appointed as the director of the institution in 1966.[7] He was holding that position when he died on 29 February 1972, at the age of 53, survived by his wife and a daughter.
Legacy
Chatterjea's researches were focused on the hematological aspects of tropical diseases and his studies on the human red blood cells widened the understanding of the etiopathogenetic aspects of hereditary disorders.[8] His work covered the roles played by iron, folic acid, vitamin B12 and conjugate foliate compounds in human system and assisted him in the discovery of Hemoglobin E in Bengali people. His inquiries led to the clinical, hematological, biochemical, biophysical and the genetical studies of Hemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia prevalent in Bengal region.[4] He documented his researches by way of several medical papers published in peer-reviewed journals[9][note 2] and his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.[10][11]
Chatterjea JB (1971). "Haemoglobin Lepore. An aberrant haemoglobin variant". J Indian Med Assoc. 56 (10): 319–20. PMID5093793.
Swarup-Mitra S, Ghosh SK, Chatterjea JB (1971). "Stability of erythrocytic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and its relation to the activity of pyruvate kinase (PK) in Hb. E-thalassaemia disease". Indian J Med Res. 59 (9): 1430–4. PMID5161569.
Swarup-Mitra S, Datta MC, Ghosh SK, Chatterjea JB (1972). "Observations on erythrocytic glutathione (GSH) and related enzymes during in vitro storage of blood from haemolytic anaemia patients". Indian J Pathol Bacteriol. 15 (1): 27–33. PMID4642970.
Banerjee DK, Datta MC, Sarkar P, Chatterjea JB (1973). "Daily requirement of riboflavin in normal Indian subjects". Indian J Med Res. 61 (2): 199–207. PMID4758996.
Rakshit MM, Chatterjea JB, Mitra SS (1973). "Observations on the intraerythrocytic distribution of foetal haemoglobin in Hb. E-thalassaemia disease". Indian J Pathol Bacteriol. 16 (4): 41–5. PMID4791521.
Mario Stefanini; Enrique Perez Santiago; Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea; William Dameshek (14 June 1952). "Corticotropin (Acth) and Cortisone in Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura". Journal of the American Medical Association. 149 (7). JAMA: 647–653. doi:10.1001/jama.1952.02930240025009. PMID14927415.