Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea

Spouse - Indira Chatterjee Daughter - Dr. Bharati Chatterjee Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea (16 February 1919 – 29 February 1972) was an Indian hematologist, medical academic and the director of Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine,[1] He was known for his hematological and clinical studies of Hemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia[2] and was an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[3] and the Indian National Science Academy.

[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.

[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.

[10][11] Chatterjea chaired the Medical and Veterinary Section of the 51st Indian Science Congress held at Kolkata in 1964 and was the Asian representative on the executive committee of the International Society of Blood Transfusion the same year.