Surjit Tarafdar

General Physician & Nephrologist | Blacktown Hospital

Dr. Surjit Tarafdar works as a general physician and nephrologist at Blacktown Hospital in Sydney and is also a conjoint senior lecturer in Medicine at the University of Western Sydney. He also holds the position of visiting faculty in the department of Nephrology at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India.

Dr. Tarafdar has edited ‘Nephrology: A Comprehensive Guide to Renal Medicine’ published by Wiley-Blackwell in Feb 2020. A study guide for medical post-graduation trainees, this book has twenty chapters covering general nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. Each chapter is accompanied by multiple-choice questions with discussion around the answers. Dr. Tarafdar also conceptualized and co-authored the 1st edition of “Passing the FRACP Written Examination- Questions and Answers” published by Wiley-Blackwell in October 2013.

Dr. Tarafdar conceptualised and established the annual weekend renal program ‘Revise Nephrology’ which has been attended by over 1200 doctors since 2015. In 2019, he was invited to host ‘Revise Nephrology’ in Kuala Lumpur for the University of Malay and at Manipal in India for the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Dr. Tarafdar also conceived and established the annual ‘Australia and New Zealand General Medicine Update’ (ANZGMU): www.anzgmu.com.au in 2019. The 2022 event was attended by over 140 physicians including 80 Staff Specialists.