Program: PhD in Health Sciences Education
Institute of Health Sciences Education
Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University

Thesis title: Shaping the Leader Identity of Physicians through Faculty Development Leadership Training: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Study
Thesis Advisory Committee: Charo Rodríguez (Principal Supervisor), and Tamara Carver (Advisor)

Short biography
Dr. Suchismita Sarkar embarked on her academic journey by earning a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS) from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India from 2002- 2006, followed by a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) in Anatomy from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India from 2008 -2011. With over 14 years of experience as an anatomical sciences educator and researcher in both governmental and private medical institutions across India, she has held various faculty positions (last position held was as Associate Professor Anatomy), administrative roles, and served on numerous committees, all dedicated to advancing undergraduate medical education in medicine and allied health sciences. She has been instrumental in implementing competency-based curriculum research at both graduate and post-graduate levels in India. Her work has been recognized through 10 peer-reviewed publications and two conference presentation awards.

She is pursuing her PhD in Health Sciences Education at McGill University, under the mentorship of Dr. Rosario (Charo) Rodriguez and Professor Tamara Ellen Carver.  

Currently, her research focuses on exploring physician leader identity formation among participants in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Leadership Development Program (LDP) through qualitative research.