Dr. Datta completed his degree in medicine as class president in 2004 and subsequently entered residency in General Surgery at the University of Calgary. He completed his surgical residency in 2009. He then completed a MSc. in Health Economics, Policy and Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and was subsequently a Fellow in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Datta is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Oncology, at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Dr. Datta’s primary academic focus has been in health policy and general, colon and rectal surgery.

He was the Director for the General Surgery Residency Program at the University of Calgary until 2020. He was most recently Director of Workforce Strategy for the Department of Surgery, Alberta Health Services. His research has been funded by the Canadian Thoracic Surgery Society, Canadian Association of General Surgeons, and the Alberta Health Innovates PRIHS ERAS grant in the past. He is a Co-Director for Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery, an international collaborative journal club for surgeons around the world.