Job Description

Tata Medical Center Fellowship Program

Fellowship in Clinical Hematology & Cellular Therapies



Conceptualized in the year 2004 as a philanthropic initiative for the Eastern and North-Eastern parts of


India and the neighboring countries, the Tata Medical Center (TMC) started operations in Kolkata on


May 16, 2011. The hospital is governed by a charitable trust - Tata Medical Centre Trust. It is an


integrated Oncology facility with well-trained professional staff and equipped with modern facilities and


the most contemporary medical equipment. The hospital was designed by Cannon Design, a renowned


architectural firm from North America. It is located on 13 acres of land at New Town in Kolkata, West


Bengal.


The hospital is an integrated Oncology facility with well-trained professional staff and equipped with


modern facilities and contemporary medical equipment. The Hospital, with a capacity of 437 beds,


serves all sections of the society, with 75% of the infrastructure earmarked for subsidized treatment for


the underprivileged sections. It provides a wide spectrum of services from diagnosis and therapy to


rehabilitation and palliative support. The Institution's objective is to excel in service, education and


research.


The Department:

The clinical hematology department would cater to treat all patients with hematological disorders, with


emphasis on hematological malignancies. The clinical department would be adequately supported by


laboratory sciences, equipped to reliably perform investigations from the basic ones to the latest


molecular tests, which would not serve not only as proper prognostication tools, but also would help us


to personalize treatment. A state of the art 9 bedded stem cell transplant unit would be first of its kind in


this part of India, to perform autologous and allogenic (matched sibling, unrelated donor and cord blood)


transplant for hematological malignancies, bone marrow failure syndromes (inherited and acquired),


immunodeficiency states and thalassemia major. The department of hematology would be headed by Dr.


Mammen Chandy, former professor and Head of dept of hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore.





Fellowship Objectives:

• Diagnose and manage all patients with malignant diseases of the haemopoietic and related

systems.
• Recognize the nature, assess the significance and manage the haematological complications of

non- haemopoietic diseases and their therapy.
• Interpret laboratory data (and whenever possible contribute to their genesis) and synthesize

laboratory and clinical data so as to provide rational solutions for patients' haematological


problems.
• Select appropriate diagnostic tests to arrive at a correct diagnosis.
• Understand the principles of different tests.
• Be familiar with current blood transfusion practice including collection of blood, separation and

storage of blood components and quality control.


• Understand and introduce quality assurance.
• Understand the indications, selection of patients and procedures in involved in stem cell
transplantation.





Fellowship Duration:



2 years


Eligibility Criteria

Essential: Any one of the following medical qualifications





• DM Clinical Haematology
• DM Medical Oncology
• MD General Medicine
• MD Paediatrics
• MD Pathology



Clinical responsibilities:



The fellow would be responsible for primarily evaluating patients in the OPD as well as in the ward. All


day to day evaluation and management of the patient would be the responsibility of the fellow with


appropriate guidance from the consultants in the department. The approach to the patient should be


scientific and compassionate.





Academic responsibilities:



With appropriate guidance and under supervision, the postgraduate student will be responsible


primarily for the acquisition of knowledge in areas of malignant hematology, bone marrow failure


syndromes and Transfusion Medicine. Such knowledge will be acquired and demonstrated through


Seminars, Case Presentations, and Journal Clubs, proper use of the library for "Suggested Reading" and


formal reviews of selected major topics. Faculty staff would be present at these various exercises so as to


provide the appropriate input. When necessary, Faculty staff may be required to review certain subjects


in the form of formal lectures; however lectures will not play a dominant role in the theoretical


component of the training programme. Clinical experience will be acquired by the trainee by day to day


management of all patients admitted to the haematology service. Faculty will be involved in teaching of


trainees in the ward- rounds and outpatient clinics.





Expected Rotations/Work Schema:



o Clinical hematology: OPD + General+ Private wards - 14 months


• Bone marrow transplant unit - 2 months
• Hematopathology - 2 months
• Molecular pathology - 1 month
• Blood Bank - 1 month
• Biochemistry - 1 week
• Microbiology and virology- 1 month
• General Pathology - 1 week
• Nuclear Medicine - 1 week
• Radiotherapy - 1 week
• Peripheral posting - 2 months


Opportunities for career advancement:



The aim of the fellowship training in Clinical Haematology is to ensure that the trainee at the end of his


training possess the necessary clinical and laboratory skills to be able to manage patients with primary


haematological malignancies and interact as a consultant for haematology problems from other


specialties and be competent in laboratory haematology and transfusion medicine.


Evaluation:

o Exit theory evaluation - Basic science


- Laboratory science


- Clinical Hematology





• Practical - Laboratory- one day

- Clinical hematology- case study- one day







•For more details and application forms, please log on to our website today:

www.tmckolkata.com



You may also Email or Post applications to:



Mr. Suvasish Mukherjee, Head-Human Resources, Tata Medical Center, 14 MAR (EW), New Town,


Kolkata - 700160.


Email - suvashish.mukherjee@tmckolkata.com