Job Description

Fellowship - Onco-imaging & Intervention





About Tata Medical Center

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.


Department Description:

Tata Medical Center is a comprehensive cancer care hospital


with 450 beds. It has extensive laboratory and imaging


services, day-care facilities and surgical services. The


Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine has several


stationary and portable Xray and USG machines, two 64-slice


PET-CT, one 128-slice dual energy CT, 2 MRI (3T) machines,


a fully functional Cath Lab, gamma camera & SPECT, digital


mammography and DEXA services. All modalities are


connected by PACS, radiology reporting is done through RIS


and clinical as well as laboratory data is available to view


online through HMS. The department has 6 radiology


consultants, 2 nuclear medicine consultants, 12 fellows. The


department has considerable workload, with 13000 X-rays,


9800 diagnostic ultrasound exams including elastography


and contrast enhanced USG, 4350 USG guided procedures,


12000 CT scans, 1000 CT guided procedures, 3500 MRI


examinations, 3750 mammographies and 450 CathLab


procedures being done in a year approximately. Imaging


study archive is available for viewing from 2011.


Remarkable achievements of the Radiology and Imaging department at Tata Medical Center are:
?

Evidence-based medical care for cancer.?

? Well known for cancer-related research over the last five years, including multiple DBT


funded research projects.?

? Multiple abstracts and Publications in International meetings and Journals?



? Participation in DST led "Make in India Project "to develop the first indigenous MRI in the


country.?



In order to fulfill the above objectives, TMC invites application for the post of Fellow in the


department of Radiology & Imaging at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata.





Qualification: MD/DNB in Radiology and Imaging.





Fellowship Duration: 1 year.





Job responsibilities:



Rotational postings are provided in X-ray, ultrasonography, mammography, CT scan, MRI and Cath


Lab, with supervised reporting and hands-on experience in most procedures. Departmental classes


are arranged several times in a week, with active participation from the fellows. Fellows also


regularly participate in interdepartmental meetings and presentations, multidisciplinary team


meetings on various sub-specialities. There is good scope for research activity, and at least 1


publication is expected in 1 year tenure. A log-book is to be maintained detailing day-to-day


activities over the two-year tenure. The department organises several CMEs and courses and


fellows participate in organisational activities. Fellows are also required to teach nursing and


technician students..


Prospective Candidates are encouraged to contact the following consultant in case of any

query:



Dr. Saugata Sen, +91 33 6605 8123; Email: saugata.sen@tmckolkata.com;


• You may please send your applications via post or email in the following address:



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


Kolkata - 700160. Email - suvashish.mukherjee@tmckolkata.com.