Fellow - Nuclear Medicine

**Tata Medical Center Fellowship Program**

**Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine**

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. 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 Tata Medical Centre is a philanthropic comprehensive cancer center which aims to provide
patients the best standards of quality assured care. The department of Nuclear Medicine works with
other specialty departments as a team to provide a multidisciplinary care of the highest quality for
its patients.
The department is capable of delivering safe and quality care and equipped with the most modern
imaging devices like 2 PET-CT and a SPECT-CT machines. Treatment planning for Radiotherapy is
performed in the PET- CT scanner and image fusion of SPECT & PET with MRI & CT are regularly
performed to help the clinician to perform precise treatment delivery.
There will be facilities for Low & high dose radioisotope therapy and a dedicated Radioisotope
Therapy Ward for I-131, PRRT and Lu-PSMA therapies. The department also has a Gamma Probe
for Sentinel node detection & Radioguided Surgery.
A second phase is being planned to enable further expansion in the treatment capacity of the center.
PET-MRI, OPTICAL IMAGING, ADVANCED THERAPIES like Radio immunotherapy will be there in
the priority list.

**Fellowship Objectives:
**The aim of the fellowship training in Nuclear Medicine s to enable the trainee to become capable of
practice as a consultant in Nuclear Medicine with comprehensive knowledge in the
multidisciplinary management of different malignancies. Emphasis will obviously be given to the
programme is designed to impart knowledge and clinical experience in all aspects of the
programme. The fellowship is also aimed at providing experience in more than one centre (in India
or overseas) to ensure exposure to a balance of various management algorithms and imaging
protocols in Nuclear Medicine. The fellowship is also intended to enhance the research potential of

Complete understanding of **Imaging in Cancer**.
Exploring the potential of **Molecular Imaging **in true sense.
Understanding the need of **correlative imaging - **knowledge of other imaging
Modalities like CT,MRI, USG, Mammography etc
Learning the complete spectrum of routine and advanced **radioisotope therapy **
To learn guided intervention like **PET-CT GUIDED BIOPSY **etc

**Surgery **etc Learning structured **basic research
**No of Fellowship Positions**:
Two

**Fellowship Duration**:
1 year -can be extended to 2 years

**Eligibility Criteria**

**Essential**:
MD/DNB degree in Nuclear Medicine

**Desirable**:

- Work experience in an oncology setting- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Participation in Clinical or Basic Sciences Research

**Clinical responsibilities**:
Fellows are expected to participate in:

Assessment of new patients.
Design the investigations -Planar, SPECT-CT or PET-CT imaging and perform the study

appropriate and agreed between the supervisor and the fellow.
Planning and delivery of treatment under different levels of supervision, as appropriate and

agreed between the supervisor and the fellow
Follow up and assessment of outcome.
Organize and present cases in multidisciplinary meetings.
Discuss service development and clinical trials projects.
Record data for the purposes of clinical audit and trials.

**Academic responsibilities**:

- Teaching: _
The Tata Medical Centre is keen to lead the training and development of undergraduate,
postgraduate doctors, nurses and paramedical staff. The fellow is therefore required to develop a
keen interest in teaching the junior doctors, nurses and paramedical staff to enable us to provide
the best standards of medical education in the region. Seminars and workshops will be actively
encouraged by the department and in future a point based CME will be devised to ensure continued
professional development.
- Audit and Clinical Research: _
Active participation in clinical trials, clinical research and audit will be encouraged and publication
of innovative and quality literature will be promoted by the department of Nuclear