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: 2 years.

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 2

publications are expected in 2 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: [email protected];

• 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 – [email protected].