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Eligibility: 
M.S. / DNB Orthopaedics
Duration: 
6 months
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Spinal 
Disorders Surgery
The Spinal Disorders Surgery Unit has been 
functioning for nearly 20 years, initially as a 
subspecialty under Orthopaedic Surgery Unit I 
from 2001. Since 2009 we started working as an 
independent sub-unit and an independent 
department from 1st November 2020. From its 
inception, more than 9500 surgeries have been done. 
Nearly 5888 new patients with spinal symptoms are 
seen in the OPD annually. These include a spectrum 
of patients with infective, degenerative, traumatic, 
neoplastic and developmental deformities. Over 750 
spinal surgeries are carried out every year. There are 4 
consultants (3 professors, 1 associate professor) apart 
from post-doctoral fellows and Orthopaedic 
postgraduate residents in the unit. The Unit has well 
equipped theatre facilities. The teaching programme 
includes regular outpatient and bedside teaching and 
planning. Paper presentation and journal reading are 
done every week. The staff and fellows are actively 
involved in scientific studies towards presentation at 
conferences and publication in journals.
The 2 year Spinal Fellowship course is tailored to train 
Orthopaedic surgeons with a passion for spinal 
surgery in all modalities of spine surgery. This 
includes clinical examination and diagnosis, 
investigations, planning of surgery, execution of 
surgical procedures, post-operative care and 
rehabilitation. They are assigned responsibilities 
in the emergency department, outpatient services 
and wards. They participate in a variety of spinal 
surgeries and are trained in the basics of various 
instrumentation techniques. Fellows will maintain a 
surgical log book and complete post-doctoral 
dissertation. Fellows are also required to present 
scientific papers at regional and national spinal 
conferences.
Eligibility: MS / DNB Orthopaedics
Duration: 2 years
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Post Doctoral Fellowship in Cytogenetics
Degree awarded by The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R 
Medical University
This is a two-year in-service training programme
in a diagnostic cytogenomics laboratory, which 
deals with the identification of chromosomal 
abnormalities. Chromosomal abnormalities are an 
important cause of genetic disease, and are seen in a 
variety of conditions such as mental retardation, 
dysmorphism, delayed or abnormal development,
disordered sexual development, recurrent 
abortions, infertility, and cancer. Karyotyping is used 
for diagnosis, planning therapy, and determining 
prognosis in many cancers, particularly in 
hematological malignancies. Cytogenetic analysis is 
also an important component of prenatal diagnosis.
The laboratory handles samples from peripheral 
blood, bone marrow, amniotic fluid, and solid tissues 
such as chorionic villus, products of conception, 
tumors, and skin, for conventional cytogenetic as well 
as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. 
Cytogenetic testing for chromosome breakage 
syndromes is also performed. In addition, there will 
be exposure to molecular genomic techniques such as 
DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 
microarray analysis, and sequencing methods. 
Fellows are actively involved in processing and 
analysis. Academic activities include seminars and 
journal presentations. Fellows also handle some 
teaching responsibilities.
Upon completion of the course, fellows will be able to 
identify normal and abnormal chromosomes, 
describe karyotypes according to the international 
system for cytogenomic nomenclature (ISCN), and 
write comprehensive reports. They will also be able to 
process specimens, handle equipment and trouble-
shoot when necessary, so as to run a diagnostic 
cytogenetics service efficiently.
Eligibility: MD/DNB Pathology/Anatomy
Duration: 2 years
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Laboratory 
Haematology
The Post Doctoral Fellowship in Laboratory 
Haematology equips pathologists to provide high 
quality patient care services. As a laboratory that 
offers support to a wide variety of clinical services 
r a n g i n g f r o m n e o n a t o l o g y t o t r a n s p l a n t 
h a e m a t o l o g y , t h e r e a r e e x c e l l e n t t r a i n i n g 
opportunities via exposure to a wide spectrum of 
clinical disorders and the role of the laboratory in 
providing diagnostic services. Besides analysis of 
peripheral blood and bone marrow, haemostasis and 
relevant practice of transfusion medicine and 
Immunogenetics, the candidate also rotates through 
other related specialties like anatomic pathology and 
molecular haematology.
There is exposure to laboratory management 
including quality systems and automation. Besides 
routine lab haematology services, diagnosis and 
classification of haematological malignancies based 
on peripheral blood and bone marrow studies forms a 
significant part of the training which is augmented by 
training on immunopheno typing by flow cytometer, 
molecular typing and karyotyping. Training 
also helps familiarize with tools to characterize 
haemoglobinopathies and red cell disorders.
The special haemostasis lab caters to the diagnostic 
and therapeutic monitoring of patients with rare and 
common coagulation, platelet and thrombotic 
disorders. With more than 25000 blood donations a 
year and various types of blood components 
production, the candidate also has opportunities to 
train in donor management as well as rational blood 
use based on guidelines. An exit exam is conducted at 
the end of two years.
Eligibility: MD / DNB Pathology/ MD Transfusion 
Medicine
Duration: 2 years
Post Doctoral Fellowship in 
Neuropathology
The Fellowship Programme in Neuropathology 
provides two years of intensive in-service training in 
neuropathology. The programme emphasizes the 
development of diagnostic skills and the ability to 
synthesize clinico-pathological correlations.
Specific objectives for the course are:
1. Development of skills in diagnostic neuro 
pathology of surgical cases.
2. Interpretation of lesions by light and immuno 
histochemistry.
3.Training in muscle enzyme histochemistry, 
immuno histochemistry and molecular diagnostic 
techniques.
There is a large volume of neuro surgical specimens, 
about 2000 per year. This includes brain and spinal 
cord tumours, skeletal muscle biopsies and 
peripheral nerve biopsies. Fellows examine all 
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specimens and sign out with an a ending 
physician. During the programme, fellows 
develop and maintain close relationships with 
neurology, neurosurgery and neuro radiology 
services.
The balance of clinical and research activities 
for each fellow is based on the individual's 
previous training and development of diagnostic 
skills. The research opportunities include