Center of Excellence Thoracic Surgery
About the Department
The Department of Minimally invasive and Robotic Thoracic surgery at Yashoda hospital Secunderabad , Hyderabad is a high volume thoracic centre performing around 250 Thoracic surgical procedures every year .
Thoracic procedures are performed open , VATS ( Karl Storz unit ) and Robotic platforms ( Da vinci Si ) with 65 % of the work being done minimally invasively . The unit handles routine and complex thoracic cases of infective and malignant aetiology in addition to Thoracic trauma .
Yashoda hospital, Secunderabad also has an active Lung transplant program since Oct 2020 which has done around 25 lung transplants in 2021 . There is a vibrant interventional Pulmonology program which complements Thoracic surgery providing the ‘all under one roof concept’ as regards Lung disease
Course Director
Dr Balasubramoniam KR
MS, MCh ( CVTS )
Senior consultant Thoracic surgeon
Yashoda Hospital , Secunderabad
Eligibility Criteria:
- Mch Cardiothoracic surgery
- DNB Thoracic surgery
- MS General surgery with 2 year experience in Thoracic unit
Preference will be given to candidates with work experience specific to Thoracic surgery
Objectives of the VATS Fellowship Programme:
By the end of the programme the candidate should be able to confidently perform basic VATS procedures
- VATS Biopsy – Pleura & Lymphnode
- VATS Decortication
- VATS Wedge Resections
- VATS Mediastinal Tumour Excision
- VATS Bullectomy
- VATS Sympathectomy
- VATS Thymectomy
During the 6 month period the fellow is expected to
- Perform 25 basic VATS procedures as primary surgeon under supervision of the consultant
- Perform part or whole of 10 VATS lobectomies as primary surgeon under the supervision of the consultant
- Assist the consultant as a first assistant in OT in all Thoracic cases
- Take part in regular OT , IP and OP work as needed
- Take night duties and calls in accordance with departmental needs
- Take active part in academics , data collection and research activities
- To publish atleast 1 article as first author in a peer reviewed journal of national or international repute
- At the end of the course the candidate shall receive a fellowship completion certificate from the Dept. of Thoracic surgery, Yashoda hospital , Secunderabad
Stipend: Rs.1,12,500 / month
How to Apply:
Candidates can send their detailed CV by email to drbala21101@gmail.com
Deadline for submission of application form January 20, 2022.
The CV shall be reviewed by the course coordinator and the decision shall be informed by Jan 21 , 2022 .
Online interview shall be held on Jan 22nd , 2022. The course shall begin on Feb 1, 2022 .
For any queries, contact: Dr. Balasubramoniam KR – 854 786 8097
Centers Of Excellence
Yashoda Hospitals Secundrabad
Yashoda Hospitals Malakpet
Yashoda Hospitals Somajiguda
Yashoda Hospitals Hitech City