- Clinical & Advanced Surgical Leadership
- Complex Reconstructive Microsurgery: Perform and supervise intricate microvascular procedures, including free tissue transfers (e.g., DIEP, ALT flaps) for oncology reconstruction, limb salvage, and complex defect coverage.
- Trauma & Maxillofacial Reconstruction: Lead surgical interventions for acute maxillofacial trauma, hand and upper extremity injuries (including digit replantations), and severe soft-tissue loss.
- Burn Care & Post-Burn Reconstruction: Oversee acute burn management and direct secondary reconstructive procedures for post-burn contractures, scars, and functional deformities.
- Congenital & Aesthetic Interventions: Supervise the surgical correction of cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, vascular malformations, and perform or oversee elective aesthetic/cosmetic procedures where integrated into the institutional framework.
- Academic Direction & Training
- Super-Specialty Guidance: Act as an accredited postgraduate and super-specialty guide for $MCh$ or $DNB$ Plastic Surgery residents, taking accountability for their surgical logbook progressions and thesis completions.
- Educational Programming: Design the academic roster, coordinating regular surgical grand rounds, clinical case presentations, micro-surgical lab training simulations, and multi-disciplinary tumor or trauma boards.
- Examiner Duties: Serve as an internal or external examiner for university super-specialty ($MCh/DNB$) board examinations.
- Research & Scholarly Output
- Surgical Innovation & Research: Lead clinical or experimental research projects, such as studying flap survival outcomes, wound healing technologies, or tissue expansion techniques.
- Indexed Publishing: Ensure the department meets academic metrics by regularly publishing original research, case series, or technical innovations in peer-reviewed, indexed journals (e.g., PubMed, Medline, Scopus) as the primary or corresponding author.
- Administrative & Departmental Governance
- Surgical Suite & Burn Unit Management: Direct the operational rotation of specialized Operation Theatres (OTs), allocate cases to junior faculty (Associate and Assistant Professors), and manage specialized infrastructure like Burn ICUs.
- Asset Procurement: Oversee the budgeting and procurement of high-cost specialized equipment, including surgical microscopes, micro-instruments, dermatomes, and specialized laser systems.
- Regulatory Compliance: Safeguard the department's certification by strictly adhering to the infrastructure, equipment, bed-strength, and faculty-to-student ratios mandated by the National Medical Commission (NMC) or equivalent regional bodies.
Minimum Qualifications & Eligibility Criteria
CriteriaStandard RequirementBasic Medical Degree MBBS from an accredited medical college.
Postgraduate Degree MS or DNB in General Surgery.
Super-Specialty Degree MCh or DNB in Plastic Surgery / Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.
Teaching Experience A minimum of
8 years of post-super-specialty teaching experience, featuring at least 3 years as a designated Associate Professor in an approved, recognized medical teaching institution.
Research Requirements A verified portfolio of academic writing, typically requiring a minimum of 4 indexed publications (with at least 2 published during the candidate's tenure as an Associate Professor) as first or corresponding author.
