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Building pathways to new avenues Table 2: Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Doctorate of National Board in Super Specialties (Post
Besides offering the traditionally-practised Programmes run by the National Board of MD, MS, DNB 3-years Programmes)
Examinations in Medical Sciences
specialties, the National Board of Examinations in Paediatric Critical Care Surgical Gastroenterology
Medical Sciences has been a staunch protagonist Post MBBS Diplomate of National Board Paediatric Neurology Surgical Oncology
in Broad Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Paediatric Surgery
of opening doors to new avenues. It is currently Plastic and Reconstructive Urology
Vascular Surgery
Surgery
running postgraduate and postdoctoral programmes Anaesthesiology Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Anatomy
in 99 disciplines, and of the many avant-garde steps Biochemistry Orthopaedics Fellowship Programmes of National Board (FNB)
taken by it, the proactive measure to initiate six- Community Medicine Otorhinolaryngology Arthroplasty Sports Medicine
Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Breast Imaging
Paediatrics
Dermatology, Venereology and
year combined postgraduate programmes in sub- Leprosy Palliative Medicine Hand & Micro Surgery Vitreo Retinal Surgery
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Infectious Diseases
specialities is extremely beneficial for the candidates Emergency Medicine Pathology Maternal & Foetal Medicine Foetal Radiology
Family Medicine
Pharmacology
who wish to pursue a specific area in medical Forensic Medicine Physical Medicine and Minimal Access Surgery Paediatric Anaesthesia
Onco- Anaesthesia
Paediatric Gastroenterology
Rehabilitation
General Medicine
science. Much at the same time, it has exhibited its General Surgery Physiology Paediatric Haemato-Oncology Transplant Anaesthesia
mind’s eye in bringing such new domains as medical Hospital Administration Psychiatry Paediatric Nephrology Trauma Anaesthesia and Critical
Care
Pain Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Immunohematology and Blood
genetics, sports medicine, paediatric sub-specialties, Transfusion Radiodiagnosis Reproductive Medicine Head and Neck Oncology
Bariatric Surgery
Spine Surgery
neuroanaesthesia, family medicine, and emergency Microbiology Respiratory Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
medicine into its fold. Doctorate of National Board in Super Specialties Post Doctoral Fellowship Programmes of
National Board (FNB-PD)
The programmes run by the National Board in (Post MBBS 6-years Programmes)
various specialties and sub-specialities is reproduced Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Paediatric Surgery Interventional Cardiology Andrology
Liver Transplantation
Minimal Access Urology
in Table 2. These programmes are a true reflection Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Neurovascular Intervention Paediatric Urology
Neuro Surgery
Surgery
Renal Transplant
Cardiac Electrophysiology
of the Board’s holistic perspective and progressive Doctorate of National Board in Super Specialties (Post Post MBBS 2-years NBEMS Diploma Programmes
thinking. MD, MS, DNB 3-years Programmes) Anaesthesiology Ophthalmology
Led by this affirmative “ahead of the times” Cardiac Anaesthesia Interventional Radiology Obstetrics and Gynaecology Otorhinolaryngology
approach, the board has also been progressively Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Medical Gastroenterology Paediatrics Radiodiagnosis
Tuberculosis and Chest Disease
Family Medicine
increasing its total number of postgraduate and Surgery Medical Genetics
Medical Oncology
Cardiology
postdoctoral seats (Table 3). Beginning with a mere Clinical Haematology Neonatology
Clinical Immunology and
Nephrology
146 seats in 1982, the National Board today offers a Rheumatology Neuro Anaesthesia
total of 12,228 postgraduate seats each year, a more Critical Care Medicine Neuro Surgery
Neurology
Endocrinology
than 80-fold quantum jump. Gynaecological Oncology Paediatric Cardiology
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