Professor - Plastic Surgeon

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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