- 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

Criteria

Standard Requirement

Basic 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.

📌 Professor - Plastic Surgeon (Bhuj)
🏢 Vitality Healthcare
📍 Bhuj