All India Advanced Fellowship in Nuclear Oncology
under the aegis of the Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India
The Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India invites its members to submit an application for accreditation of their centers as a “Centre of Excellence” for conducting “An advanced Fellowship in Nuclear Oncology”.
This fellowship is being offered with the aim of imparting extensive training in the diagnostic and therapeutic use of nuclear medicine in patients with cancer. The course curriculum includes instruction in Positron Emission Tomography as well as the use of specific non FDG PET tracers for metabolic imaging of human tumors, conventional nuclear medicine with special emphasis on cancer imaging and nuclear medicine therapy. In addition, there will be an opportunity for basic instruction in oncology, onco-pathology, dosimetry, imaging physics, radiochemistry and PET guided interventional procedures.
No of Fellowship Positions: One per Centre of Excellence
Duration: 1 year extendable for a maximum period of 2 years
Eligibility Criteria:
Minimum Eligibility For Centres:
Infrastructure:
At Least One PET CT
At least one SPECT Gamma Camera
At Least one bed for inpatient High dose Nuclear Medicine Therapy
Essential Faculty Requirement
One Senior Consultant
MD/DNB in Nuclear Medicine with an experience of at least 15 years in active
nuclear medicine with teaching experience of at least 5 yrs.
One Consultant
MD/DNB in Nuclear Medicine with an experience of at least 9 years in active
nuclear medicine
One Technologist/Physicist with a working experience of at least 5 years with
experience in advanced radiochemistry and radiophysics. Teaching experience is
desirable.
Centres already conducting DNB/MD programs in nuclear medicine will be given
preference
Application: The attached application should be completed and sent on email to
anirudhan_n@yahoo.com or to ibaratsen@gmail.com.
Eligibility of Fellows
Essential: MD/DNB degree in Nuclear Medicine
Desirable:
• Work experience in an oncology setting
• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• Participation in Clinical or Basic Sciences Research
• Work experience in an oncology setting
• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• Participation in Clinical or Basic Sciences Research
Duties and Responsibilities of Fellows:
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine in Oncology
ï‚· Plan, review and Interpret Planar, SPECT and F18 FDG PET-CT cases in patients
of cancer under the supervision of the attending nuclear medicine physician
ï‚· Work closely with the radiology department/attending nuclear medicine
physicians to understand the basics of cross sectional imaging
ï‚· Assist and perform under supervision all non FDG based PET and SPECT scans
like I-131 scans, Ga 68 labelled radioligand and radiopeptide imaging scans and
any other such studies being done in the department
ï‚· Assist in intraoperative nuclear medicine procedures like sentinel node biopsies
and gamma probe guided excisions
ï‚· Assist and perform under supervision all interventional cases being conducted in
the department which may include PET CT guided biopsies, PET CT guided
insertion of radiotherapy fiducial markers and any other interventional
procedures being done in the department
ï‚· Actively assist in the PET CT guided radiation treatment planning scans and
work closely with the department of radiation oncology in the hospital to
understand the basics of radiation treatment planning
ï‚· Collaborate with the department of pathology for clinicopathological correlation
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in Oncology
ï‚· Assist and perform under supervision nuclear medicine therapies such as low
and high dose Iodine therapies, PRRT, PRLT, Radioimmunotherapy.
ï‚· Learn and understand the basics of internal dosimetry and assist and perform
dosimetry procedures in patients undergoing radioisotope therapies
ï‚· Assist and work closely with the interventional radiology team in interventional
procedures like transarterial radioembolisation and intra arterial infusions
ï‚· Follow up patients and record outcomes for the purposes of audit and
publications
ï‚· Assist the consultants in departmental clinics.
Academic and Research Oppurtunities:
ï‚· Prepare and present cases at resident case conferences and multidisciplinary
tumor boards
ï‚· Conduct at least 20 intra department teaching sessions/seminars/journal club
sessions during the tenure. A record of these sessions will be maintained in the
fellowship book.
ï‚· Record data for the purposes of clinical audit and trials
ï‚· The Fellows are encouraged to pursue any relevant line of research that excites
their interest, with the assistance of a faculty mentor. Fellows are expected to
complete research projects in an area of their interest, present their findings in
national meetings and publish at least two original articles in leading peer
reviewed indexed journals (with faculty assistance) during their tenure
Fellowship Program Evaluation:
To ensure that the trainee has had adequate exposure to different treatment sites
and planning processes the fellow will be required to maintain an up to date
“Fellowship Book”; which will contain records of the experience of the fellow in the
different treatment site rotations. This record will have to be successfully
presented to the supervising consultant at the end of each block of the rotation
and the record book has to be signed by the fellow and the supervising
consultant. The fellowship book will be submitted at the time of the annual
assessment
The fellows will be assessed by a team of senior team of assessor from ANMPI in
the annual fellowship assessment exam
A successful fellowship certificate will be issued to the fellows who successfully
clear the assessment examination.
Fee: The candidate will pay a one time non refundable fee of 25000 INR to ANMPI.
The fee should be paid within 1 month of joining the fellowship program.
Remuneration to Fellows: The Fellows will be paid a remuneration equal to that of a Senior Resident in the organization. They will also be eligible to the same benefits as a senior resident in the organization where the fellow is recruited.
Application: The attached application should be completed and sent on email to
anirudhan_n@yahoo.com or to ibaratsen@gmail.com.
