Ph.D. Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

The superspeciality of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery came into existence in 1964 as a Division. and became a Department in 1998. The Department has a sanctioned strength of 4 teaching faculty. The major thrust of the department is on open heart surgery and coronary bypass surgery.
The department has awarded M.Ch. degrees to 4 candidates and Ph.D. to one. In addition. postgraduate students of the Department of General Surgery are provided superspeciality training in Cardiothoracic Surgery for a period of 2-8 months.