Someone please give some info about the current status of nuclear medicine in india and also dnb nuclear medicine… all the previous posts in the forum are about 2-3 years old…It would be of great help if someone who has completed their postgraduation in NM or someone who’s currently doing their PG in NM throws some light on this…Waiting for your valuable responses…!!!
Also throw some light on DNB NM at Narayana Hrudayalaya…
Yes, even i’ve heard that NM is good at Narayana Hrudayalaya Bangalore. (I’ve heard that almost all branches are good at NH bangalore for that matter )Apart from that, from other threads in RxPG, seems like BARC (Baba Atomic Research Centre) bombay is the best institute for NM in India.
So many NM seats are available this time in DNB according to the provisional seats list on website.
actually NM physicians might be way busy minting money…lol
This is the list of DNB NM seats for jan session 2013, as per provisional list on NBE website
Apollo Hospital Chennai - 1
Apollo Hospital Hyderabad - 1
Army Hospital (R & R) Delhi - 2
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre & Hospital Bombay - 2
Bombay Hospital & Instt. of Med.sciences - 2
Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bnagalore - 2
P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & RC, Mumbai - 2
Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai - 1
Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical, Kashmir - 2
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi - 1
Total number of seats --> 16
how is the life after dnb in nuclear medicine
salary n packages growth etc kya h?
dnb me kitni rank tak nuclear medicine mil jata h?
barcn narayna hrudalaya me se which is bettr?
india me job kaha kaha h aftr dnb in nm?
salary for dnb in corporate setup starts from 70k-1lac a month…depends on where u did ur dnb n your research credentials during course
barc anytime cuz they have a lot o scope for research…couple o papers n ur life is settled for good
job opportunities mostly in metropolitan cities…
very few institutes…aiims,pgi Chandigarh, sgpgi Lucknow…m not aware of the rest but there appear to be a few more…most others offer drm or dnb in n.med…
but six md n.med seats gonna b available in next aiims session so buckle up
training in an institute with pet-ct against one without it makes a heaven-n-hell difference… cuz current trend of evidence based medicine has elevated the necessity of pet-ct especially in a field like oncology…gamma camera is essential but pet-ct is gonna be ur bread n butter if u gonna be thinking of taking up this branch
Thank you ganesh sir for your quick response
Can you please tell us about your institute, its working culture and atmosphere?
I assume there are Limited number of scans that can be done on a single day, Is it true?
DNB in Nuclear Medicine is a good choice given that there are still not so many MD/Diploma seats in this field.
MD NM seats have increased in the past 2-3 years (now at AIIMS,PGI,SGPGI, Tata memorial, Amrita Kochi etc), but NM is still a very niche community and any degree/diploma is worth it if you are interested enough.
On the flipside, DNB NM final exams are conducted only once an year and in case you donot clear at once, you need to hang on for an year to appear for the final exam again.
Despite this, there is no dearth of SR posts or consultant posts if you are ready to work in smaller towns right after PG.
While picking a seat, prefer a department where PET, gamma camera and therapeutic set up are present in the hospital with good workload and variety.
Speak to PGs working in the department. Choose a department with a robust academic program since no one has exposure to Nuclear Medicine in undergrad.
my inference from d ideas of my seniors is RT better dan NM… RT is quiet well established now, dats not d case with NM… most of d prof n assistant in nuclear medicine dept are MDRT or DRM … though NM is gud course, there r several drawbacks… just read d RT forum n NM forum thoroughly, u can make d choice… u can get RT definitely…
if u r really interested in NM den go 4 it… u cant jus take n try dis year… lot of hurdles in taking d seat… think b4 opting d branch… u need 2 study nuclear physics n stuffs more related to radiation , isotopes etc… not d usual medicine… so don waste d oppurtunity which is only once this time… jus ask urself if ur interested in it…
2 of my frnds doing NM… wat dey said is … u ll be paid ok… i fear if der ll be any big improvement in pay later… as its almost getting saturated n ders special 1yr course for PET, which d radiologists join n get trained nowadays, jus don take for money sake… its not such big money minting course…
Is nuclear medicine really going to make it big in a few years to come, like everyone is claiming to be? Or is it just a hot air and the optimism eventually fizzling out?
which is better to take ??
md nuclear medicine at SVIMS,tirupathi or non clinicals in aiims ??
whose future would b better ?? opportunities fr growth in tht particular subj and earnings also ??
i am left only with these two options ryt now …
order of preference when there z no specific inclination to any branch
micro,pharma,patho,anat,bio,phisio at aiims and nuclear med at svims,tirupathi
some ppl say 40-60k per month aftr passing out and scope is not tht good …
but here few posts say tht the pay wud b around 1 lakh ??
i have seen and heard all ur queries regarding nuclear medicine . I must not hype about the subject but lets face the facts . If u are thinking of nuclear medicine a. u are not getting a good rank and are out of options. b. u want to try something new .
please focus :
we are an elite branch with very good earning perspective
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We can create radioactive guided missiles to treat cancers which are left unattended by most chemo or radiotherapy regimens (read peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for radionuclide therapies)- therapeutic part
In thyroid cancer after surgery all the patients responsibility comes to u . they require long term follow ups with more than satisfactory results.
Defy radiologists in deciding in patients whether a PCI or CABG will help by doing a viability test- nuclear cardiology
Become a cardiac astrologer , predict how many cardiac events going to happen each year.
Renal - may it be transplant or obstruction of gfr measurement , nobody can ignore u
Bones- breast ca or prostate ca - first line of investigation is a bone scan its u
cholecystis - acaclulous , acute- HIDA = u
Chronic liver disease- you
chronic pulmonary embolism - you.
PET CT
all staging of cancers - need u to stage them , plus all cancers need u to tell the m stage , predict a lesion without a morphologic abnormality 6 month s before CT tells u - FDG PET CT google
Neuroendocrine tumours, paraganglionomas, tumour induced osteomalacia, pheochromocytoma - gallium doatatate petct .
Prostate cancer- gallium PSMA
These scans u are better than radiologist
Therapies - CD20 - rituximab linked I-131 therapy for CD 20 positive lymphomas, Lu 177 PSMA therapy for castrate resistant prostate tumours, Lu 177 dotatate - for grade 1/2 NET (inoperable) Iodine -131 - for graves and post throidectomy thyroid ca management .- in all these cases u are the nuclear oncologist.
Special therapies - radiation synovectomy , bone pain palliation.TARE for big liver tumours.
Sentinel lymph node detection.
Alzeheimers detection, epilepsy seizure focus - pet
These are all things i practice and do in jaslok hospital mumbai … i love it cause i am at edge of medicine … the future … the potential cure of all life threatening diseases . Now u ask me if i am a loser . I got 499 rank in my dnb and proudly chose nuclear medicine in jaslok hospital defying radiology , medicine , and wat not . Live a life of adventure .
And wat about pay i get 42000 in hand as a resident with accomodation and food in south bombay now with offers of 1.5 lac pm and above knocking at my doorstep already. Beat that . People in nuclear medicine are mostly not by choice but by compulsion hence they are faltering at popularising it . I welcome brilliant minds to challenge the frontiers