Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology at KMC

Mangalore

Advanced Training in Oncologic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery

The Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology is a oneyear advanced surgical training program offered at Kasturba Medical College (KMC), MAHE, designed to support your development into an independent specialist in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery.

As a fellow, you play an integral role across both oncologic and reconstructive surgery services, gaining comprehensive exposure to head and neck cancer management, reconstruction, and endocrine surgery involving the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Training is delivered through structured clinical responsibility, operative experience, multidisciplinary decisionmaking, and academic engagement.

Program Highlights

Advanced Oncologic Surgical Training: You take a lead role in managing head and neck oncology patients across evaluation, surgical planning, operative care, and posttreatment followup.

Reconstructive Surgery Exposure: Our program includes extensive handson experience in reconstructive surgery, with over 50 reconstructive procedures performed annually, alongside an equivalent number of regional flap procedures.

Leadership and Team-Based Care: Working with a team of 12 residents, you develop leadership capability while coordinating patient care across oncologic, reconstructive, and endocrine surgery units.

Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Participation: You play a key role in weekly head and neck multidisciplinary tumor board meetings, contributing to case discussions and consensusbased treatment planning for all newly diagnosed patients.

Diverse Endocrine Surgery Experience: Structured exposure to thyroid and parathyroid surgical cases supports broadbased surgical competence within head and neck oncology practice.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.

Patient Care

Working with a team of 12 residents, you develop leadership capability while coordinating patient care across oncologic, reconstructive, and endocrine surgery units.

Clinical Training

Benefit from dedicated oncology and reconstructive surgery postings, where you evaluate patients, assist and perform surgeries, and manage perioperative care under faculty supervision.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon the completion of this program, you can:

Independently evaluate and stage head and neck cancer patients

Formulate comprehensive oncologic treatment plans in coordination with multidisciplinary teams

Perform ablative head and neck cancer surgeries under supervision

Plan and execute reconstructive procedures including regional flaps

Manage thyroid and parathyroid surgical patients as part of head and neck oncology practice

Participate effectively in tumor board discussions and evidencebased treatment decisionmaking

Provide longitudinal followup care for oncology and reconstructive surgery patients

Industry and Academia Connect

Our meaningful collaborations with industry leaders and global universities enhance your career opportunities and higher education pathways:

Admissions Path

Apply Online

Department Test (DT) & Personal Interview (PI)

Merit List based on DT & PI

Provisional Admission notice to shortlisted candidates

Admission Formalities

Program Eligibility

You must successfully complete MS or DNB in ENT or General Surgery, recognized by the National Medical Commission (NMC) / erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI). Desirable: Work experience in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology.

Curriculum and Fees

Year 1

Curriculum details will be updated shortly

Program Duration

1 year

Total Program Fee

General:

INR 11,03,000

Total Program Fee

NRI/Foreign:

USD 17,250

100 CR⁺

Worth of Scholarships

25⁺

Program Highlights

Advanced Oncologic Surgical Training: You take a lead role in managing head and neck oncology patients across evaluation, surgical planning, operative care, and posttreatment followup.

Diverse Endocrine Surgery Experience: Structured exposure to thyroid and parathyroid surgical cases supports broadbased surgical competence within head and neck oncology practice.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.

Patient Care

Working with a team of 12 residents, you develop leadership capability while coordinating patient care across oncologic, reconstructive, and endocrine surgery units.

Clinical Training

Benefit from dedicated oncology and reconstructive surgery postings, where you evaluate patients, assist and perform surgeries, and manage perioperative care under faculty supervision.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.

Lab Work

Surgical skill development is reinforced through supervised operative exposure and stepwise responsibility in complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures.