• Recognized by Mumbai University for M.Ch degree. 3 years course. It is also a centre for conducting M.Ch plastic surgery examinations.
• No. of seats: M.Ch degree: 2
• The unit consists of 2 RECOGNISED TEACHERS.
• Residents: 4th year, 5th year & 6th year. Registrar post -1, House post - 1
• Lectures are taken for UG, PG, OT, and PT students. Prepared lecture slides and power-point presentations are kept available for everyone.
• Weekly seminar, journal reading, case presentations form part of teaching.
• Residents are encouraged to attend various workshops and present papers in conferences in rotation.
  

Observers

• An observer post lasting from 1-3 month duration is available. The fee is Rs. 3000/- per month. Candidates need to apply for the same to Dean, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012.
• Hospital accommodation is not provided & arrangements for stay need to be made independently.

Library

The departmental library houses more than 400 books and journals pertaining to our specialty. Right at the inception we were able to borrow some classics from the Bacha Memorial Library of our Hospital and these are our prized possessions. A number of books autographed by the authors are a valued part of this collection. e.g. "The essentials of Plastic Surgery" by Eric Peet and Tom Patterson.

Examinership

Besides being an internal examiner for Bombay university 17 times, Dr. R. E. Rana has been an external examiner for M Ch plastic surgery exams at the following universities:

Activities: 2005

Clinical meeting
The bimonthly Clinical meeting of the Bombay Group of Plastic Surgeons was held by us in March 2005. The meeting was well attended (by about 60 plastic surgeons) and well appreciated. The following topics were presented -

1. Complex faciomaxillary injuries
2. Composite splinting for pediatric mandibular fractures
3. Porocarcinoma
4. Pseudo aneurysms of lower limb
5. Pseudo aneurysm of external carotid artery
6. Angiokeratoma
7. Sarcomas of the hand

• Invited Talk by Dr.Vinita Puri on "First-aid and primary management of burns" in a seminar on "Violence on women - A burning issue" on 14th October 2005. The seminar was organized by the Burns Association Of India and Rotary Club of Bombay, Worli and well attended by doctors, nursing staff, social workers, NGOs and representatives of women's organizations.
• Lecture by Dr. Vinita Puri on "Management of Burns" at seminar organized by Burns Association of India at National Burns Center, Aieroli, Navi Mumbai in July 2005. It was attended by general surgeons, Plastic surgeons, anesthetists as well as general practitioners working in the private setup from the central suburbs -Thane - Navi Mumbai areas.
• Guest lecture by Dr. Amresh Baliarsing at the Oncology Conference of Federation of SAARC countries, Goa. April 2005
• Dr. Amresh Baliarsing was faculty at the Hands on microsurgery training course organized by Johnson and Johnson at Ethicon Institute, Mahim in March and September
  

• Dr. Vinita Puri offered services at the plastic surgery camp at Upleta, Rajkot in January 2005
• All resident doctors of our department served in the Blood donation drives organized by the Blood Bank of KEM post Mumbai floods.

• Orissa state chapter of Association of Surgeons of India - Annual conference, February 2005, attended by Dr.A.S.Baliarsing
• National Association of Burns Conference, New Delhi in February, attended by Dr.V.A.Puri
• International Plastic Surgery conference at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai. March 2005, attended by Dr.R.E.Rana, Dr.A.S.Baliarsing, Dr.V.A.Puri, Dr. Sanjay Mahendru, Dr. Ambrish Gupta
• Microsurgery hands on workshop attended by Dr. Ambrish Gupta and Dr Sanath Bhandare
• Dr. Vinita Puri and Dr. Anuranjan Gupta attended APSICON 2005 (National conference of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India) held at New Delhi. The following papers were presented:-
  
  - A 3 year audit of 245 cases of maxillofacial trauma
  - Basal cell carcinoma: an 8 year audit
  - An unusual complication of pressure garments: a case report
  - Pseudo aneurysms of lower limb: our experience of 3 cases