DEPARTMENT OF Anaesthesiology
| Dept. Head | : | Dr. Letha J. |
| Location | : | |
| OP Days & Time | : | Pre-Anaesthetic checkup (OP on all days except Sundays 9 am to 1 pm) Pain and Palliative clinic (OP on all days except Sundays 9 am to 1 pm) |
About us
The Department of Anaesthesiology, GMC Kottayam initially worked as a subspeciality under the department of surgery in 1965 under Dr Mary George. It then began functioning independently as a separate department in 1969 under the able leadership of Dr Mary George. Over the years it has steadily grown and become a state- of –the- art centre for clinical excellence ,education and research.
Currently the department is headed by Dr Sheela Verghese and it also include 4 Associate Professors and 21 Assistant Professors. We have 1 Theatre Assistant and 13 Theatre Technicians
The department caters to various specialities and superspecialities like General Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, OBG, Urology, Neurosurgery, Oncosurgery, Gastrosurgery, OMFS, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery and CTVS .In addition to that we also provide Anaesthesia for Cardiac Catheterization, Interventional Radiology, Radiotherapy and ECT.
The MultIi-disciplinary Intensive Care Unit, under the Department of Anaesthesia established in 2016, is a 26 bedded ICU which caters to around 150 to 200 critically ill patients per month. It is well equiped with high end monitors, point of care ultrasound ,dialysis and CRRT machines. We also have an ECMO machine which is an advanced lifesaving technology.
Facilities
- Postoperative Recovery
- Acute and Chronic pain management
- Labour Analgesia
- Transplant Anaesthesia for Heart, Liver, Kidney and Cornea
- Anaesthesia for elective cases in surgery and allied superspecialities.
- Anaesthesia for non-operating room procedures like ECT, DSA, CT, MRI, Interventional Radiology, Assisted Reproductive Techniques.
- Emergency Critical care in casualty
- Critical Care ICU
- Emergency anaesthesia for Trauma and other surgical specialities
- Anaesthesia for organ harvesting for brain dead organ donor.
FACULTY
| Sl. No. | NAME | DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Letha J. | Professor and HOD |
| 2 | Dr. Santhi K.S. | Associate Professor |
| 3 | Dr. Ganga G. | Associate Professor |
| 4 | Dr. Jamuna Rani | Associate Professor |
| 5 | Dr. Ratheesh Kumar R. | Associate Professor |
| 6 | Dr. Rejimol Varghese | Assistant Professor |
| 7 | Dr. Sreedevi C. R. | Assistant Professor |
| 8 | Dr. Sheeba Franklin | Assistant Professor |
| 9 | Dr. Elizabeth Joseph | Assistant Professor |
| 10 | Dr. Anuraj V.T. | Assistant Professor |
| 11 | Dr Susan T. Cheeran | Assistant Professor |
| 12 | Dr. Sethunadh R. | Assistant Professor |
| 13 | Dr. Suja K.C. | Assistant Professor |
| 14 | Dr. Thomas Joseph | Assistant Professor |
| 15 | Dr. Shiril Ashraf M.A. | Assistant Professor |
| 16 | Dr. Nirmala Mathew | Assistant Professor |
| 17 | Dr. Priya M.T. | Assistant Professor |
| 18 | Roshin Reeba Joseph | Assistant Professor |
| 19 | Kavitha P. | Assistant Professor |
| 20 | Dr. Febin Sathar | Assistant Professor |
| 21 | Dr. Divya D. | Assistant Professor |
| 22 | Dr.Sherin Sara Roy | Assistant Professor |
| 23 | Dr. Bincy V. Thomas | Assistant Professor |
| 24 | Dr. Elizabeth Lovely C.A. | Assistant Professor |
Courses
- MD Anaesthesia – 14 seats / year
- DOTAT Course – 10 seats /year
Academics
- Classes for UG( MBBS, BDS), PG Students and nursing students.
- Lecture classes for DOTAT trainees
- In house training for BLS and ACLS for interns, PGs and nurses.
- Research activities for PGs as well as Faculties.
- PhD programme.