Faculty

• Dr. Chau P. Manpoong

Introduction

The Department of Anatomy is located in -2 level of the Basic Medical Block of the Institute and started in August 2008 with the joining of Professor Asima Bhattacharyya as the Head of the department.

The MBBS course was started from 1st September, 2008 with 50 students. Dr. Amitav Sarma and Dr. Sarah Ralte joined the department as Assistant Professor in August, 2011 and Dr. Bishwajeet Saikia joined the department as Assistant Professor on 16th April, 2015. Currently the department has 2 Senior Residents and 1 Post Graduate student.

The department has a dissection hall with attached embalming room, Histology Laboratory, Museum, Library, Demonstration rooms (each room has a capacity of 50 students) and Research laboratories.

The dissection hall has 3 embalming tanks, dissection tables and x-ray view boxes. Other than these it is furnished with 3 mortuary coolers and 2 band saw machine along with human skeleton models.
Cadavers embalming is done for the study of human anatomy as well as for transportation of dead bodies to their native places.

The Histology laboratory is furnished with 50 binocular microscopes to study microscopic anatomy.

The museum is furnished with sufficient numbers of models, charts and dissected body parts and organs.

The number of books in the department library is approximately 200.

One demonstration room has an overhead projector, desktop visualiser and interactive white board (for MBBS and BSc nursing) used for lectures, demonstrations, tutorials & PG seminars. The research laboratory is furnished with different kinds of microtome, incubators and ovens.

Other than the Research laboratory, the department has also have a genetic laboratory which is furnished with Bio safety cabinet, CO2 Incubator and in the process of being established with more genetic instruments. Both the Assistant Professor completed a short-course training programme on techniques of Human Karyotyping at NEHU in 2013. The department is now in process of processing Cytogenesis work station with modernized research microscope and genetic software.

Body donation process has been started from 2009.

The faculty of the department has published their research works in both national and international journals.

The “Hands on cadavers’ dissection workshop on FESS” was organized in the department in collaboration with the department on ENT from 2009 to 2011.

The department has conducted a One day Symposium, the “Indira Gandhi Memorial Lecture” on 19th December, 2013.

The department has also conducted a Workshop on “Emerging role of Virtual Dissection Technology in Integrated Medical Teaching” on 27th November, 2015. Post graduate studies have been started in the department since 2013.

Infrastructure

• Dissection Hall with attached Embalming room.
• Histology Laboratory & Genetic Laboratory
• Museum.
• Library cum Seminar room
• Demonstration rooms
• Research Laboratories.

Services

• Furnishing and development of infra structure.
• Dissected parts and organs have been prepared and preserved for teaching and examination purpose.
• Specimens collected from cadavers were mounted displayed and also used for making permanent histology slides.
• Thirty two new books are added to the departmental library during the year 2015. Total number of books is 200 (approx).
• Dissection training is conducted on embalmed human cadavers procured from Medical Colleges, Kolkata.
• Starting of Post graduate programme MD anatomy from the year 2013 onwards (Intake: 2 PG seats)

Academic Activities

• Regular classes and seminar/demonstrations are being held for Undergraduate (MBBS & Nursing), Postgraduate students and Resident doctors.
• Regular class tests are being held for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
• Workshops, symposia are conducted by the department from time to time.

Vision of Department

• Starting PhD programme.
• Establishment of Genetic Laboratory and starting research.
• Improving the museum and laboratories of the department.
• Introducing software based teaching methods in Anatomy.
• Introducing virtual classroom teaching.
• Procuring one high end research fluorescence Trinocular microscope with digital attachment and genetic software applications.