Plastic Surgery is a specialty in the field of medicine dealing with the restoration and correction of function and form of parts of human body. Even though aesthetic or cosmetic surgery is the popular type of plastic surgery, most of the plastic surgeries are not cosmetic and it includes different types like microsurgery, hand surgery, reconstructive surgery and treatment of burns.

M. Ch in Plastic Surgery is a surgical specialty course offered by more than 50 medical colleges in India that are approved by the Medical Council of India and the names of government colleges offering this course in India are given below:

Andhra Pradesh:

• Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

• Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

• Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

Assam:

• Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

Bihar:

• Patna Medical College, Patna

Delhi:

• Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Gujarat:

• MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar

• B J Medical College, Ahmedabad

• Government Medical College, Surat

• Medical College, Baroda

Karnataka:

• Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Haryana:

• Pt. B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana)

Kerala:

• Government Medical College, Kottayam

• Govt. Medical College, Calicut

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Maharashtra:

• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

• Government Medical College, Nagpur

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai

Orissa:

• SCB Medical College, Cuttack

Punjab:

• Government Medical College, Patiala

• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

Rajasthan:

• SMS Medical College, Jaipur

Tamil Nadu:

• Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore

• Madras Medical College, Chennai

• Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu

• Stanley Medical College, Chennai

• Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur

• Madurai Medical College, Madurai

• Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

Uttar Pradesh:

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

West Bengal:

• Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata

• Medical College, Kolkata

• RG Kar Medical College, Calcutta

Eligibility:

For seeking admission to the M. Ch in Plastic Surgery course, candidates must have completed their MBBS with one-year internship and MD/MS in medicine or orthopedic surgery from an institution approved by the Medical Council of India.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to the M. Ch in Plastic Surgery is done based on the performance of the students in entrance examination, which might either be all-India or state level entrance examination.

Future prospects:

M. Ch in Plastic Surgery course offers adequate theoretical and practical knowledge to the students to undertake major plastic surgery with high-level of safety and these professional can find employment opportunities in critical care units in government/private hospitals.