The Objective and Thrust of the Department

The vision of the Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) of PIEAS is "the advancement in Medical Sciences by taking leading role for excellence in academics and innovation, through strong commitment toward betterment of healthcare system".

DMS is striving to train the medical doctors in the fields related to the use of radiation in medicine. Currently the department is offering MSc degree programmes in Nuclear Medicine and Radiation & Medical Oncology for medical doctors. These programmes are designed to provide them a thorough grounding in the principles and applications of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques using radiations and radioisotopes. During training medical doctors are also equipped with the necessary tools for carrying out meaningful research in their respective fields.

Since Nuclear Medicine and Radiation & Medical Oncology are multidisciplinary fields that combine medicine, chemistry, physics, statistics, mathematics and computer sciences;the department also has a rich amalgam of full time and part time faculty comprising of physicians, radio-pharmacists, physicists, engineers, mathematicians and computer experts, all contributing in the programmes of DMS efficiently.

Last Updated: 25 April 2014