DM Pulmonology

Short description
Super-specialty doctorate preparing physicians for advanced management of respiratory diseases, critical-care pulmonology, and interventional pulmonary procedures.

Description
Program provides intensive clinical exposure in respiratory medicine, critical care, interventional pulmonology, and systemic disease interactions. Training is governed by MEC entrance exam standards and conducted across KU-affiliated institutions. Emphasis on evidence-based respiratory care, advanced diagnostics, procedures, and multidisciplinary integration.

Curricular structure (table only)

Features
• Three-year super-specialty program under KUSMS
• Training at Nobel Medical College and Birat Medical College
• Admission strictly via MEC single-best-response MCQ exam
• Exposure to interventional pulmonology and critical-care systems
• Structured subspecialty integration
• Designed for advanced respiratory-medicine leadership

Eligibility
• MD Internal Medicine or equivalent
• Specialty registration with Nepal Medical Council or respective national council

Admission process
• Register for MEC entrance examination.
• Sit for 200-question MCQ exam (3 hours, pass mark 100).
• Ranking and seat allocation performed under MEC guidelines.
• Enrollment at assigned KU-affiliated institution after selection.

Job prospects
• Pulmonologist in tertiary-care hospitals
• Consultant in respiratory and critical-care units
• Specialist roles in asthma, COPD, ILD, TB, sleep medicine
• Pulmonary function-testing and interventional pulmonology units
• Clinical researcher in respiratory diseases
• Faculty roles in medical colleges
• Public-health and lung-health program leadership