MD Anaesthesiology

• Specialization that trains physicians to provide anesthesia, airway management, perioperative care, critical care support, and pain management.
• Three-year postgraduate program under Kathmandu University focused on clinical anesthesia, ICU management, emergency airway handling, regional anesthesia, pain medicine, perioperative optimization, and advanced monitoring.
• Training occurs across operating rooms, intensive care units, emergency departments, and pain clinics.
• Builds competence in administering anesthesia for all surgical specialties, stabilizing critically ill patients, managing ventilators, handling trauma and resuscitation, and guiding multidisciplinary perioperative decisions.

CURRICULAR STRUCTURE (TABLE)

FEATURES
• Full-spectrum anesthesia training: general, regional, pediatric, neuro, cardiac, obstetric, trauma.
• Intensive care exposure: ventilatory support, hemodynamics, invasive monitoring.
• Emergency airway management and life-support competency.
• Skills in ultrasound-guided regional blocks.
• Research thesis required.
• MEC-standardized curriculum and entrance pathway.

FEE (TENTATIVE)
• NPR 2,381,760 for Nepali students (2024).
• Foreign students pay 1.6× the Nepali fee.

ADMISSION PROCESS
• MBBS or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• NMC registration mandatory (or relevant foreign council for non-Nepalese).
• Minimum one-year clinical experience (as per MEC rules).
• Apply for MECEE-PG entrance exam.
• Must score ≥50% to qualify for the merit list.
• Seat allocation conducted by MEC.

PROSPECT CAREERS
• Anesthesiologist in hospitals and medical colleges.
• ICU/critical care specialist.
• Pain management consultant.
• Emergency and trauma resuscitation provider.
• Academic positions (Lecturer/Assistant Professor).
• Anesthesia lead in surgical centers and private hospitals.
• Roles in global health, critical care transport, and perioperative safety programs