MD Anaesthesiology

A three-year postgraduate program under Tribhuvan University that trains doctors to administer anaesthesia, manage perioperative care, lead critical-care services, and deliver pain management, with progressive competency from basic to superspecialty anaesthesia.
Training builds mastery over preoperative assessment, intraoperative anaesthesia techniques, postoperative care, ICU management, resuscitation, airway management, regional anaesthesia, and pain medicine. Graduates gain capability to teach, supervise, conduct research, and lead anaesthesia services across diverse surgical specialties including obstetrics, paediatrics, neuro, and cardiac.

Curricular Structure 

Features
Progressive competency-based training
Full exposure to general, regional, and subspecialty anaesthesia
Integrated critical-care and pain-medicine training
Structured research requirement with thesis defence
Elective opportunities for targeted skill development
Training aligned with MECEE-PG merit-based admission

Eligibility: MBBS + NMC registration + one-year experience (exceptions noted)
Appear in MECEE-PG entrance exam
Score minimum 50% to qualify for merit list
Seat allocation through MEC counselling based on merit and institutional availability
Complete institutional admission formalities and fee payment

Job prospects
Consultant anaesthesiologist in tertiary hospitals
Critical-care physician in ICU, HDU, emergency units
Pain-medicine specialist in acute and chronic pain services
Academic faculty in medical colleges
Research roles in perioperative medicine and critical care
Anaesthesia services in surgical camps and outreach programs
Leadership roles in hospital anaesthesia departments