Faculty
Conventional Radiology

Dr. K.K. Saxena
(Chairperson)
Dr. R. Duggal
Dr. M. Chandra

The radiology department is equipped with a number of conventional x-ray machines and two machines with image intensifier for procedures to be done under fluoroscopic control. The department work load on an average is 200 patients per day. Of this, the bulk of the work comprises of routine radiological examination of chest, abdomen, spine and extremities. The procedures done under fluoroscopy control include barium investigations for the gastrointestinal tract, hysterosalpingograms for the female genital tract and a number of procedures for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention for hepatobiliary system. The department also does urological investigations such as intravenous urogram and micturating cystourethrogram. Portable radiography units are kept on each floor of the hospital ward block for patients who are too sick to come to the main department.

The department also has a state-of-the-art mammography machine with stereotactic biopsy attachment for diagnostic interventional procedures. On an average 175-200 mammograms are done every month with interventional procedures including hook wire placements and breast biopsies.

The radiology department is in the process of procuring latest state- of-the- art technology of digital radiography flurosocopy system with angiography facility.

Teaching and Training Programme:

The Radiology Department has been running a post-graduate training course the National Board of Examinations (D.N.B. degree in radiology) since 1990. The department imparts training in both conventional radiology and modern imaging techniques of ultrasound, CT and MRI. A well planned teaching and training programme, spread over three years is being conducted so as to make the students fully competent to practice, teach and do research in various subspecialties of radiology. Till date nine students have been trained in the department and obtained the degree of DNB.

Faculty
Ultrasound

Dr. Deepak Chawla
Dr. Ashok Baijal
Dr. R. Malhotra 
Dr. Kavita Syal

Ultrasound

The ultrasound division of the radiology department is one of the earliest ultrasound setups in the city, started in 1982. Since then it has grown steadily, is associated with the first IVF live birth in North India and is currently associated with the highly successful liver transplant programme at this hospital.

The departmental work load includes routine abdominal ultrasonography, antenatal sonography for abnormalities in developing babies, ovulation monitoring, paediatric and neonatal sonography, neurosonography, mammosonography, musculoskeletal sonography, transvaginal and transrectal sonography, sonography of small parts such as thyroid, parathyroid, and scrotum. Doppler sonography for abdomen, pregnancy, carotid and peripheral vascular diseases, transplant kidney and impotency are performed routinely. A number of invasive procedures (aspiration of liver abscess, CVS, and amniocentesis, fetal reduction, cordocentesis) under sonographic guidance are carried out. Service is also provided for sonographic guidance for In Vitro Fertilisation procedures in the IVF operation theatre, surgical and gynecological procedures in other operation theatres & portable bedside ultrasonography.