Specialties
Reports that name this provider
- End-of-Life Counseling in India
- Has Department of Palliative Medicine with formal end-of-life care policies. Provides services in palliative care ward and attends referrals from other departments for end-of-life care.
- Neurosurgery Quality in India
- Operates around 3,000 neurosurgical cases annually plus 1,500 trauma cases since 2007. Treats over 250 patients with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery annually. Introduced Gamma Knife in 1995 (one of earliest in Asia). Gamma Knife cost INR 75,000. Hosts Neurosurgery Education and Training School (NETS).
- Palliative Sedation Availability in India
- Department of Palliative Medicine provides end-of-life care services in a palliative care ward and attends all referrals from other departments for end-of-life care. The Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Education in Palliative Care for a period of 4 years from December 2021. Around 447 doctors and nurses have been trained through CCEPC at AIIMS, with 24 completing the practical component.
- Pathology Quality in India
- Department of Pathology processes approximately 40,000 surgical pathology and 17,000 cytopathology specimens annually; added facilities for molecular pathology including in-situ hybridization, flow cytometry, tissue microarray, capillary electrophoresis, and real-time PCR; 50,558 immunohistochemical slides stained and studied annually; more than 200 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals in 2021 alone; regularly provides advanced molecular tests including EGFR gene mutations, ALK and ROS-1 rearrangements, Her-2/neu amplification, TCR clonality assay, and multiple gene fusions
- Radiation Therapy Quality in India
- Introduced Gamma Knife in 1995, one of the earliest centers in Asia to adopt the technology
- Specialist Credentials in India
- Part of All India Institute of Medical Sciences network with 26 AIIMS colleges across India. Ranked first among medical colleges in India by NIRF 2024, with NIRF 2025 ranking of 1. Ranked 204th globally and first in South Asia in Life Sciences and Medicine by QS WUR in 2022. Offers at least 45 super-specialties.
- Specialized Diagnostics in India
- Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Facility operational since 1998. Operates 3-bed polysomnography laboratory with stationary and portable PSG equipment for diagnostic and CPAP titration protocols.