Forensic Medicine

As a Doctor in Forensic Medicine at our premier leading Medical College & Research Centre in Chennai, you will be responsible for contributing to academic excellence through teaching, training, research, and medico-legal expertise in the Department of Forensic Medicine. **Key Responsibilities:** - Teach undergraduate (MBBS, BDS, Nursing, Allied Health Sciences) and postgraduate students in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. - Conduct lectures, practical sessions, autopsy demonstrations, seminars, and tutorials. - Guide PG students in dissertation work, case discussions, and journal clubs. - Integrate forensic principles with clinical and legal practice. - Update curriculum and teaching materials as per NMC guidelines. - Undertake and guide original research projects in forensic pathology, toxicology, medical jurisprudence, and allied fields. - Publish in reputed national and international indexed journals. - Collaborate with other medical and legal departments for interdisciplinary research. - Support Ph.D. scholars and PG thesis work. - Supervise and conduct medicolegal autopsies and postmortem examinations. - Provide expert medico-legal opinion in criminal and civil cases. - Ensure proper documentation, preservation of samples, and medico-legal record maintenance. - Liaise with police, judiciary, and forensic science laboratories as required. - Organize academic events such as CMEs, workshops, and training programs. - Manage departmental records, museum specimens, and laboratory facilities. - Ensure adherence to ethical, legal, and institutional policies. - Serve as Head/Coordinator of the Department (for Professors). **Qualifications & Experience:** - Professor: MD (Forensic Medicine) with at least 8 years teaching experience, including 3 years as Associate Professor (as per NMC norms), plus research publications. - Associate Professor: MD (Forensic Medicine) with at least 5 years teaching experience, including 2 years as Assistant Professor, plus research publications. - Assistant Professor: MD (Forensic Medicine) with teaching/research experience as per NMC requirements; publications desirable. In this role, it is essential to possess strong academic, clinical, and medico-legal knowledge, excellent teaching and mentoring abilities, research aptitude with a publication track record, ability to provide medico-legal expertise with accuracy and integrity, and effective communication and collaboration skills with law enforcement and judiciary.,