Fujifilm India partners with TMC for training in Interventional Pulmonology

The center will provide comprehensive training and observership programs to Pulmonologists from Asia Pacific Region

FUJIFILM India has formalised their partnership with the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Disease Management Group, Tata Memorial Center (TMC), Mumbai for establishing a training facility at TMC.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr Rajendra Badwe, Director, TMC; Dr CS Pramesh, Director, TMC; Dr SD Banavali, Director (Academics), TMC; Dr Sandeep Tandon, Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TMC; Dheeraj Chaudhri, Head, Endoscopy Division, FUJIFILM India and Tomosuke Okada, Japanese Advisor, FUJIFILM India.

The center will provide comprehensive training and observership programs to Pulmonologists from Asia Pacific Region. 

Speaking about the new collaboration, Koji Wada, Managing Director, FUJIFILM India said, “Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai has immensely supported the healthcare ecosystem and we wish that this partnership with FUJIFILM India will positively impact the patient care standards in various remote regions of the country with the help of continuous training programs.”

Chaudhri said, “We are delighted to announce that the new training facility will make the pulmonology fraternity abreast of the new technology and help them utilise the same in uplifting patient care standards at their respective locations.”

Dr Badwe said, “TMC not only provides equitable oncology-care access to the region through its multiple Centres across India but also imparts training and education through oncology “skillset focused” academic courses under the Homi Bhabha National Institute, a deemed to be University, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. This initiative would not only scale up the existing training program in basic bronchoscopy, train observers in interventional pulmonology procedures, but also introduce the pulmonology observers and trainees to the niche field of Onco-Pulmonology and educate them on the synergistic role of the pulmonologist in an Oncology setup as part of a multidisciplinary team.” 

Dr Tandon highlighted the role played by CSR funding by corporates as well as donations by philanthropic Trusts to public health institutions and their contribution in bridging the healthcare gap through public private partnerships.