MD Pathology: Career, Fees, Admission, Salary, Cutoff, Placement

MD Pathology is a 3-year degree program in diagnostics & study of disease.

MD Pathologist, study about high-quality diagnoses in any specified clinical situation after the examination of samples of tissues, blood, bodily fluids, whole bodies (autopsies), etc.

Pathologists also can suggest treatment options based on the diagnosis and report.

Especially, MD Pathologist is helpful in research-based studies on cancer or other terminal diseases.

Career Scope

The pathologist can open their own diagnostic lab, and also a highly specialized lab like oncology, or immunology. In the coming days, it’ll be in high demand due to the rise in cancer.

Associated with medical colleges/universities.

A great scope to Work in a pathology.

You can also do a DM/fellowship/Super-specialisation in molecular genetics, onco-pathology, cytology, etc.

Therefore, if you are a person who does not want to sit for a long time under a microscope, then a hospital is a good option for you. And if you want to live a balanced life, then pathology will be a good option.

It is said in the medical field that “Without laboratories, men of science are soldiers without weapons.”

Quick Facts(MD Pathology)

M.D. Full-Form	Doctorate of Medicine
Age limit	No limit
Duration	3 years
Eligibility %age	55%
Average Pkg.	8-10 Lacs Per Year
Average Fee	1000 to 12 Lacs Per year
Total Seats in India	2179
Colleges offering M.D Biochemistry	338 Colleges
Eligibility	MBBS passed from MCI Recognized institute.
Job Title	Pathologist, Assistant Professor- Pathology, Consultant Pathologist, Editor – Medicine, and Life Sciences, Etc.

Fees Structure

Fees of MD Pathology vary from 1 thousand to 15 lac per year. Government college having minimum fees wherever private college is having fees up to 15 lacs per year.

Admission Procedure

PG Admissions is done on the basis of the NEET PG Score of the concerned candidate conducted by NTA(National Testing Agency). After the NEET-PG Results, counselling is conducted by the state counselling committee for state quota seats and all Indian seats.

Syllabus

Anatomical pathology
Clinical Pathology
Cytopathology
Forensic pathology
General Pathology
Hematology
Histopathology
Immunopathology
Molecular pathology
Plant pathology
Surgical pathology
Systemic Pathology
Veterinary pathology

Cutoff

College	UR
MAMC, Delhi	200-10000
GMC Kottayam	3000-7000
MMC Chennai	3000-6000
LHMC New Delhi	5000-10000

MD Pathology Cutoff 2021 of Deemed Universities:

College Name	category	Cutoff Round-wise			Annual Fees
College Name	category	1^st round	2^nd round	Mop up	Annual Fees
Kalinga, Bhubaneswar	OPEN	37792	32439	55106	7.50 Lakh
Kalinga, Bhubaneswar	NRI	N/A	N/A
SDU, Kolar	OPEN	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.50 Lakh
SSIMS, Tumkur	OPEN	69124	83792	71310	8.85 Lakh
JLN, Belagavi	OPEN	62820	58454	N/A	9,44500Lakh
KS Hegde, Mangaluru	OPEN	49279	51335	N/A	9.80Lakh
AVMC, Chennai	OPEN	73049	62779	N/A	10 Lakh
IMS, Bhubaneswar	OPEN	55507	50479	N/A	10 Lakh
MGM, Puducherry	OPEN	86411	99757	N/A	10 Lakh
Saveetha, Chennai	OPEN	69644	41273	N/A	10 Lakh
Meenakshi, Chennai	OPEN	76089	77136	86163
JSS, Mysore	OPEN	50612	46315	N/A	10 .13 Lakh
SRMCH, Chennai	OPEN	33745	32773	48841	11Lakh
SRMCH, Chennai	NRI	N/A	N/A	88890
DY Patil MC, Kolhapur	OPEN	65741	72639	46610	11 Lakh
Shri B.M. Patil medical, CHRC	OPEN	82394	97185	93661	12 Lakh
SMC, Ghaziabad	OPEN	62686	95905	91285	12 Lakh
Yenepoya, Mangalore	OPEN	73571	45242	47086	12.10 Lakh
Yenepoya, Mangalore	MMQ	N/A	57324	N/A
Chettinad, Chennai	OPEN	70468	50075	N/A	12.50 Lakh
Sree Balaji, Chennai	OPEN	83562	84787	85231	12Lakh
GITAM, Visakhapatnam	OPEN	70836	N/A	N/A	12Lakh
JLN, Datta meghe Wardha	OPEN	99364	N/A	98078	13.90 Lakh
A.C.S, Chennai	OPEN	79417	97648	98543	14 Lakh
DY Patil, Pune	OPEN	82417	71778	75891	14 Lakh
Hamdard, Delhi	OPEN	44528	44528		15 Lakh
Hamdard, Delhi	MMQ	69279	51496	92514
Krishna, Karad	OPEN	97885	86762	95753	15 Lakh
MGM, Navi Mumbai	OPEN	80858	70401	59819	15 Lakh
MGM, Aurangabad	OPEN	81513	N/A	84215	15 Lakh
SRKS, Vadodra	OPEN	46145	46388	43203	15 Lakh
SRKS, Vadodra	JNM	75646	N/A	107965
Vinayaka, Karaikal	OPEN	99486	N/A	104694	15 Lakh
BVDU, sangli	OPEN	77002	94726	101668	15 Lakh
MMU, Ambala	OPEN	92977	98501	96198	15.95Lakh
Amrita, Kochi	OPEN	38961	46192	N/A	16 Lakh
Rural, Loni	OPEN	95904	71782	100251	16.80 Lakh
KMC, Manipal	OPEN	58454	70246	70368	19.60 Lakh
KMC, Managaluru	OPEN	64847	81513	N/A	19.60Lakh
DY Patil, Navi Mumbai	OPEN	97687	97192	93131	20 Lakh
Sri Sathya Sai, Kanchucherry	OPEN	N/A	97538	107552	20 Lakh
BVDU, Pune	OPEN			N/A	29.40Lakh
SRM, Chennai	OPEN	41253	44567	N/A	35Lakh
VMKV, Salem	OPEN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Raja Rajeswari MC, Bengaluru	OPEN	76958	76377	N/A	N/A
Sri Lakshmi Narayana, Puducherry	OPEN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Salary, Job Titles, Placement Stats

According to the survey, An average salary of a pathologist in India is around 25 lacs per year and 1250 per hour. And, the average range is between 15 Lacs to 35 Lacs per year. A doctorate degree is the highest education degree for a pathologist.