K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
K S Hegde Medical Academy was established in 1999 by the Nitte Education Trust. The college is named after the visionary and founder, late Justice K S Hegde, former Justice of the Supreme Court of India and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Academic Courses & Training
The Institute started admitting students to the undergraduate course, MBBS from the year 1999-2000 and to postgraduate courses like MD, MS and DNB from 2006. Students are offered the best of opportunities for both theoretical as well as practical training with the help of state-of-the-art facilities, valuable clinical material and guidance by experienced teachers and researchers. The Institute is attached to the K S Hegde Hospital so adequate infrastructural support is available for patients and student training.
Affiliations & International Collaborations
K S Hegde Medical Academy is now a constituent unit of the Nitte University and is recognised by the Medical Council of India, Government of India. KSHEMA has signed an agreement of co-operation with the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, USA for co-operation in research on diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. The college has established a state-of-the-art regional research centre on communciable diseases in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Sciences, on the campus. The Institute also has a staff exchange and training programme with Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
K S Hegde Medical Academy offers a four and a half year program leading to the award of the degree, M.B.B.S. K S Hegde Medical Academy and the attached K S Hegde Hospital are duly recognised by the Medical Council of India.
As per the curriculum designed by the Nitte University, every student shall undergo a period of certified study extending over 4 1/2 academic years from the date of commencement of study to the date of completion of examination followed by 1 year of compulsory rotatory internship. The Institute offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate training in medical and surgical specialities.
The 4½ year course has been divided into 3 phases:
Phase I - 1 year consisting of 2 terms of 6 months each.
Phase II - 1 ½ years consisting of 3 terms of 6 months each.
Phase III - 2 years consisting of 4 terms of 6 months each.
The first year will deal with the study of the Phase-I (Pre-Clinical) subjects of Human Anatomy, Physiology including Bio-Physics, Bio-Chemistry and Introduction to Community Medicine.
Phase-II is devoted to Para-Clinical and Clinical subjects. Para-Clinical subjects shall consist of Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine including Toxicology and part of Community Medicine. During this phase, the clinical subjects shall be taught concurrently. The clinical subjects taught will be Medicine and its allied specialities, Surgery and its allied specialities and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Phase-III is divided into Part 1 which consists of ENT, Ophthalmology and Community Medicine and Part 2 which consists of clinical subjects - Medicine and its allied specialities, Surgery and its allied specialities, Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
KSHEMA has the following departments
Anaesthesiology & Critical Care
Anatomy
Bio-Chemistry
Cardiology & Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Community Medicine
Dermatology
E.N.T
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
General Medicine
General Surgery
Medical Oncology
Microbiology
Nephrology
Neurosciences
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics
Paediatric Surgery
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry
Radiodiagnosis & Imaging
TB, Chest and Respiratory Diseases
Urology
Management Trust
Year of Inception 1999
Date of Permission 08.07.1999
13.04.2000
21.05.2001
05.09.2002
16.04.2003
18.06.2004
(2004-2005)
Address Medical Sciences Complex,Deralakate,P.O. Nithyananda Nagar
Mangalore - 575018
Telephone / Fax / Email / Website Phones : 0824-2204490/91/92
Fax : 0824-2204162
EMail : kshema@nitte.ac.in
Website: www.nitte.ac.in
Contact Information Mr. N V Hegde
Chairman
Phones (Resi) : 9845085679
EMail : admission@nitte.ac.in
Contact Information Dr. M K Shankarlinge Gowda
Health Secretary
Phones (Offi) : 080-22870060
Phones (Resi) : 9844039168
EMail : mksgowda_53@hotmail.com
Contact Information Dr. Arunachalam Kumar
Dean/ Principal
Phones (Offi) : 0824 – 2204490/91/92
Phones (Resi) : 9972546264
Fax : 0824-2204162
EMail : deankshema@nitte.ac.in
Academic Courses & Training
The Institute started admitting students to the undergraduate course, MBBS from the year 1999-2000 and to postgraduate courses like MD, MS and DNB from 2006. Students are offered the best of opportunities for both theoretical as well as practical training with the help of state-of-the-art facilities, valuable clinical material and guidance by experienced teachers and researchers. The Institute is attached to the K S Hegde Hospital so adequate infrastructural support is available for patients and student training.
Affiliations & International Collaborations
K S Hegde Medical Academy is now a constituent unit of the Nitte University and is recognised by the Medical Council of India, Government of India. KSHEMA has signed an agreement of co-operation with the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, USA for co-operation in research on diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. The college has established a state-of-the-art regional research centre on communciable diseases in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Sciences, on the campus. The Institute also has a staff exchange and training programme with Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
K S Hegde Medical Academy offers a four and a half year program leading to the award of the degree, M.B.B.S. K S Hegde Medical Academy and the attached K S Hegde Hospital are duly recognised by the Medical Council of India.
As per the curriculum designed by the Nitte University, every student shall undergo a period of certified study extending over 4 1/2 academic years from the date of commencement of study to the date of completion of examination followed by 1 year of compulsory rotatory internship. The Institute offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate training in medical and surgical specialities.
The 4½ year course has been divided into 3 phases:
Phase I - 1 year consisting of 2 terms of 6 months each.
Phase II - 1 ½ years consisting of 3 terms of 6 months each.
Phase III - 2 years consisting of 4 terms of 6 months each.
The first year will deal with the study of the Phase-I (Pre-Clinical) subjects of Human Anatomy, Physiology including Bio-Physics, Bio-Chemistry and Introduction to Community Medicine.
Phase-II is devoted to Para-Clinical and Clinical subjects. Para-Clinical subjects shall consist of Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine including Toxicology and part of Community Medicine. During this phase, the clinical subjects shall be taught concurrently. The clinical subjects taught will be Medicine and its allied specialities, Surgery and its allied specialities and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Phase-III is divided into Part 1 which consists of ENT, Ophthalmology and Community Medicine and Part 2 which consists of clinical subjects - Medicine and its allied specialities, Surgery and its allied specialities, Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
KSHEMA has the following departments
Anaesthesiology & Critical Care
Anatomy
Bio-Chemistry
Cardiology & Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Community Medicine
Dermatology
E.N.T
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
General Medicine
General Surgery
Medical Oncology
Microbiology
Nephrology
Neurosciences
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics
Paediatric Surgery
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry
Radiodiagnosis & Imaging
TB, Chest and Respiratory Diseases
Urology
Management Trust
Year of Inception 1999
Date of Permission 08.07.1999
13.04.2000
21.05.2001
05.09.2002
16.04.2003
18.06.2004
(2004-2005)
Address Medical Sciences Complex,Deralakate,P.O. Nithyananda Nagar
Mangalore - 575018
Telephone / Fax / Email / Website Phones : 0824-2204490/91/92
Fax : 0824-2204162
EMail : kshema@nitte.ac.in
Website: www.nitte.ac.in
Contact Information Mr. N V Hegde
Chairman
Phones (Resi) : 9845085679
EMail : admission@nitte.ac.in
Contact Information Dr. M K Shankarlinge Gowda
Health Secretary
Phones (Offi) : 080-22870060
Phones (Resi) : 9844039168
EMail : mksgowda_53@hotmail.com
Contact Information Dr. Arunachalam Kumar
Dean/ Principal
Phones (Offi) : 0824 – 2204490/91/92
Phones (Resi) : 9972546264
Fax : 0824-2204162
EMail : deankshema@nitte.ac.in
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K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore