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K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
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Monday, 13 September 2010
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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
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