K. S. Hegde Medical Academy
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Campus
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History
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 and social worker
Department
- Anesthesiology
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Community Medicine
- Dermatology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Forensic Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Psychiatry
- Radio diagnosis & Imaging
- TB, Chest and Respiratory Diseases
Sister institute
- A B Shetty College of dental sciences (managed by Nitte education trust)
- Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences
Admissions
Undergraduate course
Since 2019 admissions under the General Merit category are being conducted via centralised single window counselling on the basis of merit (rank) obtained in the All India Entrance Test, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), conducted by NTA.
Courses offered
UG course
M.B.B.S. (4½ year course + 1 year medical internship)
PG courses
M.D.
- Nanotechnology
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Forensic Medicine
- Biochemistry
- Pharmacology
- Pathology
- Microbiology
- Community medicine
- General Medicine
- Dermatology
- Psychiatry
- Pediatrics
- Anesthesiology
- Radiology
M.S.
International collaborations
KSHEMA has signed an agreement of co-operation with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA for co-operation in research, in diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. The college has established a state-of-the-art regional research centre on communicable 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 Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Recent developments
The college hospital recentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". opened a super specialty block for Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology.
Rankings
Template:Infobox India university ranking KSHEMA was ranked 14 among private medical colleges in India in 2022 by Outlook India.[2]
References
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External links
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