Osmania Medical College
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Osmania Medical College originally Hyderabad Medical College is a medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...

 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India
India
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. It was founded in 1846 as the Hyderabad Medical School making it one of the oldest medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...

s in the world. It is presently affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences
NTR University of Health Sciences
NTR University of Health Sciences is a public university in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is named after its founder N.T. Rama Rao.-History:...

. The College was originally affiliated to the Osmania University
Osmania University
Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...

  of Hyderabad. The present principal is Dr. C.S. Gowrav.

History

Landmarks in the development or Hyderabad Medical School into Osmania Medical College

1846: Opening of the Nizam's Medical School by Dr. William Maclean for the teaching European Medicine in Urdu language, native youths of Deccan. The school was located in a rented building at Gunfoundry and later clinical instruction was given in the Residency Dispensary (now called Sultan Bazar Hospital).

1852: Examination of pupils trained and award of Diplomas to successful candidates.

1854: Dr. George Smith taken charge as Superintendent of the School. New batches of students admitted.

1861: Dr. Fleming succeeds Dr. Smith. Fresh batches get Diplomas.
More pupils were admitted.

1866: Construction and opening of the Afzalgunj Hospital for clinical teaching to the medical students.

1867: Dr. Pemberton as Residency Surgeon and Superintendent of School and Dr. Mohd. Vazir as Resident Surgeon of Afzalgunj Hospital. Pamberton succeeded by Dr. Wyndowe as Resident Surgeon and Superintendent of School.

1881- 82: Dr. Wyndowe was succeeded by T. Beamount

1884: Edward Lawrie assumes charge as Residency Surgeon. English was adopted as medium of instruction in place of Urdu.

1888: 1st Chloroform Commission was appointed by H. E. H. The Nizam's Government in 1888, at the request of Surgeon-Major E. Lawrie

1889: Second Chloroform Commission was appointed.

1891: The final report of the Chloroform Commission was printed.

1894: The staff and students of Hyderabad medical school were deputed to England to demonstrate the Hyderabad method of Chloroform administration.

1897: Dr. Lawrie challenges Ronald Ross, to come to Chaderghat Hospital and demonstrate students of the school his discovery of Malaria parasites in the mosquito.

1901: Dr. Lawrie retired and was succeeded by Dr. Gimlette.

1908: The Great flood in Moosi destroys part of the Afzalgunj building. Hospital was rebuilt.

1912: Suggestions to build a new hospital on the best models of the West.

1918–20: Planning and construction of the new hospital.

1920: Medical school converted into medical college.

1922: The classes and other teaching departments shifted from Sultan Bazar to a private building near Khairatabad.

1925–26: The new Osmania General Hospital was completed and the hospital shifted from Afzalgunj buildings into the new premises.

1926 – 27: The medical college was taken over by University and was put under a new Principal unconnected with the Government Department. The medium of instruction was again changed from English to Urdu. The University created a translation Bureau and medical text were selected for translation into Urdu. Lectures given in Urdu and exams also conducted in Urdu.

1941: Recognition by Royal college of Surgeons, England for primary F. R. C. S. Recognition by Indian Army Medical Department for admission to the commissioned ranks.

1941-42: Proposals were under consideration for construction of medical college and hospital in the Osmania University campus.

1946: Mushirabad site considered for medical college.

1948-49 The medium of instruction and examination for the M. B. B. S. course was changed from Urdu into English. Accordingly admissions to I. M. B. B. S. course in English medium were made in academic year

1948-49:.First Inspection by the Medical Council of India
Medical Council of India
The Medical Council of India was the statutory body for maintenance of uniform and high standards of medical education in India. The Council grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical colleges, grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical...

.

1950-51 Transfer of the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology to the University campus at Adikmet, giving more accommodation for the Departments of Pathology, Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence in Afzalgunj buildings.

1951Recognition by Medical Council of India

1952: Government of Hyderabad takes over the administrative control of the medical college from the University. A Government medical officer was appointed as head of the college and the hospital.

1955: Inauguration of the Postgraduate courses in Medicine.

1956: Laying of the foundation stone for the new building in Residency compound by Dr .B. Ramakrishna Rao Chief Minister of Hyderabad State. Formation of Andhra Pradesh and reorganisation of medical services and teaching staff of the medical college. Dr. K. N. Rao became the Director of, Medical Services. Dr. Bankat Chandra continues as Principal. Formation of Council on Medical Education.

1964: Opening of the present campus at Koti, Hyderabad.

Courses

The Main Undergraduate course offered at the School is an MBBS
MBBS
MBBS was a popular BBS system in the Nordic countries during the mid-1990s. It was created by a team of Oslo-based enthusiasts, led by Mike Robertson. As many BBS systems of that era, it was only available for the DOS platform. Since one process could only handle one node, multitaskers such as...

 (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) course.

In addition the college also offers other undergraduate courses and many Postgraduate (graduate) courses.
It also offers many Superspeciality courses.

Undergraduate courses

MB, BS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of surgery (200 students per year)

The qualification for undergraduate courses is 10+2 or equivalent education with Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry as optional subjects. Depending on the rank obtained in the natural science portion of the common entrance test [EAMCET], the University of Health Sciences fills the seats in all the medical, dental, ayurvedic and homeopathy colleges in the state of Andhra pradesh.

B.P.T
Bachelors in Physical Therapy
The current qualification for undergraduate course is 10+2 or equivalent education with Botany, Zoology, Physics and chemistry. Depending on Grade point average or percentage of total marks in intermediate students gets acceptance into Physical Therapy.

Clinical courses

Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

  - A 3 year course in following specialties:
Internal Medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...

,
Paediatrics,
Radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

,
Anaesthesiology,
Dermatology
Dermatology
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails....

,
Pulmonology
Pulmonology
In medicine, pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the respiratory tract and respiratory disease. It is called chest medicine and respiratory medicine in some countries and areas...

/Chest Medicine, &
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...



MS - (Master of Surgery
Master of Surgery
The Master of Surgery is an advanced qualification in surgery. It is most commonly abbreviated Ch.M. or M.S., as well as M.Ch. and M.Chir. from its Latin name, Magister Chirurgiae or the English form of Master of Surgery....

) A 3 year course in following specialities:
General Surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...

,
Orthopaedics,
Obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

 & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"...

,
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...

, &
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

PG Diploma (2 year) courses in
Anaesthesiology,
Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Ophthalmology,
Otorhinolaryngology,
Paediatrics, &
Radiology

Non-clinical courses

MD - A 3 year course in following specialties
Physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...

,
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

,
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

,
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....

,
Microbiology
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...

,
Forensic Medicine&
Anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...



The qualification for all PG and PG-Diploma courses is an MBBS degree from any MCI (Medical Council of India) recognized medical college in India or an equivalent foreign degree which is recognized by the MCI.

The seats in PG courses are filled through a common entrance test by the NTR University of Health Sciences.

Superspeciality courses

Medical - DM (Doctor of Medicine) in
Cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...

,
Endocrinology
Endocrinology
Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...

,
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...

,
Nephrology
Nephrology
Nephrology is a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney.-Scope of the specialty:...

, &
Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...



Surgical - MCh (Master of Chirurgy) in
Cardiothoracic surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax —generally treatment of conditions of the heart and lungs .-Cardiac / Thoracic:...

,
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...

,
Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...

, &
Urology
Urology
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The Campus

The College campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...

 is situated in Koti, which is at the heart of the city of Hyderabad. The new building at current location was built in 1964. Before 1960's the hostels were located at the present osmania university. The current structure is one of the pioneers of architecture and was built in the shape of an apron. In addition it has an auditorium, about the size of a cinema hall. It also has boarding facilities in the form of 4 large hostel buildings(separate hostels for men and women).The hostel buildings are named after great pioneers of medicine in india - susrutha and charaka. (and also a small building for the alumni association)

The campus also has reasonable sports facilities in the form a football/cricket (multipurpose) ground, an outdoor basketball court with lighting facility, a tennis court, volleyball court and a Table Tennis room. There are outdoor badminton courts in all of the hostels.

Teaching hospitals

Osmania Medical college has long been a government institution in Andhra Pradesh. It is the oldest medical school in India and perhaps Asia. The concept of Osmania Medical College dates back to 1595 AD, then called as Dar-Ul-Shifa in Hyderabad, making it the oldest medical school.

Osmania has a rich history of pioneering medical innovations. For the first time, chloroform was used as an anesthetic in Osmania. The causative agent of malaria was elucidated by Sir Ronald Ross who has been immortalised by the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases
Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases
Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases popular by name Fever Hospital affiliated to Osmania University. It is situated in Nallakunta....

 (popular by name Fever Hospital) affiliated to Osmania.

The medium of instruction was initially Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 (the degree was Hakeem) and later changed to English. In 1846, Hyderabad Medical School was established. An article about the 150 years (1846–1996)of Osmania Medical College was published in Bulletin of The Indian Institute of History of Medicine, and featured in Pubmed. It recently celebrated Platinum Jubilee.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11619394&dopt=Abstract.

Osmania is the only medical college in India where each medical speciality has a separate training hospital. It is also the only medical college in south India to offer a postgraduate course in endocrinology.

The following hospitals fulfill the role of teaching hospitals for Osmania Medical College.

1. Osmania General Hospital - a multi speciality Tertiary-care hospital with advanced training in every sub-speciality of Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Anesthesiology, Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology. This hospital has approximately 3800 beds, with patients overfilling the beds and wards. It has one of the busiest Out-Patient clinics in all specialities in India, particularly on Monday mornings.

2. Government Maternity Hospital, Sultan Bazaar Hospital - a tertiary care hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology.

3. Niloufer Hospital
Niloufer Hospital
Niloufer Hospital is a maternity and children's hospital located in Hyderabad, India. It is a tertiary care hospital for Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, maternal-fetal Medicine. It is one of the largest Hospitals of its kind in Asia, with advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and...

 - a TERTIARY care hospital for Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, maternal-fetal Medicine. It is one of the largest Hospitals of its kind in Asia, with advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics.

4. Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases - Dr. Ross elucidated the life cycle of malarial parasite at a place near Begumpet Airport, where a Building exists today in his Name. In his honour, The Quarantine hospital was rechristened Sir Ronald Ross Institute. (He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this work)

5. Modern Government Maternity Hospital, Petlaburz - a tertiary care Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital

6. Mehdi Nawaz Jung Institute of Oncology.

7. Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital
Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital
Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital is a medical institution in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is named after Sarojini Naidu, a politician. It is affiliated to Osmania Medical college and Gandhi Medical College and serves as a teaching hospital. Originally, it included an ENT section, but it was...

- TERTIARY care ophthalmological institute with advanced training in Ophthalmology

8. Government ENT Hospital - TERTIARY care hospital for ENT disorders

9. The Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda

10. Government Chest Hospital - a TERTIARY care hospital for all kinds of lung disorders, especially tuberculosis and Pott's Disease of the spine.

11. Rural Health Centre, Patancheru - Osmania is one of the only two medical colleges in India with a rural health centre attached to it.

12. Outreach hospitals surrounding Hyderabad.

Principals

This is the list of successive principals of the college:

  • Dr. William Campbell Maclean (1846)
  • Dr. Farhat Ali (1927–1935)
  • Dr. Hyder Ali Khan (1935–1938)
  • Dr. Brij Mohan Lal (1938–1943)
  • Dr. Hyder Ali Khan (1943–1944)
  • Dr. S. W. Hardikar (1944–1946)
  • Dr. Abdul Rahman (1946–1952)
  • Dr. M. K. Pandit (1952–1956)
  • Dr. Bankat Chandra (1956–1959)
  • Dr. I. Chalapathy Naidu (1959–1963)
  • Dr. M. Y. Ansari (1963–1965)
  • Dr. B. K. Naik (1965–1968)
  • Dr. B. Dayanand Rao (1968–1971)
  • Dr. Harish Chandra (1971–1972)
  • Dr. S. Ramachander Rao (1972–1974)
  • Dr. A. B. N. Rao (1974)
  • Dr. G. Narsing Rao (1974–1978)
  • Dr. Y. Jaya (1978–1979)
  • Dr. K. Krishna Murthy (1979–1980)
  • Dr. A. K. Chary (1980)
  • Dr. S. Balaparameshwar Rao (1980–1983)
  • Dr. C. S. Bhaskaran (1983)
  • Dr. U. Brahmaji Rao (1983–1985)
  • Dr. K. S. Narayan Reddy (1985–1989)
  • Dr. K. Venugopal Naidu (1989–1990)

  • Dr. A. V. S. Reddy (1990–1991)
  • Dr. P. Ramana Rao (1991–1992)
  • Dr. C. M. Habibullah (1992–1994)
  • Dr. A. Prakasham (1994)
  • Dr. Ajit Kumar (1994–1995)
  • Dr. Shameem Afsana (1995–1996)
  • Dr. K. Prabhakara Shastry (1996)
  • Dr. K. Raghurami Reddy (1996–1998)
  • Dr. A. P. A. P. Reddy (1998)
  • Dr. P. Ranga Reddy (1998)
  • Dr. M. M. Reddy (1999–2000)
  • Dr. L. Vasantha (2000)
  • Dr. P. Premlatha (2000–2001)
  • Dr. Ferhana Osmani (2001–2002)
  • Dr. Vaijayanti Koratkar (2002)
  • Dr. V. Rajani Kameshwari (2002)
  • Dr. Kadambari (2003)
  • Dr. Ashok Kumar(2008)
  • Dr. Shailaja (2010)
  • Dr. Sarath Chandra(2010)
  • Dr.Capt.C.Siddappa Gowrav(2011)

College Events

The College day celebrations are held annually in the months of August/September/October. It is the culmination of a week of cultural and sports activities with the sports day being held a day before the college day.

Here are the Names of recent college week celebrations:

2002 - PLASMA

2003 - ELIXIR

2004 - GENESIS

2005 - SANJIVNI

2006 - SYNCITIUM

2007 - PHOENIX

2008 - CHIMERA

2009 - TATTVA

2010 - BEATS
Recently a medical exhibition, MEDEX-08 has been conducted in the college, after a gap of 20 years (lastly being in 1987), in the month of November which had an overwhelming response by over
2,00,000 visitors.

The college has also hosted the "Intermedics", the state-wide inter medical college sports meet in the month of December,2009.

Notable alumni

  • Dr. Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao
    Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao
    Dr. Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao was a Communist leader and Member of Indian Parliament.He is son of Shri Narayana Swamy and born at Kondevaram, East Godavari district on 15 July 1901. He was educated at R. Ch. High School, Pithapuram and P. R. College, Kakinada. He was graduated from Osmania...

    , famous Communist leader and Parliamentarian.
  • Dr. Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy, a versatile Telugu Character actor.
  • Dr. K. Srinath Reddy
    K. Srinath Reddy
    Kolli Srinath Reddy, who goes by K. Srinath Reddy, is the president of the Public Health Foundation of India.-Career:Reddy is the former head of the cardiology department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.-External links:...

     MD, DM, the president of the Public Health Foundation of India.
  • Dr. Mohammed Liaquatullah Imtiaz MBBS, MRCP(UK), the noted English Writer and Philosopher.
  • Dr. P Shankar Rao , MLA, Secunderabad Cantonment
    P. Shankar Rao
    Dr. P. Shankar Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to Indian National Congress Party and a five-time elected MLA. He is presently representing Secunderabad-Cantonment constituency.-Early life:...

  • Dr. Nagam Janardhan Reddy, MLA, Nagar Kurnool, Telugu Desam Party
    Janardhan Reddy Nagam
    Dr. Nagam Janardhana Reddy is an Indian politician. He is the Deputy Leader in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and M.L.A. from Nagar Kurnool constituency. He was the Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004.-Early Life:...

  • Dr. J Geeta Reddy, MLA, Zaheerabad Constituency, Indian National Congress
    J. Geeta Reddy
    Dr. Jetti Geeta Reddy is an Indian politician belonging to the Congress party. She is presently a Minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet. She is only the minister in AP Government who was brought into politics by Rajiv Gandhi. She represents Zaheerabad constituency in Medak district. She was...

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