Khyber Medical College is located in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan.It is a pioneer institution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in medical education and has been rightly called the mother Institution of all the Medical/Dental Institutions established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has created name for itself at national and international level by dedicated work of its staff and students.
The college is affiliated with Khyber Medical University and is recognized by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, General Medical Council of UK,Ireland and licensing authority of USA. Beside undergraduate medical education,the college offers teaching and research facilities to the postgraduate students,i.e., M.Phil,in all Basic Medical Sciences, FCPS in Clinical as well as Basic Medical Sciences, and minor diplomas in many specialties.
College buildings added during 1960 to 1980 were designed by Pakistani architect A. R. Hye.
The college was founded in 1954 by Mr. Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Governor General of Pakistan, with the vision to create a centre of excellence in medical training, health care and biomedical research. Since then it has expanded steadily to meet the growing health care needs of the ever expanding city. A dentistry department was founded in 1964 which is now called Khyber College of Dentistry.
Academic departments
Khyber Medical College, front entrance.
Basic Sciences
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Pharmacology and therapeutics
- Pathology and microbiology
- Preventive medicine
- Forensic medicine and toxicology
Clinical sciences
- Medicine (including neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology)
- Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Radiation oncology
- Urology ?
- Dermatology
- Anaesthesiology
- Paediatric Surgery
Notable alumni
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