Andhra Medical College

Coordinates: 17°42′15″N 83°17′59″E / 17.70422°N 83.29976°E / 17.70422; 83.29976

Andhra Medical College
ఆంధ్ర వైద్య కళాశాల
Motto Ne Quid Nimis
(Let there be nothing in Excess)
Type Government Institution
Established 19 July 1923
Principal Dr. S. V. Kumar
Undergraduates 200 per year (MBBS)
Postgraduates 164 per year
Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Campus Urban

Andhra Medical College is a medical college in Andhra Pradesh, India; it is affiliated to NTR University of Health Sciences. It is the oldest medical college in Andhra Pradesh & 6th oldest in India. It is one of the colleges recognized by Medical Council of India[1]

History

The recorded onset of medical education in Visakhapatnam can be traced to 1902, when the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medical School was set up in the Old Post Office area supported by Maharajah Sir Goday Narayana Gajapathi Rao and Maharani Lady Goday Chittijanakiammah.

Some years later, the Medical School was presumably shifted to the site of the present Anatomy Block. There were 50 students in the first batch who were trained for the Licentiate Certificate Standard A.

The school building was then commissioned as Medical College, Vizagapatnam and started operations on 1 July 1923, with 32 students. The college was opened informally on 7 July 1923, by Captain Frederick Jasper Anderson, IMS, officiating as principal who was also the professor of anatomy and surgery. The Medical College was formally opened on 19 July 1923, by the Honorable Diwan Bahadur Rajah Panuganti Ramarayaningar, MA, minister for Local Self Government Department, the then Chief Minister of Madras, TN state and minister for health.

Emblem

Andhra Medical College emblem was designed by Dr. F. J. Anderson, the first principal.

'Ne Quid Nimis', the motto of Andhra Medical College, means "Let there be nothing in excess." Students are taught that even medicinal therapy must not be given in excess; thus they solemnly resolve to show moderation in all things and prevent any imbalance in the functions of college's alma mater.

Principals

S.No Name Specialization From To
1. Lt.Col.F.J.Anderson Professor of Surgery 1923
2. Lt.Col.F.C.Frazer Professor of Surgery 1927 1928
3. Dr.T.S.Tirumurti Professor of Pathology 1930 1930
4. Major J.W.Ebden Professor of Surgery 1933 1933
5. Major F.M.Collins Professor of Surgery 1937 1938
6. Major J.F.Shepherd Professor of Surgery 1939 1941
7. Major F.A.B.Shepherd Professor of Surgery 1941 1945
8. Dr.T. Bhaskara Menon Professor of Pathology 1945 1948
9. Dr.N.G.Pandalai Professor of Bacteriology 1948 1951
10. Dr.M.V.Ramana Murthy Professor of Surgery 1951 1951
11. Dr.T.K.Raman Professor of Medicine 1951 1953
12. Dr.M.D.Anantachari Professor of Medicine 1953 1954
13. Dr.D.Govinda Reddy Professor of Pathology 1954 1956
14. Dr.S.Venkateswarlu Professor of Radiology 1956 1956
15. Dr.G.V.Satyanarayana Murty Professor of Medicine 1956 1959
16. Dr.K.Ramesh Pai Professor of Surgery 1960 1960
17. Dr.P.Narasimha Rao Professor of ENT 1960 1964
18. Dr.V.S.Raghunathan Professor of Medicine 1964 1966
19. Dr.P. Brahmayya Sastry Professor of Physiology 1964 1966
20. Dr.M.Y.Ansari Professor of Pharmacology 1965 1966
21. Dr.D.Raghavendra Rao Professor of Thoracic Surgery 1969 1971
22. Dr.R.Satyabhama Reddy Professor of Gynecology 1969 1974
23. Dr.B.Shanmukheswara Rao Professor of Surgery 1971 1973
24. Dr.L. Suryanarayana Professor of Surgery 1974 1975
25. Dr.K.Kameswari Devi Professor of Gynecology 1975 1976
26. Dr.K.Sanjeeva Rao Professor of Anatomy 1976 1981
27. Dr.C.Sita Devi Professor of Biochemistry 1981 1984
28. Dr.E.N.B.Sharma Professor of Surgery 1985 1986
29. Dr.V.S.Dhanraj Professor of Anasthesia 1986 1987
30. Dr.G.Nirmala Professor of Pharmacology 1986 1992
31. Dr.K.Veerabhadraiah Professor of Surgery 1987 1988
32. Dr.V.Pranava Murty Professor of Medicine 1994 2001
33. Dr.P.A.Jayakar Professor of Bacteriology 1995 1996
34. Dr.R.Venkata Ramana Professor of Surgery 1996 1997
35. Dr.K.Surya Rao Professor of Medicine 1997 1997
36. Dr.R.Ahikrishna Professor of Ophthalmology 1998 1999
37. Dr.K.Akkalanaidu Professor of ENT 1999 1999
38. Dr.A.Prakasa Rao Professor of ENT 1999 2000
39. Dr.K.Venugopala Rao Professor of Pediatric Surgery 2000 2001
40. Dr.Sasiprabha Professor of Gynecology 2001 2002
41. Dr.K.Raghavaprasad Professor of SPM 2002 2003
42. Dr.Ch.Gnaneswar Professor of Medicine 2002 2003
43. Dr.Ronanki Narayana Rao Professor of Medicine 2003 2006
44. Dr.C.V.Rao Professor of Plastic Surgery 2006 2008
45. Dr.G. Bhagya Rao Professor of Psychiatry 2008 2011
46. Dr.Vishnu Prasad Professor of Neurosurgery 2011 2011
47. Dr. Santha Rao Professor of Surgery 2012 2012
48. Dr.Kalpana Subrahmanyam(MD) Professor of Biochemistry 2012 2013
49. Dr.S. V. Kumar Professor of Surgery 2013, Sept 01 Present

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Departments

Andhra Medical College comprises all the important departments such as Basic Sciences, Para Clinical departments and Clinical departments including all major super specialties with experienced faculty. There are more than 34 departments.

  1. Department of Anaesthesiology
  2. Department of Anatomy: The Department was established in 1923. The first Professor was Capt. F. J. Anderson. It has a Museum. There are two artificial human skeletons donated by Dr. R. Krishna Rao. Dr. S. Swaminathan Prize and Dr. Anderson Medal are awarded to meritorious students annually.
  3. Department of Biochemistry: The Department was started in 1925 as part of Physiology department. Dr. V. K. Narayana Menon was the first professor. Rao Bahadur Dr. V. K. Narayana Menon Medal, Dr. Venkateswarulu Prize, Dr. M. V. V. Krishna Mohan Memorial Prize and Dr C. Sita Devi University Medal awarded annually to meritorious students.
  4. Department of Cardiology: The Department was started in 1971 as a 25-bedded ward with Intensive Care Unit (ICU). As a result of public contributions and Costal Andhra Heart Foundation, a separate building was constructed exclusively for the Department of Cardiology in 1981. The Department was upgraded to 36-beds and 18-bedded Intensive Cardiac Care Unit. An Intermediate Coronary Care Unit was opened in the year 2001.
  5. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Department was started in 1956 with Dr. B. Sundara Rama Murthy as the First Professor. Open Heart Surgery Unit was recently inaugurated on the Second Floor of the Cardiology Block with financial assistance from the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and Coastal Heart Foundation
  6. Department of Dental Surgery
  7. Department of Dermatology
  8. Department of Endocrinology
  9. Department of Forensic Medicine
  10. Department of Gastroenterology
  11. Department of General Surgery
  12. Department of Medicine: The Department was set up at the King George Hospital and upgraded in 1923. The acute medical care unit runs for 24 hours. Dr. W. C. Gray was the first professor and head. Jeypore Sri Vikram Deo Varma Medal, Vemuri Sivaji Rao Medal and Dr. P. Kutumbaiah prize are awarded annually.
  13. Department of Microbiology
  14. Department of Nephrology
  15. Department of Neurology
  16. Department of Neurosurgery: The Department was started in 1956. It is the first neurosurgical unit of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. S. Balaparameswara Rao was its first professor and Head of the Department. An exclusive unit of 'Head Injury and Intensive Care' was started in 1991. Superspeciality course (M.Ch.) was started in 1986.
  17. Department of Nuclear Medicine
  18. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  19. Department of Ophthalmology
  20. Department of Orthopaedics: The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery was set up in 1964 with Dr. C. Vyaghreswarudu as the Head of Department. An 'Artificial Limb Center' was set up in 1983.
  21. Department of Otorhinolaryngology
  22. Department of Paediatric Surgery
  23. Department of Paediatrics
  24. Department of Pathology: The Department was started in 1923. Dr. T. S. Tirumurti was its first professor. Postgraduate courses were started in 1946. It was upgraded in 1953. The Cytology wing was started in 1996. Dr. T. Bhaskara Menon Memorial prize and Dr. Tatachari medal is annually awarded to meritorious students.
  25. Department of Pharmacology
  26. Department of Physiology
  27. Department of Plastic Surgery
  28. Department of Psychiatry
  29. Department of Radiology
  30. Department of Radiotherapy
  31. Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  32. Department of Community Medicine: The Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology was established in 1925. Dr. C. Rama Murty was its first professor. It was renamed as Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in 1955 and now called Department of Community Medicine. The Department gives out Silver Jubilee Celebration Committee Prize and Endowment Medal, Dr. Sonti Dakshinamurthy Prize and Dr. Vallabha Sastry Prize every year.
  33. Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases
  34. Department of Urology

Library

Andhra Medical College Central library was established in 1930. By 1987, the library had a collection of 32,000 books and 107 journals.

Recently an independent library building complex was constructed in front of the Panagal building (main building/office) and near the house surgeons and postgraduates men's hostel. The library has been recently renovated and air conditioned. A round the clock reading room is attached to it. The reading room has been air conditioned.

Teaching hospitals

Andhra Medical College is attached with many Government Teaching Hospitals in Visakhapatnam. The students attend their classes in the departments of the teaching hospitals as per their education requirements.

These Teaching Hospitals are attached with the Andhra Medical College:

Main building of KGH.

Hostels

The Andhra Medical College provides separate hostels for men, women, house-surgeons and postgraduates.

Each hostel has a resident warden with independent quarter, who holds immediate authority over the hostel members and is responsible for their overall discipline. A mess with vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals is attached to each hostel.

The wings of AMC

AMCOSA

Andhra Medical College Old Student's Association (AMCOSA) was formed by the efforts of Prof. P. Brahmayya Sastry and Dr. C. Vyaghreswarudu. The first AMCOSA day was celebrated on 28 January 1967, which was inaugurated by Lt.Col. Dr. M. V. Ramana Murthy, who was the last Surgeon General of the combined Madras Province.

According to the drafted constitution, the aims of AMCOSA were to gradually bring all the old students of the college under one roof, to promote fraternity and fellowship, to promote good will for its multifaceted development, to propagate the achievements of the teachers and alumni of the college as an inspiration to the younger generation and to come together once a year, to greet each other and relive the student days.

The first goal was to build an office for the association and to provide accommodation to the alma mater during their visit to Visakhapatnam. The government allotted 4000 square yards of land in the premises of Alapati Doctors Quarters on a lease of 99 years (vide G.O.Ms.No.2187H/ dt.3.12.1970). The foundation stone for the AMCOSA Golden Jubilee Guest House was laid on 23 March 1971 by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Kasu Brahmananda Reddy.

Eminent personalities

The old students of the Andhra Medical College automatically become members of the alma mater of the AMC.

References

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