K S Hegde Medical Academy

K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore

Front view of K S Hegde Medical Academy
Motto Long life ahead
Type Private Medical College and Hospital
Established 1999
Affiliation Nitte University
Dean Satheesh Kumar Bhandary
Undergraduates 100 till 2010/ 150 from 2011
Location mangalore, Karnataka,  India
12°52′10.1″N 74°50′33.4″E / 12.869472°N 74.842611°E / 12.869472; 74.842611Coordinates: 12°52′10.1″N 74°50′33.4″E / 12.869472°N 74.842611°E / 12.869472; 74.842611
Campus Nithyanandanagar, Deralakatte
Website KSHEMA

The K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) is a medical college in Deralakatte, near the city of Mangalore. It is managed by the Nitte Education Trust, which runs a number of professional colleges in the state of Karnataka. The college offers the MBBS course along with post-graduation courses. The Academy was affiliated to RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) till 2009. Now it is affiliated to NITTE University.

Campus

The KS Hegde Medical Academy is located at Deralakatte, a town about 13 km from Mangalore. The full-fledged academy is spread over 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land.

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

Sister institute

A B Shetty College of dental sciences (managed by Nitte education trust)

Admissions

Undergraduate course

The admission under the General merit category will be through the process of centralised single window counselling on the basis of merit(rank) obtained in the All India Entrance Test, NEET, conducted by CBSE.

Courses offered

UG course

4½ year M.B.B.S. course. + 1 year medical internship.

PG courses

M.D.

M.S.

Attached hospital

K S Hegde Charitable Hospital

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 recently opened a super specialty block for Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology.

Ranking

University and college rankings
Medical - India
Outlook India[1] 21

KSHEMA was ranked 21st among medical colleges in India in 2017 by Outlook India.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Top 25 Medical Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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