Surgery Block
Stanley Medical College (SMC) is a government
medical college with hospitals, located in
Chennai
(Madras) in
the state of
Tamil
Nadu
,
India
. Though the
original hospital is more than 200 years old, the medical college
was formally established on July 2, 1938. Stanley Medical College
is ranked 9th according to the NDTV ranking of top medical colleges
in India.
History
Hand Rehabilitation / Plastic Surgery
Institute
Stanley Medical College and Hospitals is one of the oldest centers
in India in the field of
medical
education. The seed for this institution was sown as early as
1740 when the
East India
Company first created the medical department. The Stanley
Hospital now stands on the old site of the Monegar
choultry established in 1782. In 1799 the Madras
Native Infirmary was established with Monegar Choultry and
leper asylum. .
In 1830, a well known philanthropist
Raja Sir Ramasamy Mudaliar
endowed a hospital and dispensary in the Native Infirmary. In 1836,
Madras University established M.B.
& G.M. and L.M & S Medical Courses in the Native Infirmary.
In 1903, a hospital assistant course was introduced with the help
of the East India Company. In 1911, the first graduating class was
awarded their Licensed Medical Practitioner (
LMP) diplomas.
In 1933, Five Year D.M. & S (Diploma in Medicine & Surgery)
course was inaugurated by Sir
George Fredrick Stanley. The school
was named for him by the Governor of Madras Presidency on July 2,
1938. In 1941, three medical and surgical units were created. This
was expanded to seven medical and surgical units in 1964. In 1938,
72 students studied, and then from 1963, 150 students were admitted
each year. In 1964,
Dr.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the
President of India, laid the foundation
stone for College Auditorium to mark
Silver Jubilee Celebration.
Description
The College is associated with the Government Stanley Hospital
which has 1280 beds for in-patient treatment. The hospital has an
out-patient attendance of around 5000 patients per day. A unique
feature is its 8-story surgical complex equipped to perform up to
40 surgeries simultaneously, and a separate
pediatrics block with all specialities under one
roof.
The three well known departments of the Stanley Medical Hospitals
are Surgical
Gastroenterology,
Urology and the Institute of Hand
Rehabilitation and
Plastic Surgery.
The Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and the
Department of Plastic Surgery (IRRH & DPS) is one of the best
centers in
Southeast Asia. The
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology was the first in India to
perform a successful
liver
transplant, under the leadership of Dr. R.P. Shanmugam,
Surgical Gastroenterologist and the first among Hospitals/ Hospital
Departments in India to obtain the
ISO 9001
certification. The Department of Urology performs up to fifty
kidney transplants a year.
Admissions
Admissions to
Bachelor
of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) and post-graduate (MD, MS, other
diplomas and higher specialties) are through state (85% seats) and
national (15%) entrance examinations. Reservations of seats and
reduced tuition are available to underserved communities.
Admissions are open only to Indian citizens, and are highly
competitive. Admissions to the MBBS program (about 150 seats per
year) are based on a weighted aggregate of the entrance exam and
high-school final exam scores. About 1 in 40 applicants are
accepted to the MBBS program statewide (about 1500 seats in 15
medical colleges), and only the top-rankers among those accepted to
the MBBS program statewide are admitted to Stanley Medical College
bringing the effective admission rate to less than 1 in 200.
Several seats in post-graduate programs are reserved for physicians
in Government service.
Academics
Undergraduate Programs
The following undergraduate programs are offered:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) - Basic medical degree
in India, five-and-a-half years duration (4.5 years course work
followed by one year compulsory rotational internship).
Postgraduate Programs
Masters programs offered include Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and
Masters in Surgery (M.S.) degrees which consist of a three-year
residency. The following programs are offered:
Medicine
- M.D. General Medicine
- M.D. Micro Biology
- M.D. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- M.D. Physiology
- M.D. Pharmacology
- M.D. Paediatrics
- M.D. Psychiatric Medicine
- M.D. Anaesthesiology
- M.D. Dermato-veneriology
- M.D. Pathology
- M.D. Biochemistry
- M.D. TB& Chest Diseases
Surgery
- M.S. General Surgery
- M.S. Anatomy
- M.S. Ophthalmology
- M.S. E.N.T
- M.S. Orthopedics
Post graduate diploma programs comprise of a two-year clinical
residency. The following programs are offered:
- D.G.O. Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- D.C.H. Diploma in Child Health
- D.M.R.D. Diploma in Medical Radio Diagnosis
- D.L.O. Diploma in Laryngo Otology
- D.A. Diploma in Anaesthesiology
- D.Ortho. Diploma in Orthopaedics
- D.O. Diploma in Ophthalmology
- D.D.V.L Diploma in Dermatology, Venerology & Leprosy
Higher specialties
Stanley Medical College also offers several higher specialty
fellowship training programs. These include:
Medicine
- D.M. Neurology
- D.M. Cardiology
- D.M. Nephrology
- D.M. Gastroenterology
Surgery
- M.Ch. Neurosurgery
- M.Ch. Plastic Surgery
- M.Ch. Surgical gastroenterology
- M.Ch. Urology (proposed)
Attached hospitals
- Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai 600 001
- Government Raja Sir Ramasamy Mudaliar (RSRM) Lying-in Hospital,
Chennai 600 013
- Government Hospital for Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram, Chennai
600 047
- Government Peripheral Hospital, Tondiarpet, Chennai 600
081
Notable faculty and alumni
- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, World renown
Neurologist and Cognitive Science
researcher
- Dr.Govindappa Venkataswamy ( Dr V) founder of Aravind Eye
Hospitals
- Dr. R. Surendran, (Surgical gastroenterology)(Professor and
Head of Stanley Surgical gastroenterology unit) Performed the first
liver transplant in Stanley,
- Prof. R. Venkataswami, founder of IRRH &
DPS (Hand Rehabilitation / Plastic Surgery)
- Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr. T. Thomas The first Indian
Cardiothoracic surgeon.
- Dr. C. Palanivelu, Famous Minimal Access Surgeon,
Gastroentrology, founder of Gem Hospital, Coimbatore
- Mohammed Rela,
liver transplant surgeon at the King's College Hospital
.
- Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals.
- Dr David Jayakar, Director of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chicago, USA
- Dr AN. Subramanian Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
and Lead Clinician, Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust,
England
- *Prof. I. R. Francis, Professor of Radiology and the
Associate Chair for Research. He also serves as the Director of the
Tumor Imaging Core at the University
of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Dr. Bala Jaganathan[78822], Medical and Surgical Simulation
Technology,University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
- Dr.Mirudhubashini
Govindarajan, Infertility Expert
- Dr.Lalitha kameswaran, A notable Pharmacologist and First
Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University
- Dr. Lakshmanan
Sathyavagiswaran Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County
of Los Angeles
Classes (with year of entry)
This institution is known for the quality of its students and the
camaraderie among them. Old Stanleans Day, the annual alumni
reunion takes place on the last Sunday of January every year.Every
class of MBBS students has assigned to itself a name denoting the
year of entry. Recent years are:
Student activities
SMC has an excellent Dance group named "STAN BOOTS" that has won
several awards at various inter-college cultural festivals.
Euphoria, the annual inter-college cultural festival is popular in
the city of Chennai, and often receives participation from other
states as well. The college has
hockey,
football cricket,
basketball
,
volleyball teams. The students publish
the yearly 'Stanley Times' which showcases creative expressions by
the students. The Stanley Literary Society also promotes literature
and arts among the students.
The Rotaract Club performs free medical service to underserved
communities. The college hosts a company of the
National Cadet Corps, which is
affiliated with the medical division of the Tamil Nadu NCC.
SMC has adopted a village,Alamadhi which is in the outskirts of the
city.Students visit the place every week and serve the people
there.Such a thing has never happened anywhere else so far.
Student facilities
There are separate boarding and lodging facilities (Hostels) for
male and female students. The men's hostel has separate kitchen and
dining facilities for undergraduates, house surgeons and
postgraduates respectively. There are good sports facilities which
include a turf pitch for cricket, basketball ground and two table
tennis courts. The campus itself is a pleasant one with lots of
trees and well-maintained gardens.
See also
External links
References
- http://www.doctorndtv.com/survey/Medicalinstitutes.asp
-
http://emedicinelive.com/index.php/Hospitals/stanley-medical-college.html
- The Telegraph - Calcutta : KnowHOW
- The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Marginal
fall in patient turnout in hospitals
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