St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore

Address: Sarjapur Road, Opp BDA Complex, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034

Affiliated University: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Year of Establishment: 1963

About College:

Started in 1963 by the Catholic Bishop's Conference of India, St. John's has grown to be listed as one of the top medical educational institutions in the country. The Supreme Court of India, granting the privilege of conducting its own entrance test, declared St. John's Medical College as standing on a different footing altogether among the private medical colleges in the matter of admissions made strictly on the basis of merit. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, a Review Committee of the University Grants Commission, has recognized the excellence of St. John's Medical College and Hospital and accorded it with a 5 star grading.

St. John's Medical College offers graduate, postgraduate, diploma and super specialty degrees recognized by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore, Karnataka. The mission orientation of the institution is to train healthcare professionals, especially to serve in the medically underserved areas of the country. Medical students execute a bond to serve in such areas for two years after their graduation. About 25% of them are permanently working in remote areas, and are committed to addressing the desperate health needs of these unreached rural populations.

At present, a total of 726 students are undergoing their training in Medicine and Paramedical courses. A total of 608 staff, both teaching and non-teaching are on the payroll of the College and rendering their services to the best of their abilities. Alumni and faculty of the institution hold eminent positions in various fields associated with medicine and health care, nationally and internationally.

The high quality of academic and research work undertaken by the qualified and dedicated teaching staff of the college has attracted grants from different parts of the world. The present number of 367 teaching staff work in the Preclinical, Paraclinical, Clinical and Super-specialty departments of the college and hospital.

Hospital Stats:

St.John's Medical College Hospital is a tertiary medical service centre with 1200 beds. It offers specialty and super specialty services, including state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities to ensure the delivery of holistic patient care. The hospital is staffed with dedicated and highly competent members of the medical fraternity along with trained personnel who work with sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment. Annual patient statistics report of 2007 (January to December) shows a total of 5,03,274 outpatients registered, with a daily average of 1379. The total number of new outpatients registered during this period was 1,34,803. The total number of admissions made was 46,609, with a daily average of 128.

Started on December 8, 1975, St.John's Medical College Hospital now has 24 full-fledged departments to provide specialty and super specialty services.

Courses Offered:

UG Courses:

• MBBS

PG Courses:

• Diploma in Anesthesia
• Diploma in Child Health
• Diploma in Clinical Pathology
• Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Diploma in Ophthalmology
• Diploma in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
• Diploma in Radio-Diagnosis
• MD - Anaesthesiology
• MD - Bio-Chemistry
• MD - Dermatology , Venereology & Leprosy
• MD - Emergency Medicine
• MD - Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
• MD - General Medicine
• MD - Microbiology
• MD - Paediatrics
• MD - Pathology
• MD - Pharmacology
• MD - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• MD - Physiology
• MD - Psychiatry
• MD - Radio Diagnosis/Radiology
• MD - Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine
• MD/MS - Anatomy
• MD/MS - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology
• MD/MS - Ophthalmology
• MS - ENT
• MS - General Surgery
• MS - Orthopaedics