Andhra Medical College (AMC) is the oldest medical college in Andhra Pradesh and one of the oldest medical colleges in India. It came into being on 19th July 1923 and rapidly acquired national attention as a center of higher learning in medical education. The first principal was Captain F. J. Anderson and 32 students were admitted in that year. The ‘medical school’ was initially affiliated to Madras University. The medical college has been attached to King George Hospital (KGH) and a number of other regional hospitals as Government Chest Hospital , Government ENT , Regional Eye Hospital and Government Hospital for Mental Care, Visakhapatnam.
Now under the Principal Dr.P.V.Sudhakar MS Mch , the medical college admits 250 under-graduates, 212 post-graduates and 10 super-speciality trainees along with numerous para-medical and health related courses under the Dr.NTR Health University.
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.
Courses Offered: MBBS, MD, MS, Diploma, Superspeciality
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