Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, under Manipal Academy of Higher Education, was established in the early 1960s and became an official academic department in August 1969. One of the largest clinical departments at KMC Manipal, integrates undergraduate and postgraduate education, comprehensive internal-medicine services, critical care, specialty clinics, and clinical research. The department is known for its structured MD General Medicine training programme, extensive clinical exposure, experienced faculty, and management of common, uncommon, complex, and challenging medical conditions.

Highlights

One of the oldest and largest Departments of Medicine in the private medical-education sector in India, with the department profile reporting approximately 40 faculty members across different levels of experience.

Provides high-volume clinical exposure through two parallel outpatient departments, general inpatient wards, medical intensive-care services, and specialty clinics.

The main department page reports approximately 600 outpatient visits daily, 240 general-ward beds, and care for around 50 ICU patients each day. These figures should be reconfirmed before publication because the page also contains historical data.

Operates through nine clinical units and manages general medical conditions, complex multisystem disorders, and medical emergencies.

Runs at least five intensive-care units equipped to manage critically ill patients referred from across Karnataka.

Offers specialty services in hypertension and obstetric medicine, diabetes, lipidology, immunology, obesity and lifestyle medicine, thyroid disorders, and geriatric medicine.

Provides structured postgraduate training with rotations through Radiology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Medical Oncology, Respiratory Medicine, and Psychiatry.

Uses lectures, bedside clinics, grand rounds, student seminars, specialty clinics, journal clubs, subject seminars, clinicopathological conferences, and small-group teaching as part of its academic programme.

Regularly conducts continuing medical education programmes, guest lectures, postgraduate clinics, and conferences involving national and international faculty.

Conducted KAPICON 2020 in association with the Association of Physicians of India’s Udupi–Manipal Chapter, with 580 physicians and postgraduate students registered for the conference.