Message from Principal

Introduction

• Yenepoya Medical College (YMC), established in 1999 amidst the serene, eco-friendly landscapes of Mangalore, has evolved into a top-notch destination for medical education, research and healthcare excellence. Initially affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, YMC is a constituent college of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) with a prestigious NAAC A+ accreditation since 2008.

Vision and Mission

• To excel as a higher-education institution providing superior medical education, exceptional healthcare and high-caliber research.

Education

• To prepare students to become competent medical graduates, outstanding broad specialists, skilled superspecialists, dedicated teachers and proficient researchers.

Healthcare

• To provide comprehensive, compassionate and affordable clinical care of global and local standards at individual and community levels.

Research

• To become a leading and preferred centre for excellence in research and ethics, advancing knowledge about health and behavior and to make discoveries leading to improved prevention and treatment of clinical disorders, through collaboration.

Education

• YMC offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and super-specialty programs. The training is supported by an 1090-bedded tertiary-care hospital and more than 20 satellite centres administered by the Rural Healthcare and Development Centre (RHCDC). The teaching-learning is supplemented by Yengage - our in-house, interactive e-platform, a Wi-Fi-enabled campus, and a comprehensive, well-furnished central library. The skill-transfer is enhanced by the Advanced Comprehensive Clinical Training and Simulation Centre at Yenepoya (ACTSYEN) through cutting-edge tools like India’s first Anatomage table for 3D virtual dissection and high-fidelity clinical training simulators, and the Advanced Surgical Skill Enhancement Division (ASSEND), MediSim Virtual Lab providing hands-on training for students in basic and advanced surgical skills.
• With an annual intake of 250, the MBBS students are trained in the NMC-mandated competency-based curriculum enriched with excellent teaching-learning support from interactive, passionate and dedicated teachers. Throughout the learning journey, emphasis is on developing an empathetic attitude, a strong sense of ethics and effective communication.
• Participatory learning through community engagement ensures that our students are keenly aware of the healthcare needs at grassroots level. YMC also offers value-added courses in ethics. The family adoption program with digital integration encourages rural orientation of students.
• We offer MD and MS courses in various clinical, paraclinical and preclinical broad specialities with an intake of 121 postgraduate students. The postgraduate training is anchored in a huge patient base with a rich variety of clinical cases, driven by competency-based curriculum with intensive training schedules, skill enhancement at ACTSYEN, hands-on clinical experiences and workshops which prepare students for thriving in any situation. Apart from the broad specialties, NMC-recognized MD in Emergency Medicine and MD in Geriatrics are two more feathers in our evolving cap.
• With the state-of-the-art cancer centre, Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology, YMC offers superspecialty programs (M.Ch and DM) in Urology,Surgical Oncology, Oncopathology. The esteemed and up-to-date Institute of Nephro-Urology which does renal transplants, offers MCh in Urology, and DM in Nephrology.

Healthcare

• YMC serves through 1,090-bedded tertiary care hospital and the RHCDC satellite centres, catering to populations from a wide geographical area at an affordable cost. It offers subsidised healthcare through Yen Health and Yen Geriatric cards, apart from other welfare schemes.
• In addition to general healthcare in broad specialties and emergency services, the hospital is equipped with super speciality services including endocrinology, neurology, urology, nephrology, oncology, oncosurgery, radiation oncology, hemato-oncology, oncopathology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, plastic surgery, surgical gastroenterology and paediatric surgery. It also offers specialised services like fertility centre, vitreo-retinal surgery, arthroscopy, bone marrow transplantation, audiology, among many others.
• The Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology, supported by Tata Trusts, provides comprehensive, affordable and quality cancer care with state-of-the-art technology to patients from within and outside Karnataka. It has facilities for robotic surgery, stem cell cryopreservation, TrueBeam Radiotherapy and pediatric and adult, allogenic and autologous transplants. YMC is the first medical college in south India to install the da Vinci Robotic surgery unit and is utilised for both urology and oncosurgery services.
• YMC has a Blood Centre, Eye Centre, and organ transplantation centre, all of which are registered. YMC Hospital is NABH accredited and the laboratory is NABL accredited.
• Patient care in YMC is strengthened by extension activities carried out through the department of community medicine, Medical Social work department and Rural Health Care development Centre as a part of social responsibility of the institution. YMCH also offers a mobile women wellness clinic and blood donation mobile unit, psychiatric rehabilitation centre as a part of extension activities. YMCH provides telemedicine facilities with 10 telecenters, reaching out to the populations far from Mangalore providing home consultations to populations across several districts. The Digital Health and Demographic Surveillance System (DHDSS) was developed which allows transition from pen-paper-based surveys to paper-less surveillance in real-time data for the continuum of care.
• YMCH won the Double Helical National Health Award for the meritorious service during COVID-19 in May 2022 apart from other awards like Encouragement Award and Times Business Award for Excellence in Affordable Healthcare.

Research

• YMC encourages research by faculty and students at all times. The research projects include clinical trials, academic research, funded and collaborative research, multidisciplinary research, implementation research, and more. Biomedical and healthcare research at YMC is supported by the Yenepoya Research Centre, Innovation Centre, Centre for Nutritional studies, Ethics Committee which is DCGI and DHR registered and NABH accredited. Animal research is supported by the Animal House establishment registered under the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA) with approval of large and small animal houses and the registered Institutional Animal Ethics Committee.
• The major research projects include the Cancer Awareness Outreach Program funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of Karnataka, and the State NSS Unit; and the RATIONS study on tuberculosis and nutrition with an ICMR grant. Other research projects are funded by ICMR, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and Wellcome Trust (UK) projects and seed grants from Yenepoya (deemed to be University).
• Articles published by YMC faculty members have been impactful and published with high citation numbers, with the highest citation for an article being close to 15,000. The faculty of YMC have contributed as editors and authors to text-books for medical students. The RATIONS study has contributed to policies on nutrition in the management of tuberculosis, published in The Lancet and The Lancet Global Health. The trial has received significant attention in the TB care community and the new evidence has prompted WHO in revising the 2013 guidelines.
• As YMC completes 27 glorious years, it strives to evolve and excel, eagerly anticipate the future, inspired and invigorated to continue our pursuit of innovation and success.