B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a

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medical college situated in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

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. It is affiliated to the

Gujarat University The Gujarat University is a public state university located at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by N ...

and

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is a public hospital located in Ahmedabad, India, with facilities for specialised diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative patient care. The hospital campus spans of land and houses the Gujarat Medical Council and Guj ...

History

Ahmedabad Medical School affiliated with

was established in 1871. The school had 14 students educating in hospital assistant training. Businessman

Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Byramjee Jeejeebhoy CSI (1822–1890) was an Indian businessman and philanthropist who founded several education institutions in Bombay. The Byramjee Jeejeebhoy College and the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution in Charni Road, ...

donated in 1879 and the school was renamed after him, B. J. Medical School. In 1917, the school was affiliated with the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Bombay. By 1946, the school obtained affiliation with the

University of Bombay The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai. The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed ...

and achieved higher status for itself to become B. J. Medical College, providing Licentiate Certified Physician and Surgeon (LCPS) degree. In 1951, it became affiliated to the

for undergraduate courses. The postgraduate courses were affiliated to the Gujarat University in 1956.

Institutions

*M & J Institute of Ophthalmology *The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute *TB Demonstration and Training Centre *U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology

Notable alumni

* Tejas Patel, cardiologist * Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, nephrologist, immunologist and transplant surgeonikdrc-its
* A. K. Patel, politician and physician * Ketan Desai, urologist *

Janak Desai Dr. Janak D. Desai is an Indian urologist (M.S.; M.Ch; FRCS) best known for developing the technique of Ultra-Mini PCNL which involves kidney stone removal by a minimally invasive key-hole technique which reduces the blood loss, pain and hosp ...

, urologist *

Rajni Kanabar Rajni Kanabar (9 November 1940 – 25 June 2019) was an M.B.B.S. doctor and philanthropist belonging to the third generation of an Indian-origin family in Tanzania. He was the founder-chairman of Regency Medical Centre in Dar es Salaam, and th ...

, Tanzanian doctor and philanthropist *

Kirit Premjibhai Solanki Kirit Premjibhai Solanki (b 1950) is an Indian Politician and medical practitioner (laparoscopic surgeon) who has been elected Member of Parliament of India for three consecutive terms (15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha). He represents the Ahmed ...

, surgeon and politician

References

External links

* {{authority control Medical colleges in Gujarat Universities and colleges in Ahmedabad Gujarat University