Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital (FAAMCH) is the fifth medical college of Assam based in
Barpeta. The college has been named after former President of India
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. The classes were formally inaugurated in August 2012 by then health minister of
Assam,
Himanta Biswa Sarma, after it received the permission from the
Medical Council of India even though the hospital section was inaugurated on 11 February 2011.
It is affiliated with
Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences,
Guwahati. The college has a current intake of 125 undergraduate students per year and 42 postgraduate students per year. The college also runs various paramedical diploma courses.
Departments
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Anaesthesiology
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Anatomy
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Biochemistry
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Community Medicine
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Dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...
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Dermatology
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ENT
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Forensic Medicine
Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...
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Medicine
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Microbiology
Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
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Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...
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Gynaecology
Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...
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Ophthalmology
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Orthopaedics
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Paediatrics
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Pathology
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Pharmacology
Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...
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Physiology
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Psychiatry
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Radiology
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Surgery
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
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TB &
Chest
XCLEPIA
Xclepia is the annual fest of F. A. A. Medical College. It is held every year towards the end of first week of February and ends on 11 Feb which commemorates the Foundation Day of the college.
Various sports, literary, cultural activities etc. are undertaken during the fest week by the students, staff and teachers of the college.
Xclepia is named after Asclepius or Hepius,a hero and GOD of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
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Affiliates of Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences
Medical colleges in Assam
Barpeta district
2011 establishments in Assam
Educational institutions established in 2011
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