Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is a

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located in

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, India and is named after its founder – the 7th Nizam of

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– and was inaugurated by Princess Durreshehvar It is an

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under the Act of Andhra Pradesh State Legislature. It has a big sprawling campus in

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Overview

NIMS is recognized by Medical Council of India. It is administered under the supervision of the Governing Council, Executive Board, Director and other statutory bodies. It publishes the monthly journal "The Clinical Proceedings of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences" for the last 20 years.

History

Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad2

The Nizam's Orthopaedic Hospital was inaugurated by Sri

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, Union Minister for Railways on 22 December 1964. The first Superintendent of the hospital was M. Ranga Reddy, a well known Orthopedic Surgeon, who convinced the 7th Nizam to build a specialty hospital for Orthopedics and played an important role in its construction. The hospital was under the

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until it was handed over to AP Government. Dr. Ranga Reddy was the administrator of the hospital also till then.

Academics

The institute conducts MD, MS, M. Ch, D.M, Ph.D courses in about 40 disciplines that are recognized by Medical Council of India and issues certificates. Apart from this, there are various paramedical post graduate diploma courses being conducted by the institute.

Notable alumni

Sree Bhushan Raju Sree Bhushan Raju M.D., D.M., Diplomate of National Board, ( Telugu: శ్రీ భూషణ్ రాజు) is a nephrologist from Telangana, India. He is currently professor and head, Dept of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Scien ...

Notable faculty

* B. Somaraju, eminent cardiologist * D. Prasada Rao, cardiothorasic surgeon,

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awardee * Kakarla Subba Rao, eminent radiologist *

Lavu Narendranath Lavu Narendranath is an Indian orthopedic surgeon, medical researcher and the director of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. Career After graduating in medicine and securing a master's degree (MS), he joined NIMS and worked ther ...

, orthopedic surgeon,

awardee *

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, clinical immunologist, endocrinologist and the founder president and chief executive officer of UND Life Sciences

References

External links

Official website of NIMS
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