B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a

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located in

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. The college, administered by the

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, comprises pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical departments working alongside the Sassoon General Hospital, founded by Byramjee Jeejeebhoy in 1878.

History

The B.J. Medical School was started in 1878 and was converted to full-fledged B.J. Medical College in 1946. In 1924,

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was operated for acute appendicitis in this college.

Location

B.J. Medical College and the allied Sassoon General Hospitals are near Pune Railway Station, in a busy area of the city. B.J. Medical College is a Two-minute walk from Pune central railway station.

Hospital facilities

The hospital serves the needs of patients from urban and rural Pune. It is also a major referral centre for many of the surrounding districts. The hospital has facilities in medical specialities including a cardiac catheterization laboratory, CT imaging, upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy, etc. Weekly clinics are run for medical and surgical superspecialties.

Courses and admissions

Undergraduate

Every year, the college admits 250 students to the undergraduate (

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) course via

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. 15% AIQ quota is there for All India students and 85% is the state quota. Earlier the method of selection was a combination of entrance examinations held at the state and national levels. The duration of training is four and a half years followed by compulsory internship for 1 year in urban and rural settings.

Post graduate

B.J. Medical College, Pune offers training in pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical disciplines. Previously granting degrees under the

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, the institute is now affiliated to the

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(MUHS), Nasik. The duration of training is three years for degree (

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(MD) or

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(MS)) courses and two years for diploma courses. For undergraduate courses, the method of selection is by competitive entrance examinations held at the state and national levels. In addition, some seats are reserved for medical officers who have completed a pre-specified number of years of service in the rural areas of the state of Maharashtra.

Superspeciality

The superspeciality training course offered is MCh in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery ( CVTS), plastic surgery, neurosurgery.

Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP)

It is a one-year course conducted at the college for practising Homoeopathic General Practitioners (GP's) who wish to practice Allopathy and tide over the shortage of doctors in the State of Maharashtra. Certificate Course in “Modern Pharmacology” For Registered Homoeopathic Practitioners in The State of Maharashtra, Sanctioned by Academic Council of Maharashtra University of Health Science (MUHS), Nasik.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include: *

Shreeram Lagoo Dr. Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon. He was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hin ...

Mohan Agashe Mohan Agashe (born 23 July 1947) is an Indian psychiatrist and actor. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 in theatre. Early life Agashe was born in Bhor, Maharashtra. He studied in B. J. Medical College, Pune for his MBBS ...

Jabbar Patel Dr. Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India. His production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre. ...

* Shirish Hiremath * Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar * Himmatrao Bawaskar * YS Chandrashekhar * KB Grant *KH Sancheti, SIOR * R.S. Wadia

References

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* {{authority control Medical colleges in Maharashtra Universities and colleges in Pune Universities and colleges established in 1878 1878 establishments in India Affiliates of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences