 Genesis

The St. John’s Medical College Hospital was conceived as the cradle of clinical learning for
all our graduates and postgraduates affiliated to our institutes across the health fields of
medicine, nursing, paraclinical and allied health. This professional education can only occur
by providing learning experiences that are academically sound, holistic, comprehensive and
professionally delivered by our physicians who are also faculty. The hospital began
functioning on the 8th December, 1975, and has steadily grown from a few hundred beds and
units to over 40 full-fledged departments providing care and treatment services, both
specialty and super specialty. By 2018 we would have added 600 beds to continue to be one
of the largest health care facilities under one roof in Bengaluru with 2000 bed strength.

 Purpose

The purpose of our hospital is three-fold with the patient paramount to our existence.

 Clinical Service

It is primary to our existence and will always be driven by a patient centred approach
by physicians who care. We are a tertiary-care, referral and teaching hospital that
provides ethical and professional clinical care and treatment across all specialities ably
supported by diagnostics services that includes laboratory-based, imaging and
interventional facilities that remains affordable and accessible. With over 40
departments working as a team we can provide for most needs of our patients with in
our own facility. Hospital facilities enable us to provide for all health-related
emergencies including those required in mass casualty incidents and disaster
situations. Outpatient consultations with cross references are feasible through our
OPD schedules that extend from morning to late evenings on weekdays and those in
 need of diagnostic and therapeutic workups are enabled to be admitted through our
inpatient facilities. Facilities for day-care are available that are restricted to targeted
interventions and the care of chronic patients. Intensive care and Treatment units are
spread across all ages of patients in need from newborn to adults, surgical to medical,
and speciality to super specialities. Laboratory facilities are comprehensive and
reasonably priced covering routine haematology, biochemistry including
Immunology, genetics and molecular diagnostic requirements. Diagnostics available
are imaging services under radiology and interventional diagnostics through the many
super specialities existing on campus. Linkages to medico-social assistance and
community outreach facilities exists for continuation of care and the pastoral
department provides for spiritual needs of our patients. After-life care facilities
include a Mortuary, embalming and autopsy services on campus. Hospital strives to
cater to the needs of the public with special preference for the downtrodden and
underprivileged byproviding excellent inpatient and outpatient medical facilities at a
reasonable cost according to Christian values, irrespective of caste, creed and colour.

Annual patient statistics report of 2007 (January to December) shows a total of

5,03,274 outpatients registered, with a daily average of 1850. The total number of new
outpatients registered during this period was 1,34,803. The total number of admissions
made was 46,609, with a daily average of 148.

 Academics

A teaching hospital has great advantages for our patients as our physician-teachers are
constantly under scrutiny and observation by students who recognise the need for the
practice of good medicine. Evidence- and protocol-based practices are the direction
we are expected to take in our practice of the art and science of medicine, which in
turn forces us to be role models for our students to learn. It is through demonstrating
good medicine day in and day out that our students learn. In our hospital academics
occur, but never at the expense of patient care which is the centre of our service.

 Research
 Medicine is a science that requires physicians to strive to improve care and treatment
practices by constantly questioning and searching for the right answers for our
patients. Evidence needs to be generated that gives us clarity to what is best for each
of our patients to enable healing and progressing. In our hospital, research is
conducted, but never at the expense of our patients’ rights that always has, is and will
remain sacrosanct.

 Location

Our main hospital is on Sarjapur Road, just off the Hosur Road junction, near the old
Madivala Checkpost in the locality of Koramanagala, Bengaluru City (12°55'46.1"N
77°37'07.2"E). This is the state capital of the South Indian state of Karnataka. We are less
than 30-150 km from our neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
well connected by air, trains and by road. The airport is 40.8 km away (approximately 1.5
hours away); and, the main Bengaluru City railway station and Majestic Bus terminal are
10.0 km (45-60 minutes away).

Key Services Provided in our Hospital

 Specialities and Super Specialities:

All specialities and super speciality consultations exists in-house. Outpatient and Inpatient
facilities are well-equipped and support the provision of comprehensive affordable and
quality health care under one roof. State-of-Art and accredited laboratory services support
the care of our patients. For targeted interventions and continuum of care Day Care
Facilitiesare available. We are a major referral centre for all specialities and super
specialities.

 Emergency services:

Emergency services are competent and prompt with a standalone department that triages and
manages all adult related emergencies inducing Intensive Care facilities till stabilisation
and transfer can occur. A dedicated Paediatric and Neonatal emergency staffed by
appropriate teams exist to enable specialised care where required. Both function 24-hour x
 7-days. The strength of our multidisciplinary hospital is optimised by the ability to care
for polytrauma. About 54,000 patients are attended to in the Emergency department in a
year.

 Critical care services:

Critical Care services include units for Adult Intensive Care (35 beds), Coronary Care (7
beds), Paediatric Intensive Care (13 beds) and Neonatal Intensive Care (35 beds) that cares
for over 4,000 patients annually. In addition, many super specialities have dedicated ICUs
for their patients directly under their responsibilities.

 Childhood Disability (Unit of Hope):

This interdisciplinary unit has dedicated physicians and paramedical staff that cater to
medical, surgical and allied needs of children with disability enabling the delivery of chronic
care.

 Oncology:

Cancer patients have much to benefit from comprehensive Oncology services (medical,
surgical, paediatric) which includes transplants and radiotherapy facilities (like the Linear
Accelerator).

 Pain and Palliative Medicine:

Pain management and Palliative care facilities are available at St. Johns that supports the
ongoing care of all our patients including when futility of care is an issue.

 Interventional Services:

Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Pulmonary and Radiology have routine interventional

facilities in-house.

 Geriatric Services:
 With rapidly changing demographics the provision of care for our geriatric population is
optimised here at St. John’s with an outreach home based care facility.

 Physical and Medical Rehabilitation Services:

Our multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation of our patients is essential for optimising

recovery and putting outpatients back on their feet. The PMR department supports and
enables our teams across Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy to work together towards
this very end.

 Chronic Care (Neurology, Endocrine, Cardiology, Medicine, Immunology):

The rise of non-communicable disease burdens due to life style behavioural changes has
necessitated health care systems to realign to a chronic care model. Diseases like Diabetes,
Stroke, Hypertension, COPD, HIV and Immune Disorders need multiple inputs to support
the continuum of care vital in chronic diseases.

 Transfusion Services

Transfusion services that [provide safe component products are essential in modern
medicine.

 Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics:

The future of medicine is moving rapidly towards genetics and molecular levels.

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS) is a self-financing private Institution.
St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru established in 1963 by the CBCI with the aim of training
healthcare personnel committed to serving the poor in the margins, was dedicated as a memorial
of the XXXVIII International Eucharistic Congress held in Bombay in 1964 and named after St.
John the Baptist, the Patron of Pope John XXIII, who was an ardent supporter of this initiative of
the Catholic Church in India.

CBCI Office for Health Care was established in 1989 by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
to function as the coordinating body of all the health-related organizations of the Church in India.
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences consists of:

A Medical College - counted as one of the best in the nation

A state of the art Hospital with 1350 beds for all medical and surgical departments including super-
specialty departments

A top-class College of Nursing

A Research Institute - the first in a medical school - with the most modern facilities including a
Biorepository

and

An Institute of Health Care Management and Paramedical Studies

Spread over 132 acres of verdant campus in the salubrious climate of the Garden City of
Bengaluru, this institution stands testimony to the purpose for which it was established.

Objectives

St. John's strives to train and encourage health care professionals to reach out to the medically
underserved of the nation. In this effort, it has succeeded in harmonizing dedication to excellence
with commitment to social justice in health care.

The Objectives of St John's National Academy of Health Sciences are:

o Excellence in all fields of health care education

o Adequate Christian formation of the students
o Upholding respect for life, from the moment of conception to its natural end
o A genuine feeling of compassion towards the patients and their families as persons
o A special thrust to community health fostering the dimensions of participatory team work
o Serving the health needs of medically underserved areas of our country and our medically
underprivileged brethren
o Acquiring the ability to do research and apply the advances in scientific knowledge to the
relevant fields of work
o Striving towards promoting holistic health
 o Acquiring an exemplary steadfastness to principles and moral values so as to be witness to
a life of honesty and integrity.

Governance

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS) is a self-financing private Institution.
It was established, and is managed by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
(C.B.C.I. http://www.cbci.in/) through the CBCI Society for Medical Education (a Registered
Charitable Trust with it's office in Bengaluru) established for the purpose in 1961.

The CBCI represents the Catholic Church in India and is a permanent association of all its Bishops.
It was constituted in September 1944 to look in to all matters concerning the interests of the
Catholic Church in India.

The General Body of the CBCI Society for Medical Education consists of the CBCI Standing
Committee and the Governing Board. General Body is presided over by the President CBCI.

The Governing Board consists of elected members of the General Body and the Executives of
the Academy, it formulates policies and oversees the functioning of SJNAHS.

The members of the Governing Board are:

Most Rev. George Antonysamy

Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore
Chairman

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu

Archbishop of Visakhapatnam

Most Rev. Thomas D’Souza

Archbishop of Calcutta

Most Rev. Anil Joseph Thomas Couto

Archbishop of Delhi

Most Rev. Henry D’Souza

Bishop of Bellary
Most Rev. Mar Mathew Arackal
Bishop of Kanjirapally

Most Rev. Joshua Mar Ignathios

Bishop of Mavelikara

Most Rev. Anthonysamy Neethinathan

Bishop of Chingleput

Rev. Dr. Paul Parathazham

Director, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. George D’Souza

Dean
St. John’s Medical College

Dr. Tony Raj

Dean
St. John’s Research Institute

Rev. Fr. Duming Dias

Associate Director
St. John’s Medical College

Rev. Fr. Pradeep Kumar Samad

Associate Director
St. John’s Medical College Hospital

Rev. Fr. Jesudoss Rajamanickam

Associate Director – Finance, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

Sr. Fatima Puthenthoppil

Chief of Nursing Services
St. John’s Medical College Hospital

The Executive Committee looks in to the day to day running of the academy. The members
are:
Rev. Dr. Paul Parathazham
Director, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

Rev. Fr. Jesudoss Rajamanickam

Associate Director – Finance, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

Rev. Fr. Duming Dias

Associate Director
St. John’s Medical College

Rev. Fr. Pradeep Kumar Samad

Associate Director
St. John’s Medical College Hospital

Dr. George D’Souza

Dean
St. John’s Medical College

Dr. Tony Raj

Dean
St. John’s Research Institute

Sr. Fatima Puthenthoppil

Chief of Nursing Services
St. John’s Medical College Hospital

Dr. Sanjiv Lewin

Chief of Medical Services
St. John’s Medical College Hospital

Organogram

St. John's Organisation Chart

Emblem

The EMBLEM of this Institution portrays a man lying with sickness being helped to rise, and given
renewed life by Christ, who is signified by the Cross, on which He died, and which is a symbol of
love.
The motto of the emblem, HE SHALL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME, links this Institution with the
XXXVIII International Eucharistic Congress held in Bombay in December 1964, of which it is the
Chief Memorial. The motto is a constant reminder to our Staff and Students that they are God's
collaborators in their care of human lives.

The colour scheme: The cross is WHITE, signifying purity of spirit; the body of the man lying
down is BLUE, signifying aspiration towards heavenly things; and the background is GOLD or
YELLOW, signifying the flame of knowledge.

Medical Departments

The Department of Cardiology was started in 1984 under the leadership of Lt Gen G R Narayan.
We were one of the first institutions in the state to introduce Interventional cardiology in 1995
with the inauguration of the cardiac catheterization laboratory in 1995. From 1995-1998 and from
2001-2010, Wing Commander Dr S S Iyengar was the Head of department, Dr. Pradeep K Shetty
from 1998-2001, and Dr CB Patil from 2010-2013. Dr Kiron Varghese took over leadership of the
Department from 2013 till date. The department has been training students for the MCI approved
3-year DM Cardiology program since 2000. The Department has had its share of academic
activities in the form of International research trials, CME programs for MD and DM students and
training of elective foreign students. It is one of the few departments with a Poor Patients Fund
and many patients receive highly subsidised treatment. As far as possible, lifesaving treatment is
not withheld for any patient for lack of funds. Besides this, the Department is well known for the
range of coronary and peripheral vascular interventions which are routinely being performed since
2002. The staff have several publications to date apart from numerous published abstracts and
presentations at national and international conferences. The Department prides itself on its patient
friendly and student friendly atmosphere conducive to the well being of patients, staff and students.

The department of dermatology at St. John’s Medical College Hospital is committed to:

Patient care:

Our Department offers a full range of dermatology care for both common and rare problems of
skin, hair, nails and mucous membranes. The department is composed of more than 12 certified
physicians with expertise in the areas of medical, surgical and pediatric dermatology. To encourage
specialization and research members are organized into Disease Interest Groups like Pediatric
dermatology, Leprology, Venereology, HIV and other Infectious disease, Trichology, Geriatric
dermatology, Dermatopathology.

Training:

The primary goal of St. John’s Medical College, Department of Dermatology is to provide trainees
a high quality educational and service experience in the discipline. The department offers a variety
of courses in the field of Dermatology and Dermatosurgery, Undergraduate Training, Postgraduate
Residency Program, Dermatosurgery Fellowship Program, Dermatology & Dermatosurgery
Observership, A 5 Day Certificate Course in Dermatosurgery & Cosmetology for Practicing
dermatologists.

Research:

Research in the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of skin disease.

The Division of Human Genetics was established in 1972 by Dr. Manorama Thomas under the
auspices of the Department of Anatomy. Dr, Manorama Thomas had a vision to start the Division
after her formal training from the University of Heidelberg in 1969 - 70. Through her sincere,
committed and meticulous efforts she standardized and started the first Cytogenetic Lab in India.
Thus, the Division of Human Genetics takes pride in being the oldest and the only clinical
Genetics/Cytogenetic and Counseling Center among the Medical Colleges/Hospitals in India.

The Division caters to teaching Genetics to MBBS,Dental and various other subspecialities of
Genetics.

Ours is department of Endocrinology and Metabolism this deals with diabetes, Thyroid, other
Hormone disorders. this department was started in year 2001 as division of internal
medicine, subsequently full fledged separate department in the year of Jan 2001. services provided
from the department listed below services provided by our department include Thyroid clinic,
Bone and Metabolism clinic, Diabetes and Diabetic foot care including counselling regarding
Injections techniques complications and Hypoglycemic management; Adrenal clinic; Pituitary
clinic , Obesity clinic; Paeditric Endocrinology Clinic functions on every Saturday.
The department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology was introduced as a separate department in
1983 with Dr. Patrick S. Kamath as the Chair (Head of the department). The department has come
a long way since then. We were the first in the state to introduce Diplomate National board training
in Gastroenterology in 2009 followed by DM training 2012. The department is known for its
excellent, all round contribution to training fellows in all aspects of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology. We have an active endoscopy department and close to 8500 endoscopic procedures
of various kinds are performed each year. Around 23,000 patients visit the OPD per year and 1800
patients are treated as inpatient basis. Even the most underprivileged have an open access to the
doors of the department 24/7

Immunology

This department caters to the needs of patients with rheumatologic and immunological disorders.
Patients with autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiencies receive care in the department.

The department is actively involved in the management of patients with following diseases

Rheumatoid arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis

Ankylosing spondylitis, Spondyloarthropathy

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Scleroderma

Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis

Several other connective tissue diseases

The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis is about 1% in the community. Hence rheumatologic

diseases are common and the department serves a large number of patients.

Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology

The department is actively involved in the diagnosis and management of primary immune
deficiencies and rheumatologic illnesses of childhood.
epartment of Medical Oncology started offering services from July, 2009, by Dr. Arun Shet
Professor and HOD till November 2015. The Department of Medical Oncology started Re-
functioning under Dr Ganesha Senior Consultant and HOD from March 2016.

Outpatient services

 Medical Oncology Clinics – Monday to Saturday

Day Care Services

 Day Care Chemotherapy

 Outpatient Procedure Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy etc
 Care of chemo port and Central Catheters
 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Paracentesis
 Intrathecal Chemotherapy

In Patient Service

 In patient ward Rounds (Daily)

 Acute Leukaemia Management
 Febrile Neutropenia Management
 Management of Oncological Emergencies like tumor lysis syndrome etc

Consultative Services

 In Patient Hemato Oncology Consults (Daily)

 Oncology Consults (Daily)

The Department of Medicine provides a comprehensive program of clinical services including

services in the subspecialties of haematology and geriatric medicine. The department is dedicated
to advancing the art and science of medicine. We have state-of-the-art facilities, a faculty of
outstanding clinical scholars and rapidly expanding research programs.

The department was established in 1963 and has been running the postgraduate program since
1981. Dr G N Reddy was the first Head of the Department making this a well-established program
with deep historical roots. The philosophy of our program is based on two key tenets – a) that the
patient is center to our daily work and b) that we do our tasks as a team. The current HOD is Dr
Cecil Ross. The department has 27 faculty members and runs a rigorous residency program with
a yearly intake of 9 postgraduate students. The department sees an average of 70,000 outpatients
and 13,000 inpatients per year.

In addition to offering patients a wide array of services, the department is engaged in cutting-edge
research to help better understand and treat a range of health conditions. Basic science research in
the department attracts both national funding like Indian council of medical research (ICMR), Dept
of Biotechnology (DBT), Dept of Science and technology (DST) and Vision group on science and
technology (VGST) and state level funding like Karnataka fund for improvement of science and
technology (K FIST) etc (5 faculty in the department currently serve as principal investigators.
There were more than 10 active clinical trials in the Department during the 2017 fiscal year.
Current industry-sponsored research in the department include studies in the use of long acting
Factor VIII, and factor IX, Fibrinogen deficiency, Lymphoma, Chronic myeloid leukemia and
lifestyle disease like Diabetes and hypertension.

The department offers primary care and specialty services in lifestyle diseases, infectious diseases,
poisoning and toxicology, acute medical emergencies, and patients with multisystem involvement.
The department is trained to handle infectious disease epidemics and in disaster management. We
strongly emphasize evidence-based practice, disease prevention and health promotion. The
department offers preventive care, sick visits and outreach programs to Vimalalya hospital in the
nearby areas in collaboration with community health specialists. The geriatric unit offers
comprehensive and expedited clinical care to our elderly population.

The haematology unit started in 1990, is in involved in both treatment and research on diseases
like anaemias, marrow aplasias, coagulation disorders, acute and chronic leukaemias, myelomas,
lymphomas and Iymphoproliferative disordersetc. The haematology unit offers comprehensive
care for haemophilia, apheresis for transfusion, stem cell (both allogenic and autologous)
transplantion, biological therapies and chemotherapy.

The department remains committed to research and patient oriented care. We are constantly
striving to offer the best possible care to our patients.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. John’s Hospital, the first unit to be established in the state
of Karnataka under the stewardship of Dr.Swarnarekha Bhat completed its Silver Jubilee in the
year 2015. It is recognized as a tertiary referral centre for high risk newborn care. It is a 30 bedded
unit with 12 high dependency beds catering to both intramural and extramural babies.The
department caters to about 2500 annual deliveries. We have achieved single digit Neonatal
Mortality Rate and have a good multidisciplinary neonatal follow up services for the high risk
NICU graduates.

The Super Specialty Department of Neonatology came into separate existence from the year 2011
and is the first and currently the only department in the state to train DM Neonatology students.
The Fellowship in Perinatal medicine is also being offered under RGUHS and we train four
students per year.

The unit is well equipped with state of the art equipment like ventilators including high frequency,
inhaled nitric oxide, nasal CPAP, HFNC, multichannel monitors, SET pulse oximeters, cooling
devices, T piece, ABG analyser, Giraffe & transport incubators, USG/Echo machine etc.

We were the first unit to start ROP screening in the country, offering in house laser therapy and to
start universal hearing screening.

Nephrology Department was established in 1987 and it is one of the busiest departments in the
hospital.

Services provided by the Department:

Hemodialysis

Hemodialysis Unit in St. John’s Hospital is one of the biggest units in Karnataka. We are doing
approximate 3400 dialysis per day. We have state of art 42 hemodialysis machines. We also have
round the clock special dialysis going on in ICU like SLED, CRRT and plasmapheresis. We are
the only center in Karnataka offering maintenance hemodialysis to HIV infected patients. We have
one patient who is on hemodialysis for last 23 years (longest surviving patient on hemodialysis).

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)

We are having highest number of CAPD patients in Karnataka around 60. We have 2 dedicated
nurses and one CAPD Coordinator for services of CAPD patients. They do counselling, training,
PET test and they are available 24x7 on phone for any clarification. We run special CAPD OPD
on 2nd Wednesday of every month. Our peritonitis rate is very low. CAPD catheter insertions are
done by our Surgeon Dr. Sridhar Govindaraj, Professor of Surgery and he is available in the OPD
on Mondays / Tuesdays & Saturdays.

Department of Neurology was formed in 1983. Dr. R. Srinivasa was the first Neurologist and head
of the department. Over the past 34 years the department has grown under the able leadership and
guidance of Dr, Vengamma, Dr. Geetha Rangan, Dr. A. K. Roy and Dr. G. R. K. Sarma. The
current head of the department is Dr. Thomas Mathew. The Department of Neurology is renowned
nationally and internationally. Team consists of Dr GRK Sarma ( Professor), Dr Thomas Mathew
( Professor and Head), Dr. Raghunandan Nadig (Associate Professor) , Dr, Sagar Badachi (
Assistant Professor) and Dr. Akash Awati (Assistant Professor).

The department provides out patient services from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 6.30 pm.
Inpatient services are given 24/7 basis. We have 24 hours emergency and critical care providing
service to all life threatening and serious neurological disorders like Stroke, Guillain Barre
syndrome, Seizures and Myasthenia Gravis. All neurological diseases from Headache, Vertigo,
Back ache , Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy,Arterial stroke, Venous strokes, Neuro infections
,Tuberculosis, Cysticercal infection, Parkisons Disease, Alzhiemer's Disease, Dementias, Multiple
Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica, Myasthenia, Guillain Barre Syndrome, CIDP,Myopathies,
Neuropathies to Ataxias are managed by team.

Pediatric Nephrology care was started in 1999, with 7 beds and now one of the largest ‘stand alone’
care centers in the country. It offers a complete range of health care services that includes a 25 bed
comprehensive care center which includes an intermediate treatment unit (ITU) and dialysis unit
care for children with congenital and acquired renal diseases from birth through 18 years of age
including diagnosis of renal disease in the fetus and counseling. The care also extends into the
critical care nephrology providing acute and chronic hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and
continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) collaborating closely with the Department of
Pediatric Surgery to provide comprehensive management of children with urologic disease and
renal transplantation being a leader in nurturing the next generation of specialists in pediatric
nephrology, with a unique distinction of being the first center in the country, to offer DM training
recognized by Medical Council of India being at the forefront of clinical and translational research
in an effort to improve treatment and outcomes in pediatric patients with various kidney diseases.
The Children’s Kidney Care Centre (CKCC) is a sub-unit that consists of collaborative services of
Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatric Surgery.

Palliative Medicine is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical care for people with
life-limiting illnesses. It focuses on providing people with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical
stress, and mental stress of the terminal diagnosis. The goal of such therapy is to improve quality
of life for both the person and their family.

Palliative care was established at St. John's as a unit of anesthesia in the year 2000 , by the then
Dean Dr. Mary Ollapally. The unit was situated in the daycare area, with outpatient and day care
facility. In the year 2008 , the unit was converted into a department and inpatient admissions were
started under the department of Palliative Medicine in the year 2010. Community service through
weekly visits to Snehadaan at Karmalarem, was initiated in the year 2008. The department moved
to the present location in Oncology block in 2013.

Currently we provide outpatient, day care and inpatient facilities. Lymphoedema clinic is being
run in our outpatient department.

The Physiotherapy department was started as a part of the Department of Orthopedics in 1998. It
was later combined with the Department of PMR as part of the multidisciplinary team in 1999. It
has been a long journey since then and at the end of 18 years, it was acknowledged as an
autonomous department in December 2016. We have moved ahead by starting the Physiotherapy
degree course in the year 2016, under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. We
are proud to announce that we are one of the pioneer referral centers for Physiotherapy in the South
Zone of India.

Since its inception, the Department is actively involved in catering to the needs of human life from
“womb to tomb”. The routine services that are provided include:

Musculoskeletal rehab

Neurological rehab

Cardiorespiratory rehab

Physiotherapy in the Intensive care

Cancer rehab

We are the specialists in advanced services like :

Movement optimization

Hand rehabilitation

Early intervention in high risk infants

Haemophilia care

Women’s health

Conservative management in sports injuries

Pre and post surgery rehab in sports injuries

Dental Department was established in the year 1980 with OPD of 1 or 2 patients per day, over the
period of time it has greatly evolved by adoption of new technologies and at present OPD is on an
of average of 85 patients per day. We are equipped with latest equipment and advanced materials
to meet any kind of challenging case. At present we have 10 doctors on our panel with
specialization in different branches of dentistry for qualitative and ethical practice. Apart from
simple procedures we are involved in special services like Maxillofacial Prosthodontics,
Obturators, Cleft lip & palate treatment, and Implant dentistry.

The Department of ENT was formally instituted in SJMCH in April 1983. The HOD at the time
was Dr M. V. Venkatesh Murthy, and the department comprised just 3 consultants in all.
Simultaneously, Post graduate seats (DLO) were allotted and eventually more staff employed, and
the emphasis on UG and PG teaching intensified.

In 1984, an Audiology & Speech Pathology Section was added in OPD, which functioned with a
skeleton staff on and off till 1990, when the current head, Ms Nagapoornima, joined. Since then,
the Section has added on more staff, and offers all manner of investigations, management and
therapy in Audiology and Speech Pathology.

By March 1998, the Department was divided into 2 units comprising 4 consultants each. From
then on, alternate days were allotted to each unit for Outpatient consultation, along with separate
OT days. This led to more time for research and publications as well as intensification of teaching
programs. Currently the department comprises of 12 consultants and offers all possible services in
the field.

The Department of General Surgery is one of the major service and teaching departments in the
Institution.

The department currently has 15 faculty, 6 senior residents and 15 post graduates and interns.

The department has 4 units with an additional Division of vascular surgery.

The Journey of Gynaecologic Oncology services in St. John’s Medical College began as a part of
the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a separate unit was created in 2003. This unit
was upgraded as a Division of Gynaecologic Oncology in February 2005. The Division attained
the status of a separate department on 01st May 2009. St John’s Medical College is one among the
few institutions in the country which offers super specialty training (MCh) in gynaecologic
oncology, recognized by the Medical Council of India.

Prof. Elizabeth Vallikad spear headed the department right from its inception with her vast
experience and retired as the Professor and Head of the department on 20th March 2018. She was
instrumental in starting the MCh course and a hospital based cancer registry.

Gynaecologic Oncology is a field of medicine which is concerned with pre-cancerous lesions of

female genital tract and cancers of the uterus ovaries, vagina, vulva and cervix, as well as
trophoblastic disease (cancers that arise during pregnancy).

Gynaecologic Oncologists are trained gynaecologists, who are committed to the comprehensive
treatment of women with cancer namely prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of
women with cancers. Their expertise also extends to those peculiar situations that mimic cancers
and which require surgical skills and gynaecological knowledge.

Full spectrum Neurosurgery started in the year 1989 with 10 beds.

At present the Department has 30 common ward beds including three post-operative and
three Neurosurgery ICU beds.

Few pioneering efforts like lumbar instrumentation started in 1993, CT Guided surgery for
Parkinsonism in 1994, cervical plating in 1995, transarticular screw in 1996.
The Obstetric and Gynaecology department at St John’s is known for being one of the best high
risk pregnancy unit in Karnataka. At John’s we strive to deliver high quality compassionate care,
using an evidence based approach.

The Obstetric and Gynaecology department started in the year 1966 with Dr. D M Satur as Head
of the department

Our services cater to a wide spectrum of women’s health starting from adolescent care to
menopause and beyond. We take pride in covering the gamut of our specialty from routine
antenatal care to high risk pregnancy, variety of abdominal and vaginal surgeries, minimally
invasive surgeries and pelvic floor disorders. Additionally we focus on community health and take
part actively in multiple outreach programme’s to make a difference in women’s health.

Our vision is to advocate high standard of health care to women through a personalized clinical
approach and empower her to make healthy choices at all ages.

We have a strong and diverse medical education programme for our students ( both undergraduate
and post graduate) and interns, with a hands on approach to learning by doing and we encourage
an extensive array of clinical research programme.

The department of ophthalmology started in 1966 and was located in St. Marthas hospital
Bangalore and subsequently shifted to present location. Presently the department sees about
150/day OPD patients and about 150/month inpatients.

Orthopaedics

Department of Orthopaedics started in the year 1976 under the leadership of Dr. K.T. Thomas
(Late) and continued as head of the department till 1995.

Dr. Rajagopalan N took over and continued as Head of dep. The Department of Orthopaedics was
started in the year 1976 under the leadership of the Late Dr. K.T. Thomas and continued as head
of the department till 1995. Dr. Rajagopalan N took over and continued as Head of Department
for 2 terms. Currently Dr. Thomas Isaac heads the Department. The Unit of Hope (Unit for
physically challenged children) was started under the guidance of Dr. Saji and Dr. Ramesh in
August 18, 2004.artment for 2 terms.
Paediatric Surgery

The department came into independent existence in 1987 under Dr.Ashley L J D’Cruz and four
beds within the Department of Paediatrics. A referral centre for Karnataka since inception, it has
progressed consistently since 2000 when the MCh (Paed Surg) programme was started - the first
centre under the RGUHS to offer the course. Dr. Ashley D’Cruz and Dr.Kanishka Das were
instrumental in drafting the curriculum.

Over the years, clinical protocols were drafted and streamlined. Besides core pediatric urology and
neonatal surgery, the department initially specialized in anorectal malformation, hepatobiliary
surgery and portal hypertension. The first Paediartic liver transplants of South India were
conducted here in 2000. Later subspecialty clinics (Paediatric Nephrourology Clinic- 2000,
Hydrocephalus Spina Bifida Clinic – 2000, Paediatric Gender Clinic - 2005) were started and
minimally invasive surgery introduced (2002).The Paediatric Renal Transplantation program is
supported by Paediatric Nephrology. A long term follow up of spina bifida is conducted at the
St.John’s centre for children with special needs - the Unit of Hope.

Today, it is a national referral center for the diagnosis and management of Hirschsprung disease
& allied disorders. Other niche areas of the department include Paediartic urology, hydrocephalus
& complex spina bifida and disorders of sexual differentiation.

Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Burns

The department of Plastic surgery is one of the oldest departments in St John's Hospital which was
started by Dr Sabu and nurtured by Dr Norman and Dr Vijay.

The mission of the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, St John's Medical college
hospital is to provide highest quality, compassionate care at affordable costs to all sections of our
society. We are also committed to academic excellence, teaching and ethical research

Surgical Oncology

The Department of Surgical Oncology was started in St. John's in the year 2008 as a Division of
Surgical Oncology by Dr. Suraj Manjunath, then an associate professor in the Department of
Surgery. By 2009, with the increasing number of patients and national recognition, it obtained the
status of a full fledged department. The growing clinical work prompted the Academy to set up a
stand alone Cancer Centre in the St. John's campus, which now hosts all cancer related
departments.

The Department has been at the forefront in providing state of the art clinical services, surgical
training, and research.

The Department is a tertiary referral base and offers oncosurgical expertise for the entire range of
cancers. We operate on routine as well as complex cancers amenable to surgical treatment.

St. John's is among the first private medical colleges in the country to have a super specialty MCh
training program to develop future generation oncosurgeons.

The Department associates closely with the St. John's Research Institute in doing cutting edge
molecular and epidemiological research, and has more than 50 publications to its credit