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{{Short description|Medical institutions in and around Vellore, Tamil Nadu}}
{{redirect|Christian Medical College|the college of same name in Ludhiana, India|Christian Medical College, Ludhiana}}
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{{Infobox institute
| name = Christian Medical College
| image = Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore Logo.png
| motto = ''Not To Be Ministered Unto, But To Minister''
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| established = {{Start date and age|1900||}}<ref name=intro>{{cite web|title=Introducing CMC|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/introducing%20cmc.pdf|publisher=Christian Medical College|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130401/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/introducing%20cmc.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=guide>{{cite web|title=A GUIDE TO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VELLORE INDIA|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/guide.pdf|publisher=Christian Medical College|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020002858/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/guide.pdf|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.cmch-vellore.edu}}
}}
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| type = [[Private school|Private]]
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| dean =
| director = Dr. Vikram Mathews
<ref name=admin>{{cite web|title=Administration|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/SinglePage.aspx?pid=P160806011&mid=M160806060|website=www.cmch-vellore.edu|publisher=CMC Vellore|access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref>
| principal = Dr. Solomon Sathishkumar<ref name=admin/>
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| city = [[Vellore]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| country = India
| campus = Urban and Rural
| language = Tamil, English and Hindi
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| affiliations = [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]]<ref name=mgr>{{cite web|title=Affiliated Colleges|url=http://web.tnmgrmu.ac.in/index.php/affiliated-colleges/447-ug/481|publisher=Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University|access-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728210331/http://web.tnmgrmu.ac.in/index.php/affiliated-colleges/447-ug/481|archive-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:CMCH Vellore.JPG|thumb|right|Main Block, Entrance to the Main Hospital]]

'''Christian Medical College, Vellore''', widely known as '''CMC, Vellore''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/CMC-exhibition-focuses-on-pregnancy-and-diabetes/article16443529.ece|title=CMC exhibition focuses on pregnancy and diabetes|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-02-27|language=en}}</ref> is a private, Christian community-run medical school, hospital and research institute.<ref name=stem>{{cite news|title="Functional" blood vessels made from stem cells|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/functional-blood-vessels-made-from-stem-cells/article4918331.ece|work=The Hindu|date=16 July 2013|last1=Prasad|first1=R.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Research|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/Research/tabid/71/Default.aspx|publisher=Christian Medical College}}</ref> This Institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care<ref>{{cite web |title=Clinical Services / Departments |url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/ClinicalServicesDepartments/tabid/74/Default.aspx |publisher=Christian Medical College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816040027/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/ClinicalServicesDepartments/tabid/74/Default.aspx |archive-date=16 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> hospitals in and around [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

The institute, constituent college is affiliated with the [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Planning to Pursue MBBS: Know all about Christian Medical College (CMC Vellore)|date=15 June 2019|url=https://education.medicaldialogues.in/all-about-christian-medical-college-cmc-vellore/|publisher=Medical Dialogues}}</ref> Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, [[Ida S. Scudder|Dr Ida S. Scudder]], CMC Vellore has brought many significant achievements to India, including starting the first [[Nursing school|College of Nursing]] in 1946, performing the first [[reconstructive surgery]] for [[leprosy]] in the world (1948), performing the first successful [[Cardiac surgery#Open heart surgery|open heart surgery]] in India (1961), performing the first [[kidney transplant]] in India (1971), performing first [[bone marrow transplantation]] (1986) in India and performing the first successful [[ABO]] incompatible kidney transplant in India (2009).<ref name=ach>{{cite web|title=Achievements|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/introducing%20cmc.pdf|publisher=Christian Medical College|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130401/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/introducing%20cmc.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Ida S. Scudder 1899.jpg|thumb|Ida S. Scudder as a young woman]]
[[File:CMC Main building.jpg|thumb|Heritage Centre near the main entrance]]
The hospital was founded by Dr. [[Ida Sophia Scudder]] in 1900. Ida Scudder was the daughter of second-generation medical missionaries from the Dutch Reformed Church in the United States of America (US) who served in India. She was born in 1870 in [[Tindivanam]], which is approximately 60 miles from [[Madras]] (known as Chennai today). As a young girl she witnessed famine, poverty and death, and vowed that she would never follow in her parents' footsteps and become a missionary. The Scudder family returned to the US on furlough in 1878 and Ida began her education. Her parents returned to India, but Ida Scudder stayed in the US attending the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies (now Northfield Mount Herman). In 1891, she was called back to India to care for her ailing mother.<ref name=intro/>

It was at this time that Ida became acutely aware of the lack of medical services available to women and children in India, primarily due to cultural and religious norms that did not allow male practitioners to treat females. This awareness became the driving force of her life one evening in her parents' bungalow, when a young Indian man came to the door requesting Ida's help for his wife who was struggling in childbirth. He rejected Ida's father, Dr John Scudder's care and left. Two more men came that very night with similar requests, seeking medical help for their wives in labor, but again turning down John Scudder's care. The three women and their babies died that night. The incident shook 24-year-old Ida Scudder to the core.<ref name=intro/><ref name=nlm>{{cite web|title=Biography- Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_290.html|publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health}}</ref><ref name=bu>{{cite web|title=Scudder, Ida Sophia (1870-1960) Medical missionary in India|url=http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/r-s/scudder-ida-sophia-1870-1960/|publisher=Boston University}}</ref>

After prayer and deep thought Ida Scudder changed the course of her life, deciding to become a doctor in the US so that she could return to India to treat Indian female patients, and train Indian women to become doctors and nurses to serve their own. She returned to the US and in 1895, enrolled in the [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]]. She completed her studies in New York where she was in the first class of doctors at [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical College]]<ref name=nlm/> that included women (1899). Within three months she set sail for India with a "fiery passion to change things."<ref name=intro/>

Dr. Ida S. Scudder opened a single-bed [[dispensary]] in Vellore in 1900. In 1902, she built the 40-bed Mary Taber Schell Memorial Hospital for women, named in memory of the wife of a NY benefactor. She continued her work in the dispensary and started training women as compounders in 1903. She began bringing ''"roadside dispensaries"'' to rural villages in 1906 when the average life expectancy of an Indian was 25 years.<ref name=intro/> She started a training program for nurses in 1909 and began training women physicians with the ''Union Mission Medical School for Women'' that opened in 1918. In 1938 the government changed its policy declaring that medical degrees could be granted only by universities; Scudder decided to upgrade her medical school to a medical college, the ''Christian Medical College''. The college was affiliated with the [[Madras University]], and in 1942 it began offering the [[MBBS]] course.<ref name=intro/>

In 1945, a laboratory technician training course was started. In 1946 a [[Nursing school|College of Nursing]], India's first, was started. In 1947, first batch of men medical students were admitted. Medical Postgraduate Courses ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] and [[Master of Surgery|MS]]) were started in 1950. In 1969 Postgraduate degree courses in nursing were started.<ref name=intro/>

A number of other people also played an important role in the development of the college including Dr Theodore Howard Somervell, a British surgeon, [[Paul Brand (physician)|Dr Paul W. Brand]], another British surgeon, Dr Edward Gault, an Australian surgeon and [[pathologist]], and [[Mary Verghese|Dr Mary Verghese]], an Indian [[Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]] specialist.<ref name=intro/>
[[File:CHAD 2006.JPG|thumb|CHAD (Community Health and Development) building in Bagayam locality in Vellore]]

The hospital has been visited at various times by many prominent leaders including [[Sir Alexander Fleming]], [[Jonas Salk|Dr Jonas Salk]], the American Evangelist [[Billy Graham]], [[Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Gandhi|Indian]] [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Presidents Radhakrishna]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Abdul Kalam]].,<ref name="intro" /> [[Indira Gandhi|Prime Minister Indira Gandhi]], and the Countess Edwina Ashley Mountbatten of Burma.

The college now offers over 175 different post graduate courses in the medical, nursing and allied health disciplines, including [[PhD]] courses. A total of over 2,600 students are enrolled every year.<ref name=intro/><ref name="cmc">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/cmc%20facts%20and%20figures.pdf|title=Christian Medical College Facts and Figures|publisher=Christian Medical College|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318001742/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/cmc%20facts%20and%20figures.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The hospital has eleven sites and serves over 2000 inpatients and 8,000 outpatients daily, with 67 wards, 92 clinics each day and over 150 departments/units.<ref name=guide/> Each year 100 students are admitted for the undergraduate medical course [[MBBS]].<ref name=bull>{{cite web|title=CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VELLORE – 632 002, Tamil Nadu. BULLETIN SUMMER ADMISSIONS 2013|url=http://admissions.cmcvellore.ac.in/admin/uploads/UG%20BULLETIN%20A%202013.pdf|publisher=Christian Medical College|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717051407/http://admissions.cmcvellore.ac.in/admin/uploads/UG%20BULLETIN%20A%202013.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The MBBS course is recognized by the [[Medical Council of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Colleges Teaching MBBS|url=http://www.mciindia.org/InformationDesk/ForStudents/ListofCollegesTeachingMBBS.aspx|publisher=Medical Council of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607111811/http://www.mciindia.org/InformationDesk/ForStudents/ListofCollegesTeachingMBBS.aspx|archive-date=2013-06-07}}</ref>

==Administration==
The Christian Medical College is a registered voluntary, non-profit organization.<ref name=guide/> The hospital is owned and administered by its Administrative Council made up of Christian Church leaders from across India.<ref name=found>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.vellorecmc.org/aboutus/default.html|publisher=The Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation, Inc.|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003102351/http://www.vellorecmc.org/aboutus/default.html|archive-date=3 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> John Riehl is the President of the Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governance|url=http://www.vellorecmc.org/Governance/default.html|publisher=The Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation, Inc.|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003102355/http://www.vellorecmc.org/Governance/default.html|archive-date=3 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Recognitions==
CMC Vellore was conferred with the public Health Champion Award by the WHO (World Health Organization) in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO India honours public health champions|url=http://www.searo.who.int/india/mediacentre/events/2015/public_health_champions/en/|website=World Health Organization|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> took Platinum Awards in every category of the prestigious SKOCH Awards in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/cmc-sweeps-11-national-level-awards/article6437428.ece|title=SKOCH AWARD|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 September 2014|access-date=2016-06-11|last1=Murthi|first1=P. v v.}}</ref> In 2015 the college won the coveted and prestigious D. L. Shah Quality Award - Gold for its Clinical Audit Programme.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cmc-gets-quality-award-for-its-clinical-audit-programme/article7533494.ece|title=CMC gets quality award for its clinical audit programme|date=2015-08-13|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref>

==Academics==
The college offers [[MBBS]], 57 post-graduate diploma and degree medical courses ([[Master of Surgery|MS]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]], [[Doctorate in Medicine|DM]], [[MCh]], [[Bachelor of Science]], [[Master of Science]] and PhD), 44 Allied Health Science courses, and 14 diploma courses in nursing and other fields, and 52 [[Fellowship (medicine)|Fellowship]] courses. A total of about 2500 students are enrolled per year.<ref name=cmc/>

The [[MBBS]] course consists of four and a half years of academics, and one year of [[Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship]]. A block posting in Community Health centres is an integral part of medical education. Students are posted in mission hospitals and secondary care centers.<ref name=edu>{{cite web|title=Christian Medical College, Vellore|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/Edu_UPAdm/tabid/84/Default.aspx|publisher=Christian Medical College}}</ref>

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college
| IT_M_2020 = 2
| OUTLOOK_M_P_2022 = 1
| NIRF_M_2022 = 3
}}
CMC Vellore is ranked second among medical colleges in India in 2020 by ''[[India Today]]''<ref name=Rankings_IT_M_2020 /> and first among private medical colleges by ''[[Outlook India]]'' in 2022.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_M_P_2022 /> It was ranked third in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] medical ranking for 2022.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_M_2022 />

== Services ==
[[File:Out Patient Department courtyard.jpg|thumb|Way to outpatient department]]
[[File:Courtyard Coffee shop.jpg|thumb|Coffee shop in the main building courtyard]]
There are two main campuses - one, the main campus at the heart of Vellore City, and the other at Bagayam, which is about 7 km from the main campus. CMC has over 8,800 staff, including over 1,528 doctors and 2,400 nurses.<ref name=cmc/> Almost every clinical specialty is catered to,<ref name=ser>{{cite web|title=Clinical Services/Departments|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/ClinicalServicesDepartments/tabid/74/Default.aspx|publisher=Christian Medical College}}</ref> and many departments are subdivided into units of particular expertise in specific areas, as in the division of Surgery which is broken down into eight units specializing in [[Otolaryngology#Designation Preferences|Head and Neck Surgery]], [[Endocrine Surgery]], [[Vascular Surgery]], [[Colorectal surgery]], etc.<ref name=cmc/> There are a total of 143 specialized departments/units.<ref name=guide/>

Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology caters to more than 40,000 patients a year,{{Citation needed|reason=This statistical data needs a verifiable source|date=December 2013}} covering conditions like [[Rheumatoid arthritis]], [[Spondyloarthropathies]] including [[Ankylosing spondylitis]] and [[Psoriatic arthropathy]], [[Lupus]], [[Sjögren's syndrome|Primary Sjogren's syndrome]] and [[Takayasu arteritis]]. This department has its own extremity [[MRI]] and [[Sonography]] services, and is also involved in clinical and translational research.

The departments of [[Obstetrics and Gynaecology]], [[Reproductive Medicine]], [[Pediatrics|Child Health]], [[Neonatology]], [[Paediatric Surgery]] and Developmental Paediatrics are housed in the ''Ida S.Scudder Centenary Center for Women and Children'' (ISSCC) which has about 424 beds.<ref name=guide/>

The department of Orthopedics has 3 units and additional specialized units Pediatric Orthopedics, Hand & Micro vascular Surgery and Spinal Disorders Unit.

The Hematology department is a pioneer in the treatment of all blood disorders which includes state of the art bone marrow transplantation, hemato-oncology, and Bleeding disorders.

The department of [[Ophthalmology]] functions at the Schell Eye Hospital campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/Departments.aspx?depttype=PATSER|title=Ophthalmology at CMC, Vellore|website=www.cmch-vellore.edu|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> The [[Mental Health Centre]], CMC's department of Psychiatry, is located on the Bagayam Campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/Departments.aspx?depttype=ALL|title=Psychiatry at CMC, Vellore|website=www.cmch-vellore.edu}}</ref> This center also houses the faculty for the evaluation and training of mentally challenged children, which is called ''Nambikkai Nilayam'', a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] phrase meaning the Center for Hope.<ref name=guide/> The [[Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]] Hospital, the Rehabilitation Institute, is also located on the Bagayam Campus.<ref name=guide/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/pmrcmcvellore/|title=PMR at CMC Vellore|website=www.cmch-vellore.edu}}</ref>

[[Radiology]] reports are incorporated into a film-less digital system [[Picture archiving and communication system|Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)]], the first in the country, started in 2000. Medical professionals can view the images on any computer that is on the hospital network. Laboratory test results are also incorporated into the hospital intranet, making them accessible anywhere inside the hospital.<ref name=cmc/>

== Community works ==
The Christian Medical College's community works are organised by its Department of [[Community health|Community Health]], which was established in 1957. The community programs run by CMC are ''Community Health And Development (CHAD)'', ''Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs (RUHSA)'', ''College of Nursing Community Health (CONCH)'' and ''Low Cost Effective Care Unit (LCECU).''<ref name=intro/><ref name=guide/> In 2014 the LCECU opened the Shalom Clinic for middle-income patients.

'''Community Health and Development (CHAD)''' has a [[Community hospital|Community Hospital]] and a Training Center located on the Bagayam Campus; this is the main site of the Community Health Department of CMC. The program serves a rural, semi-urban and tribal population of about 250,000 around the area of Kaniyambadi, including the [[Kaniyambadi block]] (82 villages), [[Javadi Hills|Jawadhi Hills]] (120 tribal villages), and urban areas such as Kansalpet, Saidapet, Sreenivasanagar, and Kagithapattarai.<ref name=intro/> CHAD also provides consultancy services to a population of 120,000 in [[Anaicut]] Block.<ref name=guide/>

'''Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs (RUHSA)''' is located at [[K. V. Kuppam (State Assembly Constituency)|KV Kuppam Block]], about 25 km from Vellore. It is a 70-bed secondary care health centre and has many peripheral sites in the Block.<ref name=intro/> It organizes a number of field programs for the rural people around the area, providing [[inpatient care]], mobile health services and [[Vocational education|vocational training programs]], and involves over 100 local family care volunteers, serving about 135,000 people in 39 [[Panchayati raj in India|Panchayat]]s.<ref name=guide/> Efforts have been made to alleviate poverty through encouraging income generating projects and improved agricultural practices. More details about RUHSA can be found [https://www.cmch-vellore.edu/DeptContent.aspx?dept=066&mid=HOME Here]<ref name=cmc/>

'''College of Nursing Community Health (CONCH)''', established in 1987, is a [[primary health care]] program managed by nurses. Home visits form the basis of this outreach program, focusing on a population of 63,199 persons living in 22 villages and 23,000 persons living on the urban periphery of Vellore City. CONCHorganizes health camps, street plays, films and exhibitions, to generate health awareness among people. CONCH also works with the District Health Administration and [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] in implementing government health projects.<ref name=intro/>

'''Low Cost Effective Care Unit (LCECU)''', established in 1983 caters the health care needs of those living in the urban slums of Vellore. The program visits five slum areas weekly and makes many house visits. Doctors, Nurses and Community Health Workers provide cost effective, comprehensive health care without undue reliance on sophisticated technology.<ref name=intro/> In 2014 LCECU opened the Shalom Family Medicine Center where fee-based services are offered by Doctors of Family Medicine. Shalom targets low-medium income residents of Vellore and the fees generated help subsidize the outreach programs in surrounding areas.

== Significant achievements ==
CMC is the home of the [[South Asian Cochrane Network and Centre|South Asian Cochrane Network and Center]] and is also an internationally recognized Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center. The college hosts a [[Stem Cell]] Research Center, which is funded by the Indian government.<ref name=cmc/> A number of research programmes in CMC are funded by many national and international agencies. About 430 research articles are published in indexed peer reviewed journals in a year (the second largest number of medical research papers of any medical college in India.).<ref name=cmc/> The establishments of the Fleming Memorial Research Laboratory in Virology in 1965, the [[Artificial kidney|Artificial Kidney]] Laboratory in 1976, the Betatron ICMR Centre for Advanced Research in Virology in 1978, the National AIDS Reference and Surveillance Center in 1986, the Cytogenetics Laboratory in 2002 and the Vellore Bombay Artificial Limb Bioengineering Department in 2003 are significant initiatives in the field of medical research.<ref name=intro/>

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=October 2017}}
* [[K. A. Abraham]], interventional cardiologist and [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref name="It's the heart that matters">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019175206/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/01/stories/2002040100080200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 October 2002 | title=It's the heart that matters | date=1 April 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref>
* Pratibha Varkee President of the Mayo Clinic Health System https://vellorecmc.org/newsroom/alumni-in-the-news/dr-prathibha-varkey-named-as-new-president-of-mayo-clinic-health-system/
* [[Kamala Balakrishnan]], immunologist, expert on histocompatibility and transplantation
* [[Mahendra Bhandari]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/b/bhandari-mahendra |title = Mahendra Bhandari {{!}} Henry Ford Health System - Detroit, MI}}</ref>
* [[Nagarur Gopinath]], cardiothoracic surgeon and [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web | url=http://medind.nic.in/ibq/t07/i3/ibqt07i3p228.pdf | title=Obituary | publisher=Med India | date=2015 | access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[Deepti Gurdasani]], British epidemiologist
*[[Divya S. Iyer]], an Indian Administrative Service Officer
*[[Khursheed Jeejeebhoy]], gastroenterologist known for his work on the development of parenteral nutrition
* Prem Chander John (son of [[Joseph John (Reverend)]] and his wife Dr. Hari John (Hari Kumari Paliah), Indian international health planner. Trustee Consumer Education and Research Center, Ahemedabad, India<ref>[https://www.oikoumene.org/sites/default/files/File/82%20%20-%20Dec%201984%20-%20The%20evolution%20of%20a%20community-based%20programme%20in%20Deenabandu.pdf Drs. Hari and Prem Chandran John: We Learn Through Our Failures: the Evolution of a Community Based Programme in Deenabandhu- In: CONTACT 82, Christian Medical Commission, Geneva, December 1984.] Retrieved 1 May 2022</ref>
* [[Minnie M. Mathan]], [[Ultrastructure|Ultrastructural]] [[pathologist]], [[Gastroenterologist]], [[Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists]]<ref name="insa">{{cite web |publisher=[[INSA]] |title=Indian Fellow: Dr. M M Mathan |url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N99-1252 |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619203543/https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N99-1252 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Usha Menon]], Professor of Gynaecological Cancer, [[University College London]]
* [[Jayaprakash Muliyil]], [[epidemiologist]] and chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the [[National Institute of Epidemiology]].
*[[Madhu Pai]], Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology and Global Health at [[McGill University]]
* [[Binayak Sen]], pediatrician, public health specialist, human rights leader, recipient [[Jonathan Mann Award]]
* [[Ajit Varki]], medical researcher, director Glycobiology Institute, [[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]]

==See also==
* [[Council of Christian Hospitals]]

==References==
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==External links==

* {{Official website|http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/}}

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