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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = K.S. Hegde Medical Academy<br />
|motto = Long life ahead<br />
|image_name = K_S_Hegde_Medical_Academy.jpg<br />
|caption = Front view of K S Hegde Medical Academy<br />
|type = Private [[Medical]] [[College]] and [[Hospital]] <br />
|established = 1999 <br />
|dean = P. S. Prakash<br />
|campus = <br />
|city = [[Mangalore]]<br />
|state= [[Karnataka]] <br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|12|52|10.1|N|74|50|33.4|E|type:edu_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
|undergrad = <br />
|affiliation = [[Nitte University]] |<br />
|website = {{url|http://kshema.nitte.edu.in/}}<br />
|mascot = <br />
}}<br />
'''K.S. Hegde Medical Academy''' ('''KSHEMA''') is a medical college in [[Deralakatte]], near the city of [[Mangalore]]. It is managed by the [[Nitte]] Education Trust, which runs a number of professional colleges in the state of [[Karnataka]]. The college offers the [[MBBS]] course along with post-graduation courses. The Academy was affiliated to RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) till 2009. Now it is affiliated to NITTE (Deemed to be) University.<br />
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==Campus==<br />
The KS Hegde Medical Academy is located at Deralakatte, a town about 13&nbsp;km from Mangalore. The full-fledged academy is spread over {{convert|2.5|acre|m2}} of land.<br />
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==History==<br />
K S Hegde Medical Academy was established in 1999 by the Nitte Education Trust. The college is named after the visionary and founder, late Justice [[K. S. Hegde]], former Justice of the Supreme Court of India and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha and social worker<br />
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==Department==<br />
*[[Anesthesiology]]<br />
*[[Anatomy]]<br />
*[[Biochemistry]]<br />
*[[Community Medicine]]<br />
*[[Dermatology]]<br />
*[[Otorhinolaryngology]]<br />
*[[Forensic Medicine]]<br />
*[[General Medicine]]<br />
*[[General Surgery]]<br />
*[[Microbiology]]<br />
*[[Neuroscience]]<br />
*[[Obstetrics & Gynecology]]<br />
*[[Ophthalmology]]<br />
*[[Orthopedics]]<br />
*[[Pediatrics]]<br />
*[[Pathology]]<br />
*[[Pharmacology]]<br />
*[[Physiology]]<br />
*[[Psychiatry]]<br />
*[[Radio diagnosis & Imaging]]<br />
*[[TB, Chest and Respiratory Diseases]]<br />
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==Sister institute==<br />
*A B Shetty College of dental sciences (managed by Nitte education trust)<br />
*[[Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences]]<br />
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==Admissions==<br />
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===Undergraduate course===<br />
The admission under the General merit category will be through the process of centralised single window counselling on the basis of merit(rank) obtained in the All India Entrance Test, NEET, conducted by NTA from 2019 onwards.<br />
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==Courses offered==<br />
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===UG course===<br />
4½ year [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|M.B.B.S.]] course. + 1 year medical internship.<br />
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===PG courses===<br />
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====M.D.====<br />
*[[Nanotechnology]]<br />
*[[Anatomy]]<br />
*[[Physiology]]<br />
*[[Forensic Medicine]]<br />
*[[Biochemistry]]<br />
*[[Pharmacology]]<br />
*[[Pathology]]<br />
*[[Microbiology]]<br />
*[[Community medicine]]<br />
*[[General Medicine]]<br />
*[[Dermatology]]<br />
*[[Psychiatry]]<br />
*[[Pediatrics]]<br />
*[[Anesthesiology]]<br />
*[[Radiology]]<br />
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====M.S.====<br />
*[[General Surgery]]<br />
*[[Ophthalmology]]<br />
*[[Orthopaedics]]<br />
*[[Obstetrics and gynecology]]<br />
*[[Otolaryngology|ENT]]<br />
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==International collaborations==<br />
KSHEMA has signed an agreement of co-operation with [[The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]], USA for co-operation in research, in diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. The college has established a state-of-the-art regional research centre on communicable diseases in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Sciences, on the campus.<br />
The Institute also has a staff exchange and training programme with [[Maimonides Medical Center]], Brooklyn, USA.<br />
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==Recent developments==<br />
The college hospital recently{{when|date=June 2017}} opened a super specialty block for Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology.<br />
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== Ranking ==<br />
{{Infobox India university ranking<br />
| OUTLOOK_M_2019 = 23<br />
| type = Medical<br />
| NIRF_2020 = 36<br />
}}<br />
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KSHEMA was ranked 23 among medical colleges in India in 2019 by ''[[Outlook India]]''.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_M_2019/><br />
Also KSHEMA was ranked 36 among medical colleges in India in 2020 by ''[[NIRF]]''.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category}}<br />
* {{Official website|http://kshema.nitte.edu.in/}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Medical colleges in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Mangalore]]</div>>Tom.Reding