# Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) and Associated Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital is a private medical school and a teaching hospital in Delhi, India. Established in 2012, it is affiliated to Jamia Hamdard. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and post-doctoral courses in medical subjects and is ranked among the most prestigious medical schools in India.

## History and background
### Origins

In 1906, Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed founded a clinic in Delhi specializing in Unani medicine during the British rule. In 1922, following the demise of Abdul Majeed, his widow and two sons founded the Hamdard Trust, a charitable organization. Hamdard Tibbi College was established in 1963 in Old Delhi and was later shifted to its current campus in Tughlaqabad in 1980. In 1982, the Majeedia Hospital was built and the status of deemed to be university was given to Jamia Hamdard in 1989.

### Establishment

Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research was established through a resolution adopted by the Executive Council of Jamia Hamdard in its 60th meeting held in March 2010. In June 2012, the Medical Council of India approved the intake of students for the academic year 2012-13 and the institute graduated its first batch of MBBS students in 2017. The Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital (originally Majeedia Hospital) was subsequently attached to the institute, whose current building was inaugurated in 2016.
HIMSR was one of the several medical colleges that opposed the Supreme Court of India ruling to replace the Medical Council of India with the National Medical Commission in 2017 and asked for the extension of the oversight committee's tenure by a year.
In 2020, Hamdard Laboratories announced that it is planning to conduct clinical trial of its immunity booster medicines to assess their effectiveness against COVID-19. In 2021, Serum Institute of India selected Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research as one of the clinical trial sites for for Covovax COVID-19 vaccine.

## Departments and courses offered

Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research has 24 departments.

### Undergraduate courses

* Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

### Post graduate courses

* Department of Anaesthesia
** MD/MS Anesthesia
* Department of Anatomy
** MSc Medical Anatomy
** MS/ MD Anatomy
* Department of Biochemistry
** MSc Medical Biochemistry
** Ph.D. Medical Biochemistry
* Department of Central Skill Lab
** MSc Central Skill Lab
* Department of Community Medicine
** Master of Public Health
** MD Community Medicine
** Ph.D. Public Health
* Department of Dentistry
** MDS Dentistry
* Department of Dermatology
** MD Dermatology
* Department of Emergency Medicine
* Department of ENT & Head And Neck Surgery
** MD/MS E.N.T
* Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
** MD Forensic Medicine
* Department of Medical Education Unit
* Department of Medicine
** Ph.D. Medicine
* Department of Microbiology
** MSc Medical Microbiology
** Ph.D. Medical Microbiology
* Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
** MD/MS Obst. & Gynae
* Department of Ophthalmology
** MD/MS Ophthalmology
* Department of Orthopedics
** MD/MS Orthopedics
* Department of Paediatrics
** MD/MS Pediatrics
* Department of Pathology
** MD Pathology
** Ph.D. Pathology
* Department of Pharmacology
** MSc Medical Pharmacology
** Ph.D. Pharmacology
* Department of Physiology
** MSc Medical Physiology
** Ph.D. Medical Physiology
* Department of Psychiatry
* Department of Radio-Diagnosis
** MD/MS Radio-Diagnosis
* Department of Respiratory Medicine
* Department of Surgery
** MS General Surgery