About Us
Department of General Surgery is a tertiary care surgical centre. Support all subspecialties including Oncosurgery, Neurosurgery, Paediatric surgery, Plastic surgery, Urology, Cardiothoracic surgery and Vascular Surgery.

The department offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes (M.B.B.S and M.S) and teaches 150 undergraduate students and guides 12 post-graduate students annually. Post-graduate intake to start with was two in the year 1991 and gradually increased to eight seats in the year 1998 and 12 from 2021.
Apart from the scheduled undergraduate and post graduate teaching, the faculty are actively involved in research and academic activities in collaboration with universities, industries, foreign institutions.
Highlights
The Department strives to provide an intellectually stimulating environment for the students to learn, practice and do research in challenging field of Surgery.
The Department is extensively involved in teaching responsibilities and patient care. Along with the regular class room and bedside teaching Department also is involved in skill training at the advanced learning center. Under graduates are trained in various basic skills such as patient examination, suturing technique and common procedures with the help of simulation mannequin. Post graduates are trained in Laparoscopy and endoscopy in simulation lab and lap mentor.
- The Department also conducts live surgical workshops, CME, Conferences and live cadaveric workshops on regular basis.
- The department is actively involved in academic activities Surgical Society of Bangalore (SSBASICC) also at KSCASI annual conferences.
- The department along regular OPD service has dedicated Proctology, breast and diabetic foot clinics. And also provides advanced Laparoscopic surgery facilities.
