Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
MottoHeritage Institution for Tropical Diseases
Established24 February 1914 (1914-02-24)
Research typeMedical research
Field of research
DirectorDr. Subhasish Kamal Guha
LocationKolkata, West Bengal, India
22°34′31″N 88°21′36″E / 22.575243°N 88.359927°E / 22.575243; 88.359927
Campus108, Chittaranjan Ave, Calcutta Medical College, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
Founder
Leonard Rogers
Affiliations
Websitewww.stmkolkata.org

Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) is a medical institute from Kolkata, India, dedicated in the field of tropical disease. It was established in 1914 by Leonard Rogers (1868–1962) of the Indian Medical Service, professor of pathology at the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. It was, till 2003, affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Now it is under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Prominent researchers like U. N. Bramhachari, Ernest Muir, Ronald Ross, Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri, Ram Narayan Chakravarti and Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjee worked in this institute.