Christian Medical College Vellore
Hospital main block entrance | |
| Motto | Not To Be Ministered Unto, But To Minister |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1900 |
| Accreditation | National Medical Commission |
| Budget | ₹1,738 crore (US$210 million) |
| Principal | Solomon Sathishkumar |
| Director | Vikram Mathews |
| Undergraduates | 401 |
| Postgraduates | 612 |
| Location | , , India 12°55′29″N 79°08′10″E / 12.924815°N 79.136013°E |
| Campus | Urban and Rural |
| Language | Tamil, English and Hindi |
| Affiliations | Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University |
| Website | www |
Christian Medical College, Vellore, widely known as CMC, Vellore, is a private, Christian minority community-run medical college and hospital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. This institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals.
The institute, constituent college is affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, Dr Ida S. Scudder, CMC Vellore has brought many significant achievements to India, including starting the first College of Nursing in 1946, performing the first reconstructive surgery for leprosy in the world (1948), performing the first successful 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).