Sree Siddhartha Medical College (SSMC) was started in the year 1988 by Sree Siddhartha Educational Society (SSES). The Medical College and hospital is located on the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 220 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar national highway and is just 76 Km from Bangalore city connected by road and railway.
The college was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. After the Medical Council of India and the then Karnataka state government run under the Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde had declined the permission to set up the college, the Supreme Court of India had given the signal to go ahead in mid-1989.Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, an ENT specialist and a serial medtech innovator completed his undergraduate studies from this institute.
SSMC Hospital has separate building for OPD and causality with independent departments of Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Paediatrics, ENT, Dermatology, and Radiology. It is a 1350 bedded hospital, fully equipped with 12 major operation theaters in addition to minor operation theaters. SSMC is catering the needs of rural population. There are skilled doctors with specially trained nurses to give a healing touch to the patients. The Hospital building also has a post office and a bank to serve the needs of staff, students and the public. There is a canteen, hospital mess, fruit stall and a phone booth to cater the needs of the public.
| # | Level | Course | Branch | Quota | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (DERMATOLOGY/SKIN) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 2 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (EMERGENCY MEDICINE) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 3 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (GENERAL MEDICINE) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 4 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (MICROBIOLOGY) | Management | 250000.00 |
| 5 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 6 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (PAEDIATRICS) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 7 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (PATHOLOGY) | Management | 1000000.00 |
| 8 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) | Management | 300000.00 |
| 9 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (COMMUNITY MEDICINE/PSM) | Management | 350000.00 |
| 10 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (PSYCHIATRY) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 11 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (RADIO-DIAGNOSIS) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 12 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (TB CHEST/RESPIRATORY MEDICINE) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 13 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.D. (ANAESTHESIOLOGY) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 14 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (E.N.T.) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 15 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (GENERAL SURGERY) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 16 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (ORTHOPAEDICS) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 17 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (OPHTHALMOLOGY) | Management | 3150000.00 |
| 18 | NEET-PG | MD/MS | M.S. (ANATOMY) | Management | 300000.00 |
