Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST)
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Name : Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST)
Place : Poojapura ,Kerala ,Thiruvananthapuram
Website : www.sctimst.ac.in
Description
The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) which was established in 1973 is an institute of national importance. The institute located in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala was created for the benefit of the people of Kerala with the funds and assets of the Maharajah Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma of Travancore. It consists of three wings - the Hospital Wing, Biomedical Technology Wing, and the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies. The institute was started with the vision of becoming a global leader in medical devices development, high quality patient care, and health sciences studies by 2020.
The Neurology Department at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology is one of the best departments in the region. The department consists of the following sub-specialties: Cognition& Behavioral Neurology, Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders, Comprehensive Center for Sleep Disorders, Comprehensive Stroke Care Center, and R Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care. The neurosurgery department has been recognized as a premier neurosurgical referral centre forcerebellopontine angle lesions especially for vestibular schwannomas. Functional and stereotactic neurosurgery started here with surgery for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The present specializations include spinal instrumentation, surgery for stroke and minimally invasive neurosurgery. The department is an accredited centre for skull base surgery training by the World Federation of Neurological surgery.