Institute of Medical Sciences

Specialization

Some of the important broad fields of research include Molecular Biology, Teratology, Electron Microscopy, Nanosciences, Oncology, Immunology and Immuno-cytochemistry, Hematology, Malnutrition, Neurosciences, Infectious diseases including Kala-azar, Sports Medicine, Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Ayurvedic Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Behavioral Sciences and clinical research in different disciplines. The Molecular Biology Unit of the Institute has been selected for special assistance program by the Government of India. The Faculty of Ayurveda has also been recognized as WHO Collaborating Center for research in the traditional system of Medicine and there is regular flow of foreign visitors keen to learn and know more about this system of medicine. The Institute of Medical Sciences is credited to have started the first Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) Center in the state of Uttar Pradesh sponsored by NACO. The first Laser machine in Uttar Pradesh for treatment of cancer was established in SS Hospital in 1990.