Vision statement
The Christian Medical College, Vellore seeks to be a witness to the healing ministry of Christ, through excellence in education, service and research.
Objective of CMC Vellore
Establishment, maintenance and development of a Christian Medical College and Hospital in India, where men and women shall receive an education of the highest grade in the art and science of medicine, nursing or one or other of the related professions, to equip them in the spirit of Christ for service in the relief of suffering and in the promotion of health.
Department of Infectious Diseases
The Department of Infectious Diseases (ID) at Christian Medical College, Vellore provides high-quality, compassionate patient care alongside excellence in teaching and research. It offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services for both common and complex infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV, typhoid, urinary tract infections, and rare referral cases from across India and abroad. Founded in 2002, the department is recognized for its leadership in evidence-based care, research, and training, particularly during the TB/HIV epidemic and the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance. The department actively engages in basic, clinical, and epidemiological research and conducts several training programmes, including fellowships in Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, global health training, and an international course in Tropical Medicine. It provides accessible, state of art care through outpatient follow-up, long-term management of chronic infections, inpatient services, multidisciplinary HIV clinics, travel medicine consultations, vaccinations, counselling support, and rapid HIV testing through the ICTC.
Infectious Diseases Training and Research Centre (IDTRC)
IDTRC is a programme of the Department of Infectious Diseases was inaugurated on the 19th of July 2005 by His Excellency Mr. Jon Westborg Ambassador of Norway in India. This facility was funded by a generous grant provided by Center for Tropical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital Bergen Norway (HUH) USD 80,000. IDTRC is located in a 2500 sq. feet area that includes space for training, electronic access to information, clinical trial monitoring services, travel and adult immunization advisory, anti-retroviral drug dispensing team and journal publishing. IDTRC was founded to develop capacity in ID research, provide training and enhance good patient care in India via courses in health care epidemiology, infectious diseases, HIV Medicine and Tropical diseases via national and international collaboration.
International Short Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine
The first “International Short Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine” held in the year 2007 was envisioned by the founder of IDTRC Dr Dilip Mathai and our Norwegian collaborators (Dr Nina Langeland, Dr Oystein Strand and Dr. Kristine MØrch) from the Centre of Tropical and Imported Infectious Diseases. Appropriate care in tropical medicine to immigrants, refugees, volunteers and expatriates is often a problem. In addition, those trained in the West, but who are committed to serve in a tropical country often find themselves incompetent to do so. This course is aimed at students who have some knowledge and considerable interest in Tropical Medicine. This course serves as a refresher and provides a stimulus to continue acquiring knowledge and expertise in Tropical Medicine. As Dr J. Don Maclean a pioneer in Tropical Medicine often said, “To study medicine without books is to sail without a map, but to study medicine without seeing patients is not to set sail at all”. Thus IDTRC, CMC Vellore hopes to provide a unique learning experience in the tropics.