Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, India is an Institute of National Importance with the status of a University established in 1980 under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India by an Act of Parliament. The joint culture of medicine and technology that the Institute pioneered more than three decades ago has come of age and gained unprecedented acceptance in India. Imbued with an inclination to venture into less-trodden domains of indigenous medical technology development, the Institute focuses on patient care of high quality, and health research studies of social relevance. The emphasis is on the development of facilities less readily available elsewhere in the country such as interventional radiology, cardiac electrophysiology, pre-surgical evaluation and surgery for epilepsy, microsurgery and deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, new biomedical devices and products, evaluation of medical devices to global specifications, new academic programs and global public health networks. SCTIMST has three wings - the Hospital Wing, the Biomedical Technology Wing and the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies. Excellent research and teaching facilities are available at these centers. This uniquely poised Institute has a dedicated team of clinicians, scientists and engineers devoted to high-quality biomedical research and developing technologies in health care with emphasis on cardiovascular and neurological diseases.