The department of Endocrine &Breast Surgery was established in September 1989, as the first academic department of Endocrine & Breast Surgery in India which offered opportunity for training in this specialty. The department is recognized as a pioneer in the clinical practice, training & teaching, and research in the areas of endocrine and breast surgery in India.
The department is credited with starting the first Post-Doctoral Certificate Course (PDCC) in Endocrine Surgery in India in 1997, and later was the first one to start a MCI recognized MCh Endocrine Surgery Course in the 2004. Alumni of the department are currently involved in academic or institutional practice of Endocrine & Breast surgery in various parts of the country, and abroad. Most of them are professors, heads, faculty or senior consultants in various reputed teaching institutions or corporate hospitals in major cities of India.Though breast surgery practice, training and research are integral components of the MCh curriculum of the department from the very beginning, in order to cater to the demands for fellowship training opportunities in breast surgery exclusively, the department has initiated a Post-Doctoral Certificate Course (PDCC) in Breast Surgery, starting in year 2020. Besides the MCh Endocrine Surgery and PDCC Breast surgery courses, the department also offers PhD Program and Short-term Trainee/ Observer positions for teachers of surgery and practicing surgeons.