College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai

College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai, India,CPS of MUMBAI or CPS Mumbai or CPS Bombay established in 1913, offers 10 Fellowships, 15 Diplomas and MCPS degree. Located in the heart of Mumbai near KEM Hospital, it caters to doctors from all over India.

Birth of CPS The origins of the College go back to the year 1913. In 1913 the British Govt. through his Governor gave an assent to start such an institution in consonance with the “Royal College of Surgeons of England”. Dr. Rajab Ali Patel the then Indian Doctor agreed to establish such a college by dropping the prefix ROYAL and hence the birth of the institution “college of Physicians and Surgeons” now popularly known as CPS took place. Initially it was registered under the Bombay Society Act of 1860 on March 1913. vide Annex—(1). Established as a sister institute similar to the Royal College of Surgeons in London which dates back to the 14 th century and was bestowed a further charter in 1843 granting it the present title of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Up to 1875 training of “Hospital Assistants” was carried out at the Grant Medical School Mumbai, and the duration was only 3 years. The course was academically poor with several glaring infirmities. The University of Bombay discontinued and abolished the degree of L.M. & S. at the same time.

The first meeting of the college committee: A Memorable Day

On 21st April 1912 a meeting of the committee was called to discuss the proposal for forming a college. The proposal was put to vote and passed unanimously. It was also decided that college should function as Registered Society. Steps were, therefore, taken to register it under SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT XXI OF 1860 and documents were signed to that effect on 4th March 1913. This day deserves to be written in golden letters in the Annals of CPS.

Surgeon General H W. Stevenson was unanimously elected as Founder President.

Dr. Temulji B. Nariman and Col. C. H. L. Meyer were elected as Vice-Presents. The college committee converted itself into the first Council of the college. Then the constitution was drafted and passed unanimously.

Administration Office: CPS is situated in the prime locality of Mumbai near KEM Hospital, Parel and its office comprises of an area of approximately 80,000 sq. feet in a five storied building having different departments and the department heads run the day to day activities of CPS.

The CPS is having 4 lecture halls, 4 examination halls which accommodate nearly 500 students at a time. Even the DNB examinations are held in the CPS twice in a year.

Courses: Various Fellowship, Diploma & Certificate Courses offered by CPS

F.C.P.S.:(Three year course)

FCPS(MED) :FCPS-Medicine; FCPS(SURG) :FCPS-Surgery; FCPS(MID-GY) :FCPS-Midwifery & Gynaeocology (Mid. & Gyn.); FCPS(OPTHL) :FCPS-Ophthalmology; FCPS(CH) :FCPS-Child Health; FCPS(DERMT) :FCPS-Dermatology and Venereology; FCPS(ORL) :FCPS-Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; FCPS(ORTHO) :FCPS-Orthopaedics; FCPS(ANAES) :FCPS-Anaesthesiology; FCPS(PATHO) :FCPS-Pathology

Diploma Courses:(Two year course)

Course	Course name
DOMS	Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery
DGO	Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics
DCH	Diploma in Child Health
DPB	Diploma in Pathology and Bacteriology
DDV	Diploma in Dermatology and Venereology
DA	Diploma in Anaesthesia
DORL	Diploma in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (E.N.T.)
DORTHO	Diploma in Orthopaedics
DPM	Diploma in Psychological Medicine
DMRE	Diploma in Medical Radiology & Electrology
TDD	Diploma in Tuberculosis Diseases
DFP	Diploma in Family Planning
DPH	Diploma in Public Health

All Diploma & FCPS courses are recognised by 1. Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) vide GR Extraordinary 4-B dated March 15, 2010 through notification no. PGM.1010/CR-18 (Part 2)/ 10/EDU-2 read with the MMC Act 1965. 2. Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) vide GR no. MCG/10/2011/460646/J dated August 26 2011

Certificate Courses:(One Year) Course Course name C-DIAB Certificate in Diabetology C-HIV Certificate in HIV/AIDS

M.C.P.S. (Ist, IInd & IIIrd) Course Course name MCPS Member of College of Physicians & Surgeons

Official Website : www.cpsmumbai.org