Services Institute of Medical Sciences

Services Institute of Medical Sciences
Motto In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen
Motto in English
In Thy light shall we see light
Type Public
Established 2003
Principal Prof. Dr Hamid Mahmood Butt[1]
Address Services Hospital, Jail Road, Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan
Campus Jail Road opposite Race Course Park
Colours Deep Blue Colour     
Mascot Simsonians
Affiliations PMDC, UHS
Website Official website

Services Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu:سروسز انسٹیٹوٹ آف میڈیکل سائنسز), established in 2003, is a public school of medicine located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Services Hospital is attached to the college as a teaching hospital.[2] It is officially abbreviated as SIMS.[3]

The College admits students on open merit, which is gender neutral and need blind and is granted through a centralized Medical College Admission Test conducted by the University of Health Sciences Lahore annually. In case of the Foreign students, admission is processed through the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.[4]

History

Faisal Masud is the founder principal of the college. In its initial days, it was located in a portion of the building of the College of Community Medicine at Birdwood Road. This college is now housed in its new campus adjacent to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.

Campus

College campus

It has five main lecture theaters in addition to the demonstration rooms. Its library has more than 8000 books and subscribes to 78 National and International Journals available as paperbacks. In addition, it gives access to HEC funded access to thousands of scientific books and journals as e-access. Services Hospital is the 1196 bedded teaching hospital attached to the campus.[5]

Departments

Its basic departments are equipped with computer aided laboratories, Carl-Zeiss microscopes for the students and penta-head and deca-head microscopes for demonstration and research. Its Pathology department is ISO 9002 and ISO 15142 certified.[6]

Attached teaching hospital

Official publication

Esculapio Creative is a administrative department of Services Institute of Medical Sciences responsible for publications. The SIMS Journal The Esculapio is one of a kind in the quality of medical research it boasts of and has received international acclaim.[7]

Recognition and affiliations

The college is recognized by the following organizations.

See also

References

Coordinates: 31°29′01″N 74°17′47″E / 31.48363°N 74.29640°E / 31.48363; 74.29640

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