Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore (CMC Vellore) is an educational and research institute and a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals located in and around Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the most prominent and respected medical destinations in India and internationally. It is also one of the top-ranked medical colleges in India. Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, Dr Ida S. Scudder, the Institute has made significant achievements, including starting the first College of Nursing in India (1946), performing the first reconstructive surgery for leprosy in the world (1948), performing the first successful open heart surgery in India (1961), performing the first kidney transplant in India (1971), performing first bone marrow transplantation (1986) in India and performing the first successful ABO incompatible kidney transplant in India (2009).

The Christian Medical College, Vellore, seeks to be a witness to the healing ministry of Christ, through excellence in education, service, and research..

The objective of Christian Medical College, Vellore is the establishment, maintenance and development of 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.
The primary concern of the Christian Medical College, Vellore is to develop through education and training, compassionate, professionally excellent, ethically sound individuals who will go out as servant-leaders of health teams and healing communities. Their service may be in promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitiative or palliative aspects of healthcare, in education or in research.

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