HISTORY OF PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

    
The department was started on 1-8-1960 by Dr. D. Sundarasiva Rao garu who later moulded the college in a grand manner as the PRINCIPAL for 7 years (1970 to 1977).
Dr. Shankar Banerjea, one of the founders of the department established the recent methodology in diagnosis from 1962 to 1992.
Dr. A.V. KRISHNAM RAJU has worked from 1976 to 2007 has renovated & upgraded the department by getting the MCI recognition for PG Courses.
NAMES OF THE PROFESSORS & HODS
DR D SUNDDARA SIVA RAO 1960 to 63 and 1970 to 77 DR P RAMA CHANDRA RAO 1963 to 70
DR S BANERJEA 1977 to 92
DR L KOUSALYA 1992 to 93
DR A VENKATA RATNAM 1983
DR G VENKATA RAMANA 1993 to 94
DR NA RAMAKRISHNA 1994 to 95
DR V V RAMANA RAO 1995 to 97
DR A V KRISHNAM RAJU 1998 to 2002 and 2003 to 2007 DR B SUNDARESWAR 2002 to 03
DR R SREERAMULU NAIDU 2007 to 2012
Dr.L.Krishna    2012 to 2013
Dr.B.V.Rama reddy   2013 to 2015
Dr.R.Vijayabhaskar   2015 to 2021
Dr.M.Venugopal       2021
Dr.C.V.Lalshmi   2021
Dr.Basumitradas 2021 to 2022
Dr.Rajyalakshmi  23-12-2022 to till date

Three undergraduate laboratories with audio-visual facilities are established in the department to accommodate the 250 students

A well maintained Dr Shankar Banerjea conference hall was established and utilised for PG and UG academic programmes and internal meetings

A Dr Shankar Banerjea memorial museum with more than 300 specimens is established in ground floor.

Professor J.B.S. HALDANE MUSEUM (Skeleton, Organs & Life history) was established in the department through the courtesy of GODAVARI GENETICS SOCIETY, KAKINADA as a permanent monument in the institution near the Central Library entrance.

Our department was a part of national cancer registry from 2003 onwards and presented data in national NCRP conferences. Dr RVijay bhaskar and Dr R. Rajyalakshmi.

State conferences conducted - 04
CME conducted - 04 (Breast pathology, salivary gland pathology, GIT pathology and CNS tumors)
Mid term CME conducted - 01 (uropathology)

Integrated centre for hemoglobinopathies and hemophilia (ICHH) was initiated in 2025