The recorded onset of medical education in Visakhapatnam can be traced to 1902, when the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medical School was set up in the Old Post Office area supported byMaharajah Sir Goday Narayana Gajapathi Rao and Maharani Lady Goday Chitti janakiammah.
The recorded onset of medical education in Visakhapatnam can be traced to 1902, when the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medical School was set up in the Old Post Office area supported byMaharajah Sir Goday Narayana Gajapathi Rao and Maharani Lady Goday Chitti janakiammah.
The department started in 1961 in the current location in Seethammadhara. The degree course in MD (Chest & TB) was started in 1979 at Andhra University. The Hospital moved to its curent location in 2005. Services rendered at the hopsital include outpatient and inpatient care for a variety of chest diseases as well as communicable illnesses such as Tetanuas, Rabies, Swine flu, Acute diarrheal infecions and chicken pox.
The Hospital has a 12 bed Respiratory Intensive care unit, and procedures such as bronchoscopy, video assisted thoracoscopy are routinely performed here. The facility also has a center for treatment of HIV/ AIDS patients and an ICT center for counselling of HIV patients.
The faculty are involved in the education of MBBS students as well as post graduates and the department boasts a rich variety of clinical research projects as well as publications in national and international journals by the faculty
| S.No. | Name | Designation |
| 1 | R.SunilKumar,MD | Professor |
| 2 | CH.R.N.BhushanaRao,MD | Professor |
| 3 | B.M.S.Patrudu,MD | Professor |
| 4 | M.K.Mohanty,MD | Associate Professor |
| 5 | K.VenkataRamana,MD | Associate Professor |
| 6 | S.Praveena,MD | Associate Professor |
| 7 | S.Praveena,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 8 | B.Padmaja,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 9 | J.V.Praveen,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 10 | K.KanakaLakshmi,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 11 | V.Vijayakumari,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 12 | M.V.ShantiAnnapurna,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 13 | P.Venkaiah,MD | Assistant Professor |
| 14 | D.V.PratapaReddy,MD | Assistant Professor |