Overview of Department:

Welcome to the department of Pathology, MMC, Khammam. The department of Pathology was established in the Mamata medical college, Khammam in the year 1997. Since then the department has expanded in strength and scope of activities keeping with the increasing demand for public health awareness and importance attached to Pathology as an integral part of total health care. The department has been conducting full-fledged Postgraduate degree (MD) and Diploma (DCP) courses in Pathology since 2003. The department of Pathology is primarily concerned with training post graduate students and creating awareness in public regarding need for public health care. The department serves as a link between rural public and Mamatha General Hospital, Khammam. 

Departmental Faculty:

S. No. Faculty Name AEBAS Attend.ID Designation Nature of Employment (Permanent/Contractual)
1 Dr. Thommurothu Vasudeva Rao  06991797 Professor & HOD Permanent
2 Dr. Sampath Venkata Ramana 72733147 Professor Permanent
3 Dr. Ravi Prakash Agarwalla 40967016 Associate Professor Permanent
4 Dr. Talari Radhamadhavi  40934342 Associate Professor Permanent
5 Dr. Chennapragada Narasimharao Bharadwaz 45705434 Associate Professor Permanent
6 Dr. Harika Mandava 04794051 Associate Professor Permanent
7 Dr. Hymavathi Bathina 57019311 Assistant Professor Permanent
8 Dr. Gandu Krishna Kumari 41697867 Assistant Professor Permanent
9 Dr. Ravva Rathna 41236656 Assistant Professor Permanent
10 Dr. Dinesh P 49448183 Assistant Professor Permanent
11 Dr. Gottimukkula Swapnika Goud 06764399 Senior Resident Permanent
12 Dr. Srirangam Gouthami 69875643 Senior Resident Permanent
13 Dr. Bandaru Akhila 75582668 Tutor Permanent
14 Dr. Kanakapudi Sunitha 82222352 Tutor Permanent
15 Dr. Gilakattula Shravya Prathyusha 70346729 Tutor Permanent
16 Dr. Dommeti Geethika 16000229 Tutor Permanent
17 Dr. Sravan Teja Jallepalli 51582929 Tutor Permanent
18 Dr. Doli Sai Keerthi 85863187 Tutor Permanent
19 Dr. Revuri Soumya 31848499 Tutor Permanent
20 Dr. Boyapati Yashaswi 89624427 Tutor Permanent
21 Dr. Kattubadi Sanaulla 11568276 Tutor Permanent

 COURSES OFFERED:

Undergraduate             : MBBS

Postgraduate                 : M.D. (Pathology)

Hands on training in day to day working

(Histopathology, Cytology, Clinical Pathology, Blood Bank, Teaching) 

CORE COMPETENCIES:

The core competencies of department of Pathology is teaching programme to prepare undergraduate and postgraduate students for their courses. Formal teaching is conducted in a variety of settings. Full participation by residents is expected. At the end of sessions students should attain competencies in the cognitive knowledge of basic sciences applied to speciality courses and they should be experts in clinical and practical skills. Student should be able to attain knowledge about basic principles of research and to take up small time research projects. 

FACILITIES AND LEARNING SOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT: 

  • Well equipped Histopathology lab
  • Well equipped Hematology / Clinical Pathology lab
  • Fully air conditioned lecture galleries
  • Well equipped blood bank with component separation unit.
  • Departmental library is provided with 141 books.
  • Museum
  • Internet facility
  • Microphotography unit
  • Slide library

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

MMC-Research award 2019, Dr.Y.Sushma, Prof & HOD –Department of Pathology, awarded by Mamata Educational Society , Khammam, Title: Utility of platelet indices in diagnosing the underlying cause of thrombocytopenia due to accelerated platelet destruction. 

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:                                                    

  1. Harika Mandava, Venkata Renuka Inuganti, Tejeswini Vaddatti, Sudhakar Ramamoorthy.Bouveret Syndrome: Case Report of a Rare and Fatal Complication of Gallstone Ileus. Wolters Kluwer – Medknow. 2025;23(3):209-211.
  2. Thoutal Keerti Santoshi, P.Chaitanya Bharati, G.Krishna Kumari, Hymavathi Bathina, Kavya Komaravelli Etiology and clinical outcomes of Severe Anemia A comprehensive Clinico-Hematological Analysis.2024;18(6):62-67.
  3. Shireesha M, Sushma Yalavarthi, Shruthi Deshpande and GV Saikumar. Histopathological spectrum of lesions of kidney: A morphological study,  International Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology. 2023;6(2):13-16.
  4. Sushma Yalavarthi, Shruti Deshpande, Effectiveness of case based learning over traditional teaching methods in phase II MBBS students. International Journal  of educational research and studies, 2021:3(3):14-18.
  5. Deshpande SA, Rao KS, Sushma Y, Saikumar GV. International academy of cytology guidelines based categorization of breast fine-needle aspiration cytology lesions and their histopathological  correlation. J Datta Meghe Inst Med Sci Univ 2021;16:334-9.
  6. Deshpande SA. Maimoon  SA , Mahore SD. Significance of free total prostate specific antigen ratio in diagnosis of various prostatic lesion. Medpulse international journal of pathology. August 2021; 19(2): 40-45.
  7. Deshpande SA. Maimoon  SA , Mahore SD. Significance of serum prostate specific antigen levels in evaluating prostatic lesions with histopathological correlation. Annals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.2019;6: 634-4.

PROJECTS:

  1. A study of Morphological Variants of Meningiomas with special emphasis on high grade meningioma.( Dr. Chinnari )
  2. A Study on role of Platelet indices in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients ( Dr. Spandana.)
  3. A clinicopathological study of Hashimoto Thyroiditis.( Dr. Pooja K)
  4. Pancytopenia; A clinicohaematological study. ( Dr.Pravallika M).
  5. Study of coagulation profile with microvascular complications and glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Dr.Hymavathi.B)
  6. Study of cytohistopathological correlation of Salivary gland tumors based on updated Milan Criteria. ( Dr.Syed Arfath Ahmed)
  7. Study of correlation of cytological grading and histopathological grading in breast malignancies.(Dr. Sravya.V).