The Urological Society of India (USI) came into existence as, "Urology Section" of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) at their Annual Conference in Baroda in December, 1961. At inception a provisional Executive Committee with the late Dr. G.M. Phadke as the Chairman and Dr. B.N. Colabawalla as the Hon.Secretary-cum-Treasurer, were entrusted with the task of framing the rules, enrolling members and ensuring passage through the Governing Body of A.S.I. The membership of the Urology Section, which was later on rechristened as, "The Urological Society of India" was 32, and most of whom were general along with a handful of trained urologists.

The first department of Urology, free from the shackles of general surgical service probably was at George's Hospital, Bombay in 1961-62 with Dr. B.N. Colabawalla as the Head. Well established centres were soon established at Madras, Vellore. Delhi and Chandigarh under the Chairmanship of Prof.A.Venugopal, Prof. H.S. Bhat, Prof. S.M. Singh and Prof. B.C. Bapna. What followed in the subsequent 3 decades, was the establishment of many such departments all over the country. At present, we have close to 20-25 centres recognized for M.Ch. Urology training and about 10-12 centres recognized by the National Board of Urology for the award of D.N.B. This has helped many young postgraduates to fulfill their ambition of becoming a urologist.

The Society is holding its annual conference in the month of January by rotation in different zones. The annual conference is usually attended by more than 1000 delegates. Apart from scientific deliberations, there is technical exhibition for latest equipment in urology. The Society has created 4 zonal chapters with the idea of spreading urology to each & every corner of India.

Each zonal chapter are conducting various CME programmes & workshops and annual conference which are attended by the 300-400 delegates.

Journal

The Society also publishes Indian Journal of Urology (2 issues quarterly) and a Newsletter quarterly. The Indian Journal of Urology is an indexed Journal by the Excerpt Medical and Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (C.A.B.S.).

The Indian Urology has now come of age and we have entered the next millennium with plenty of hope and promise from our younger colleagues, who will take us to even greater heights.

Contact USI

Dr Kim Mammen
Professor & Head, Department of Urology.

Christian Medical College & Hospital,
Ludhiana-141008, Punjab, INDIA.
Cell: +91 9814034185.
Fax: +91 161 5010909.
Tel: +91 161 5026999 Ext: 5026.
Email: kjmammen@gmail.com
Website: http://www.usi.org.in/