# Christian Medical College, Vellore

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## TL;DR

A mission hospital and medical college with India's leading haematology department, known for low-cost bone marrow transplant, gene therapy research and paediatric leukaemia care.

## Summary

Christian Medical College, Vellore, was founded in 1900 by American missionary Ida Scudder and is one of India's most respected teaching hospitals. Its Department of Haematology, built by Mammen Chandy and Alok Srivastava, performed India's first successful bone marrow transplant in 1986 and pioneered low-cost transplant, thalassaemia and haemophilia gene therapy, and its Centre for Stem Cell Research is a national translational hub; paediatric and adult leukaemia care and the Indian Collaborative Childhood Leukaemia group's trials are anchored here. CMC also runs large head and neck, gastrointestinal, gynaecological and radiation oncology services and pioneered India's community health and palliative care models.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: CMC Vellore
- City: Vellore, IN
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.cmch-vellore.edu

## Sources

- CMC Vellore: https://www.cmch-vellore.edu

## Connected records

- technologies: [Allogeneic (off-the-shelf) cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/allogeneic-cell-therapy/), [CAR-T cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/car-t/), [Early integrated palliative care](https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/), [Global oncology and access in low- and middle-income countries](https://onco.cc/technologies/global-oncology-access/)
- cancers: [Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/all-leukemia/), [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [Multiple myeloma](https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/)
- fronts: [Cell Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/cell-therapy/), [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- people: [Biju George](https://onco.cc/people/biju-george/)
- institutions: [Department of Biotechnology, Government of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/dbt-india/), [Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine](https://onco.cc/institutions/instem/)

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