Services Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu:), established in 2003, is a public medical school located in Lahore. Services Hospital and Punjab Institute of Mental Health are the affiliated teaching hospitals. It is officially abbreviated as SIMS. The college admits students on open merit and is granted through a centralized Medical College Admission Test conducted annually by the Pakistan Medical Commission. History Faisal Masud was the founding principal of the institution. In its initial days, the college was located in a portion of the building of Institute of Public Health at Birdwood Road, Lahore. This institution is now housed in its new campus adjacent to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. Campus The college has five main lecture theatres in addition to the demonstration rooms. Its library has more than 8000 books and subscribes to 78 national and international journals available as paperbacks. In addition, it gives access to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan-funded electronic access to thousands of scientific books and journals. Services Hospital is a 1596-bedded teaching hospital affiliated with the institution along with Punjab Institute of Mental Health. Departments Its basic departments are equipped with computer aided laboratories, Carl-Zeiss microscopes for the students and penta-head and deca-head microscopes for demonstration and research.The Department of Pathology is ISO 9002 and ISO 15142 certified. Basic science departments Anatomy Biochemistry Community medicine Forensic medicine Pathology Pharmacology Physiology Medicine and allied departments Cardiology Dermatology Endocrinology & Metabolism General medicine Neurology Pediatrics Preventive medicine Psychiatry Pulmonology (Chest medicine) Radiotherapy Urology Surgery and allied departments Anesthesiology Cardiac surgery Cosmetic surgery General surgery Neurosurgery Obstetrics and gynaecology Ophthalmology Oral and maxillofacial surgery Orthopedics Otorhinolaryngology Pediatric surgery Radiology Administrative departments Esculapio Creative Department IT Department Medical Education Department Official publication Esculapio Creative Department is an administrative department of the Services Institute of Medical Sciences responsible for publications. It is situated in Medical Unit-IV of Services Hospital. The SIMS journal is The Esculapio. Recognition and affiliations The college is recognized and affiliated with the following: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan Pakistan Medical and Dental Council iMed - FAIMER Affiliated with University of Health Sciences, Lahore Gallery See also List of medical schools in Pakistan References External links ESCULAPIO Medical colleges in Punjab, Pakistan Universities and colleges in Lahore Academic institutions in Pakistan Educational institutions established in 2003 Postgraduate schools in Pakistan 2003 establishments in Pakistan