Armed Forces Medical College

The Department of Physiology AFMC was established in Aug 1962 in the imposing ‘Wanowarie Barracks’ of the British Army with Wing Commander MK Mookerjee as the first professor and head of department. From its humble beginnings, imparting undergraduate and postgraduate training in Physiology to medical students, the department has come a long way. It has broadened its scope to include training for post graduate dental students, undergraduate and post graduate nursing students, pharmacists, health assistants and bachelors of paramedical technology. The department prides itself in having its faculty trained in Medical Education Technology and associated as full-time faculty with the Department of Medical Education AFMC and as invited faculty with the Medical Education Technology Cell of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Regional Centre Pune.

Apart from its academic expertise, the department has evolved into a center for functional diagnostic support in the fields of cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and neurophysiology. This functional diagnostic support includes orthostatic stress testing for evaluation of syncope, nerve conduction studies, spirometry for assessment of lung function, autonomic function test, Gastro-intestinal manometry, and ambulatory pH metry for evaluation of gastro-intestinal function, and HEMII-pH. The department conducts basic and applied clinical research in collaboration with clinical departments of AFMC, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Army institute of cardiothoracic sciences (AICTS) Pune, Army Sports Institute Pune, and other centres like the High-Altitude Medical Research Centre at Leh. Undergraduate research is encouraged and promoted in the form of Short-term Student project under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.

Gp Capt Deepanjan Dey as one of the resource faculty in symposium during 71st APPICON 2025 held at Belagavi, Karnataka in Oct 2025.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY HONORED WITH THE APPI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AT THE 70TH APPI NATIONAL CONFERENCE, CHENNAI.

MAJ ARUN SECURED AFMC GOLD MEDAL IN MD PHYSIOLOGY COURSE ENDING EXAM

GP CAPT DEEPANJAN DEY, PROF &HOD, INVITED AS FACULTY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, IIT MADRAS ON 12 FEB 2025

GP CAPT DEEPANJAN DEY, PROF &HOD, PRESENTED HIS RESEARCH WORK AT THE 40TH WORLD CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, HELD AT FRANKFURT, GERMANY IN SEP 2025.

LT COL PRIYESH PANDEY RECEIVING THE R SRINIVASAN AWARD FOR BEST PG PAPER AT 71ST APPICON 2025 HELD AT BELAGAVI, KARNATAKA

FACULTY AND RESIDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, AFMC PUNE, PARTICIPATING IN ACADEMIC SESSIONS AND RECEIVING HONOURS AT APPICON 2025, BELAGAVI

OUR TEAM AT 71ST ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSIOLOGISTS AND PHARMACOLOGISTS OF INDIA (APPICON 2025) HELD AT BELAGAVI, KARNATAKA IN OCT 2025.

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION AND FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WITH AIIMS NEW DELHI

• Dept of Physiology was bestowed with “ APPI award excellence in clinical physiology” during 70th Annual National Conference of Association of Physiologist and pharmacologist of India (APPI) held at ESIC medical college &hospital, Chennai from 12 to 14 Dec 2024.
• Col Atul Shekhar and Gp Capt Deepanjan Dey were awarded Director and Commandant’s Award of Appreciation for their outstanding contribution to physiology and medical education, respectively in Jan 2025
• Maj R. Arun, of this dept was awarded AFMC Gold Medal for Scoring highest marks amongst AFMC candidates in MD (Physiology) at MUHS, Nashik.
• I-MBBS undergraduate teams, under the guidance of Dept of Physiology, were awarded first prize and second prize in model making competition held at DY Patil Medical College, Pune in Mar 2025
• Poster presentation: Lt Col Priyesh Pandey was awarded second prize in poster presentation at national conference held at AIIMS Bathinda in Apr 2025.
• Gp Capt Deepanjan Dey was awarded the FAIMER fellowship in June 2025.
• International Representation: Gp Capt Deepanjan Dey, presented his research work at the 40th World Congress of International Union of Physiological Sciences, held at Frankfurt, Germany in Sep 2025.
• Dept of Physiology, AFMC, Pune conducted Preconference Workshop on High Resolution Oesophageal Manometry in 71st Annual National Conf of APPICON 2025 held at Belagavi, Karnataka from 08 to 12 Oct 2025.
• PG Award: Lt Col Priyesh Pandey won the R Srinivasan award for best PG paper at 71st Annual National Conference of Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPICON 2025) held at Belagavi, Karnataka in Oct 2025. Sqn Ldr Vinod V Raut had also qualified for the final rounds of the same.
• PG Quiz: PG Quiz team comprising of Lt Col Priyesh Pandey and Maj Shayana Sood were awarded Third place in PG quiz held at APPICON 2025, Belagavi, Karnataka
• A collaborative interdepartmental workshop by Dept of ENT and Physiology on the Translational Importance of Hypopharyngeal Esophageal Mii-ph Monitoring and High-Resolution Manometry in Laryngopharyngeal Reflux was conducted on 19th Nov 2025 in Dept of Physiology.
• Online Faculty Exchange Programme with AIIMS, New Delhi – Webinars and guest lectures on sleep physiology in Nov 2025.