Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Perambur, is one of the oldest institutions in the country where DNB courses started during the 1980s. At present 09 broad specialties and 2 superspeciality departments offer DNB Degree courses. The courses offered in the institution and the seats provided in the various specialties are as follows.
| Subject |
Post MBBS seats per year |
Post Diploma seats per year |
| Anesthesia |
3 |
2 |
| ENT |
1 |
1 |
| General Medicine |
4 |
0 |
| General Surgery |
3 |
0 |
| OBG |
2 |
2 |
| Ophthalmology |
1 |
1 |
| Orthopaedics |
2 |
1 |
| Pediatrics |
2 |
2 |
| Pathology |
1 |
1 |
| Super Specialty |
Post MD/ MS seats per year |
| Cardiology |
2 |
| CTVS |
1 |
