The Department of Dermatology was established in the year 2019.The Department provides OPD services every day except on Sundays. The clinical services provided by the Department of Dermatology include management of patients with Dermatological problems, Sexually transmitted diseases, Leprosy and various minor Dermato-surgical procedures like Skin biopsy, intralesionalsteriods, immune therapy radiofrequency caurterisation , chemical and electrical caurterisation. The department is headed by Dr. Shabir Ahmad Bhat, Professor. Currently we have one Associate Professor, one Consultant, two Senior Residents, one Junior Resident and 3 DNB students. Our department caters to whole of South Kashmir including Anantnag, Ramban, Banihal, Reasi, Doda, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian. On an average our OPD patient number on daily basis is around 300 plus. The rise of skin diseases in recent past is tremendous and so is the number of patients seeking treatment. Not only has there been rise of general dermatology patients, the number of patients seeking treatment for cosmetic conditions is also on rise. We also offer dermatosurgical treatment modalities for conditions like warts, molluscum, cysts, Vitiligo, PRP, TCA Cautery and many other similar conditions. Our department is actively involved in academic activities which involves training of DNB candidates and students pursuing, MBBS. We are not lagging behind in research as well. Our department is conducting research on many challenging topics like Hair loss in patients receiving chemotherapeutic agents, Species isolation in dermatophyte infections in children and cutaneous manifestations in patients of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis in age group more than 50 yrs. – A hospital based study. Our aim is to deliver best treatment modalities as per current Evidence based medicine.