It is the tertiary medical referral centre for upper Assam and areas in neighbouring states, including Arunachal Pradesh.

The academic facilities include laboratories, libraries, Wi-Fi across the campus, providing internet access through PCs and laptops.

The Assam government has preserved the original Berry White Medical School building in Grahambazar, Dibrugarh.

[1][3] In 1910 the college imported two X-ray machines from England, which were the first in India, and opened the country's first radiology department.

On 12 February 2016, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare laid the foundation of a 192-bed super-specialty hospital with a 60-bed intensive care unit, a catheterization lab, and specialties in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic vascular surgery, nephrology, and paediatrics.