Since the last decades of the sixteenth century Goa was known as the "cemetery of the Portuguese", in the expression of the Viceroy Francisco de Távora, 1st Count of Alvor.

The course of medical education in Goa, therefore, began in 1691,[5] when the "chief physicist" (a name given to doctors appointed as head of public health of a given territory) Manoel Roiz de Sousa began a "Medicine Class of Nova Goa", coming from the request made by the Viceroy of India Rodrigo da Costa,[6] functioning intermittently in the eighteenth century.

[5] In 1801, the Portuguese crown decided to establish the "Medicine and Surgery Class", to the care of the chief physicist António José de Miranda e Almeida, graduated from Coimbra.

The institution remained in operation even after 11 December 1851,[9] when, through a ministerial report and annexed decree, the colonial government extinguished some medical schools surviving only that of Goa.

The current acting Dean of Goa Medical College is Dr. S. M. Banderkar, an orthopedic surgeon.180 MBBS and 60 paramedical seats filled through NEET UG.