The Department of Neurology was established in the year 1977, with 24 beds and posts of one Professor and an Assistant Professor. Dr V. Satyanarayana, M.D., D.M., officiated as the first Professor and Head of the Department.

The Department runs an Out Patient clinic on three days, a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) and an Epilepsy Out Patient Clinic on the first Saturdays of the month. The Out Patient clinic caters to more then 120 new patients every week in addition to an equal number of existing patients who come for regular check ups. An average of 25 to 30 patients are also being admitted every month upon check up for medical care at the King George Hospital.

The Department is equipped with a 16 channel EEG Machine with Photic stimulator and an E.M.G. and N.C.V. machine to conduct neuro electro physiological studies.

The Department of Neurology offers training to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Medicine, Paediatrics', STD, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry. An additional Electromyography unit with hi-tech equipment and a D.M. Course in Neurology are also being offered.

The Department of Neurology has been conducting CME (Continued Medical Education) programmes regularly once in every two years starting from the year 1978. Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, Visakhapatnam Chapter has been functional at this Department, this facility of registration is second only in the country and is affiliated to the European Registry of Pregnancy and Epilepsy. 

At the Department of Neurology, a lecture session themed 'Endowment lecture in Neurosciences' is being conducted every year since the year 1998.

PRIZE : Dr Sajja Chandramouli Prize in Neurology is being awarded by way of a competitive examination at the Department.