The department started in 2016 alongside the other Clinical departments. The main objective of the department is to produce medical graduates with a sound knowledge and practical skills equipped with an understanding of the mechanisms of diseases that are primarily of haemopoietic origin. The department has been successfully accredited by both the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

Activities of the department include lectures and practicals for 400 and 500 levels and the conduct of the third professional MBBS examination for the 500L students.

The department is collaborating with Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe and the World Federation of Hemophilia in the area of capacity building for research, diagnosis and management of haemophilia and bleeding disorders.