Director, Postgraduate Studies & Research

Department of Nephrology,

Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital,

Dr. Virendra Desai Road, Nadiad-387001

Gujarat, INDIA

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

M.B.B.S.                                          1972      Nagpur University, Nagpur

M.D. [General Medicine]             1978      Pune University, Pune.  

AWARDS:

Dr.B.C.Roy National Award 2007 in the category of “Development of Specialties”.

Guru Dronacharya Award by Mumbai Nephrology Group 2017

American Nephrologists of Indian Origin Distinguished Service Award  USA for 2017

La Renon TANKER Foundation Life Time Achievement

Patents:

European patent number  2250500

United States Patent No. US 7,927,880 B2: Methods and Kit For Early Detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Prediction of  Adverse Cardiac Events.

United States Patent No. US 8,192,997 B2: Method of Predicting and Treating Adverse Cardiac Events

My department of Nephrology apart from nephrology patient care is responsible for:

• Management of Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. We have performed in excess of 4000 Live Donor Kidney Transplantations till date from 1980.
• Maintenance Hemodialysis Programme; we have 48-dialysis stations operated 4 shifts daily.  At present 72 patients are on maintenance hemodialysis for more than five years and 31 have completed 10years.
• Dr. Mohan Rajapurkar department of Interventional Nephrology has facilities for all Vascular interventions, including renal and transplant artery angiography and angioplasty.
• 36 students have received DNB Nephrology during last 12years. (4 Gold medals for getting 1st rank in All India exam)