Overview

Nephrology is a sub-speciality of internal medicine dealing with the function and pathology of the kidney. Nephrology concerns with the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases as well as the associated and related complications such as electrolyte imbalances, mineral and bone disorders , hypertension. The field also actively deals with pre and post-op evaluation and management of renal transplant donors and recipients.

About the Department

The Department of Nephrology at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital had its humble beginnings in 2012. Under the Head of The Department Prof Dr Suraj Godara, the department has grown tremendously, adapting to the advances in treatment and evaluation in the evolving field of Nephrology. The department now caters to various pathologies and complications involving the field of nephrology and renal transplantation.

Dialysis unit is a fully equipped facility with 40 state of the art dialysis machines providing OPD and round the clock emergency dialysis, with around 2500 dialyses done being done every month. ICU dialysis facility is available at any time for critically ill patients. We also have various advanced dialysis and related modalities such as SLED , plasmapheresis(conventional as well as double cascade plasmapheresis ), and CAPD. CRRT facility is also available and used frequently for the benefit of patients deemed too critical for conventional modes of renal replacement therapy.

The department is one of the few centers in the country with an active Interventional Nephrology program, including Ultrasound guided Temporary and Fluoroscopy guided Tunneled Hemodialysis catheter insertions (25-30 per month), ultrasound guided renal biopsies(25 per month), percutaneuos CAPD catheter insertions as well as AV Fistula creation (20-25 per month) by the Nephrology department itself.

The department of Nephrology is at the helm of the Renal Transplant program at our hospital. Renal transplantation was started here in 2012. We are doing live related donor, deceased donor , ABO-incompatible and swap transplantation on a regular basis. Around 25-30 transplants are done per month .

We have a strong focus on academics and research. The faculty members of the department have done 40 + publications in national and international journals .