Dr.Venkatesh Rajkumar, a consultant nephrologist with the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai has the expertise to provide accurate diagnosis, possible investigations and treatment of complaints related to your kidney problems. He has expertise in treating critically ill patients with acute and chronic kidney failure, patients on dialysis and those needing renal transplant. He is expert in dialysis (both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), kidney transplantation and dialysis access and also experienced in managing difficult and high-risk renal transplants.

Qualifications:

• 2001-2005: Graduation, Thanjavur Medical College, Tamilnadu.

• 2006-2009: Internal medicine training, Madras Medical College.

• 2010- 2013: Super Specialization in Nephrology (DM), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.

• 2014: Fellowship in Interventional Nephrology, The Catholic Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.

• 2016: Training in Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT), University of California, San Diego.

• Current: Consultant Nephrologist and Renal transplant Physician, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.

Membership:

• Life Time Member of the “Indian Society of Nephrology.”

• Member of the “International Society of Nephrology.”

• Member of the “American society of diagnostic and interventional Nephrology” (ASDIN)

• Member of AVATAR (Association of vascular access and interventional renal physicians), India.

Publications:

• Clin Kidney. J (2013)6(5):500-502: Successful treatment of adult-onset collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with rituximab,

• Clin Kidney. J.2013 Oct;6(5):519-522: Recurrence of ANCA – negative renal-limited pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in the renal allograft.

• Int Urol Nephrol. 2014 Jan;46(1):235-8: IgG4- related tubulointerstitial nephritis presenting with psychiatric manifestations and skin lesions.

• Transplant Proc.2015 May;47(4):1158-61.Conversion from tacrolimus to cyclosporine in patients with new-onset diabetes after renal transplant:an open-label randomized prospective pilot study.

Services:

Dr. Venkatesh Rajkumar is a passionate patient advocate and believes that Indian patients with kidney disease should receive care of international standards. He takes deep and personal interest in his patients for their long-term wellbeing. He is providing his professional and high-quality services in following categories.

Management of acute and chronic kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as renal insufficiency or renal failure, is an acute (sudden in onset) or chronic (slowly progressive) medical condition of impaired kidney function in which the kidneys fail to filter metabolic wastes from the blood adequately.

Dialysis (both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis)

Dialysis is an artificial replacement for lost renal function in people with kidney failure. It is a process for removing waste products (water and cellular metabolites) from the body compartments. It is further divided into hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

• Hemodialysis is a process of purifying (removal of waste products such as creatinine and urea and free water) from the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally.

• Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a type of dialysis that uses the peritoneum in a person's abdomen as the membrane through which waste substances are exchanged with the blood. It is used to remove excess fluid, remove toxins and correct electrolyte problems in those with kidney failure

Fistulogram

Fistulogram is a procedure to view an AV fistula. It is a simple test which is done to detect problems associated with AV fistula and grafts. It is done by injecting a fluorescent dye into the fistula and visualizing it under X ray imaging.

Percutaneous balloon angioplasty

It is a minimally invasive, procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins. It is the procedure done wherein a small high-pressure inflatable balloon is used to treat access related problems like narrowing,blockage, etc.

Stenting

It is a minimally-invasive procedure whereby a self-expanding meshwork of stainless steel/nitinol is used to treat narrowing of blood vessels seen in dialysis patients.

Thrombectomies of AV fistula/ graft

Thrombectomy is an emergency procedure performed to remove a thrombus (clotted blood) from the clogged arteries or veins.

Dialysis catheters

A dialysis catheter is an instrument used for exchanging blood to and from a patient and a hemodialysis machine. There are two types of dialysis catheters. Temporary catheters and tunneled permanent catheters and their placement depend on several local and remote factors.