नेफ्रोलॉजी और रीनल ट्रांसप्लांट मेडिसिन

Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant is a Super Specialty Department in Safdarjung Hospital. Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Medicine is a tertiary care center for patients.

Location:

Ward-38, 2nd Floor, H-Block Extension, Old CTVS Building.

Nephrology Department Strength

Head of Department – Dr. Himanshu

Nephrologists:

Professor – 01 (One) 
Associate Professor – 01 (One) 
Assistant Professor (Permanent) – 02 (Two) 
Assistant Professor (Contract) – 02 (Two) 
GDMO (SAG) – 01 (One) 
GDMO (CMO) – 01 (One) 
Non-Academic Senior Residents – 07 (Seven) 
Non-Academic Junior Residents – 09 (Nine)

Admission Beds – 20 (Twenty) 
Unit A&B (Non-teaching & Non-administrative) 
HOD & In-charge Unit A – Dr. Himanshu 
In-charge Unit B – Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Sr. No.Unit AUnit B
1Dr. HimanshuDr. Rajesh Kumar
2Dr. Anupam Agarwal (CMO)Dr. Sanjiv Mahajan (SAG)
3Dr. Sourabh SharmaDr. Pallavi Prasad
4Dr. Renju BinoyDr. Sahil Arora

OPD's

Sr. No.DayUnit
1MondayUnit - B
2ThursdayUnit - A

Admission Beds:

Unit - A(10)

Sr. No.DescriptionBed No.
1Nephro Ward1-6
2Transplant Ward13-15
3Side Room19

Unit - B(10)

Sr. No.DescriptionBed No.
1Nephro Ward7-12
2Transplant Ward16-18
3Side Room20

Renal Transplant:

Unit - A & Unit – B will conduct Renal Transplant on alternate basis. Both the units will follow the Renal Transplant protocol of the Department.

Dialysis Unit:

Both the units will take clinical rounds of dialysis units on alternate days.

Sr. No.UnitDays
1Unit - AMonday 
Wednesday 
Friday
2Unit - BTuesday 
Thursday 
Saturday
3On Sunday & GH, On-call Nephrologist will take round of Dialysis Unit.

*Non-academic Senior Residents and Junior Residents will be posted in Ward, Dialysis & Transplant areas and will assist both units in patient care and management.

*This is flexible distribution of faculties. They may be asked to help in the other unit in times of need/shortage as demanded by unit in-charge.

  • Kidney Transplant - Donor and Recipient workup, Immunosuppressive medicine induction and maintenance therapy, Perioperative Nephrology care and immunosuppressive medicines titration, Post-transplant complication management and follow up Transplant Clinic on every Wednesday (working day) for our Post-transplant patients.
  • Interventional Nephrology - Non-tunnel and tunnel catheter insertion, Peritoneal and Continuous Peritoneal Catheter insertion and Kidney Biopsy.
  • Indoor Services - We provide Indoor Nephrology care to patients requiring active Nephrology intervention, immunosuppression therapy etc. Not requiring critical care or with multisystem involvement.
  • Hemodialysis - Department provide hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and SLED services in all working days 9 am to 6 pm and Saturday 9 am to 3 pm to critically ill, admitted patients require dialysis on priority basis. Hemodialysis is provided to the live related/unrelated transplant waiting patient who have completed work up for eligibility of transplant.

No facility of MHD is provided on OPD basis.

  • At present no hemodialysis facility for seropositive patients available.
  • At present no CRRT facility available in department.
  • Plasmapheresis facility is also available for indoor patients in Department of Nephrology & other departments at Safdarjung Hospital.
  • OPD services are provided by Nephrology in Super Specialty Block on Monday and Thursday from 2 pm to 4 pm in Room No. 227, 228, 235.
  • Transplant OPD Clinic - Department runs transplant Clinic on every Wednesday (working day) from 9 am to 12 pm in Department of Nephrology for the patients who underwent kidney transplant in Safdarjung hospital for their detail assessment and easy delivery of transplant medicine.

क्रमांक संकाय का नाम पद का नाम ईमेल
1 डॉ. हिमांशु विभागाध्यक्ष प्राध्यापक
2 डॉ. अनुपम अग्रवाल मुख्य चिकित्सा अधिकारी
3 डॉ. सौरभ शर्मा सहायक प्राध्यापक
4 डॉ. रेनजू बिनॉय सहायक प्राध्यापक
5 डॉ. राजेश कुमार प्राध्यापक
6 डॉ. संजीव महाजन वरिष्ठ प्रशासनिक ग्रेड
7 डॉ. पल्लवी प्रसाद सहायक प्राध्यापक
8 डॉ। साहिल अरोड़ा सहायक प्राध्यापक

Sr. NoLocationDaysSpecialistPhone No.
12nd Floor, Super speciality Block (SSB)Monday/ThursdayDr. Himanshu
Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Dr. Sanjiv Mahajan
Dr. Anupam Aggarwal
Dr. Saurabh kumar
Dr. Vikas Sharma
+91-11+26730437
2WednesdayDr. Rajesh Kumar
Dr. Sanjiv Mahajan
(Renal Transplant)

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Dr. Himanshu, Professor & Head

  • Gupta A, Choudhary SG, Pursnani L, Mahapatra H, Verma H: A randomized prospective study analyzing the effects of lowering serum uric acid in CKD progression and cardiovascular outcomes. 
    Journal of urology & nephrology, 4(1): 000155, 2019.
  • Verma H, Jha PM, Sachdev N, Verma R: Tunneled Hemodialysis catheter placement in persistent left superior vena cava : A rare but potential hemodialysis vascular access. 
    Indian J Vase Endovase Surg; 6:215-17, 2019.
  • Tripathi N, Kishore J, Kumar N, Bhatnagar A, Kumar R, Verma H: Early diagnosis for CKD and its associated risk factors among adults in a rural population of Delhi: A cross-sectioned study. 
    Journal of Advanced Research in Medicie; Vol. 6(4): pg. 20-26, 2019.
  • Lobo V, Khanna U, Rajapurtear M, Mahapatra H, Verma H, Prasad N, Agarwal SK: Guidelines for dialysis with reference to COVID – 19. 
    Indian Journal of Nephrology; Vol. 30(3): pg. 166-169, 2020.
  • Bhattacharya S, Jain N, Verma H, Sharma K: A cross-sectioned study to assess neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of micro vascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. 
    Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research; Vol. 15(8): pg. OC59-OC62, 2021.
  • Verma H Sunder S, Sharma BB, Sharma N, Verma R: Prevalence of Vascular calcification in CKD stage 4 and 5 patients and its correlation with inflammatory markers of atherosclerosis. 
    Soudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation; 32(1): 2021.
  • Kumari A, Gupta P, Verma H, Kumar A, Thakur P, Sharma K: Colistin – induced Bartter – like Syndrome: Ponder Before Treatment, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine;26(2):239-243,2022

Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Associate Professor

  • Kumar R., Sharma H., Singh A. K., Sharma A., Prakash G., Kumar S. A Case Of Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy Not Uncommon But Remains A Disease Of Underdiagnosis: Clinico-Pathological Study Of Hematuria With Pain Abdomen In A Young Male. EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science (ISSN: 2456 - 6063), 2019; 5(3): 01-08.
  • Kumar R, Kumar C, Khosla H. An interestingcase report of acute renal failure due to wasp bite. J Family Med PrimCare 2019;8:1488-90
  • Kumar R. Singh AK, Rizvi YS, Duggal R. C1q nephropathy in a young female sensitive to low-dose steroid: Clinicopathological correlation and outcome a rare clinical scenario. Int J ClinicopatholCorrel2019;3:32-5.
  • Vindu Amitabh, Mushtaq Ahmad, Suhail Qureshi, Rajesh Kumar, S Chatterjee, Shadab Khan.Hypothyroidism in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease:Treat or Leave Alone – a Burning Issue.JIACM 2019; 20(1): 35-42
  • Kumar R, Singh AK, Prakash G, Kumar S. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) associated peritonitis in a young female: A case of peritonitis caused by Acinetobacter. J Urol, NephrolHepatolSci 2019;2(3):43-4.
  • Kumar R Singh AK, Prakash G, Duggal R. Karyomegalictubulointerstitial nephritis with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a young female: A rare form of steroid-nonresponsive nephrotic syndrome. Int J ClinicopatholCorrel2019;3:64-6.
  • Kumar R, Singh AK,Sharma K, Talwar V. A rare case of cephalexin‑inducedacute interstitial nephritis with hypokalemic periodicparalysis. Indian J Pharmacol 2020;52:210-2
  • Bhashker G, Kataria SP, Ambedkar SN, Singh M, Kumar R, Kumar S, et al. Breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 expression in breast cancer patients and its correlation with histopathological features using the immunohistochemical method in the Indian population. Int J ClinicopatholCorrel 2020;4:30-4.
  • Kumar R, Bharti N, Kumar S, Prakash G.Multidimensional impact of COVID-19 pandemic in India—Challengesand future direction. J Family Med Prim Care 2020;9:5892-5.
  • Kumar R, Bharti N, Kumar S, Prakash G, Bhasker G, Kumar T, Mokhatar MS, Vijay Prabhu SN, Chakrabarti U, Bhattacharyya S. Management of COVID-19 using metformin: Repositioning against SARS-Cov-2. IP J UrolNephrolHepatolSci2020;3(3):52-8.

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