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Nephrology and Renal Transplant Medicine

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.

Sr. No. Name of Faculty Designation Email
1 Dr. Himanshu Head of Department Professor
2 Dr. Anupam Agarwal Chief Medical Officer
3 Dr. Sourabh Sharma Assistant Professor
4 Dr. Renju Binoy Assistant Professor
5 Dr. Rajesh Kumar Professor
6 Dr. Sanjiv Mahajan Senior Administrative Grade
7 Dr. Pallavi Prasad Assistant Professor
8 Dr. Sahil Arora Assistant Professor

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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