Profile and Area of Expertise
Dr. Krishna Vijaykumar Patil is a Consultant Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant Physician in the Department of Nephrology. He has overall 15 years’ experience in the field of nephrology. He has hands-on experience and expertise in US guided temporary and permanent tunnelled cuffed haemodialysis catheter placement, CAPD catheter placement and renal biopsies; and in the management of acute and chronic kidney diseases. Dr Krishna Patil deals with deceased and living donor renal transplant patients’ care and management. He has been instrumental in taking care of more than 200 living donor transplants and more than 30 deceased donor renal transplants. He is passionate about preventive nephrology and specialized hypertension clinic with Facilities like AOBP, ABPM. He is Expert in all modalities of RRT – HD, SLED, HDF, CRRT and CAPD/CCPD.Dr Krishna Patil is committed to delivering world-class care in maintaining kidney function. He is passionate about improving the quality of life of dialysis and kidney transplantation patients. He runs Speciality Clinics like Kidney transplant clinic, Specialized Hypertension (BP) Clinic, Special CKD Clinic, and General Nephrology Clinic at the Sunshine Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
Area of Expertise:
- Native and Graft Kidney biopsy
- Permanent Tunnelled Haemodialysis Catheter placement
- Percutaneous Peritoneal dialysis catheter placement
- Hypertension evaluation and management – with 24 HR ABPM facility
- PRI (Progressive renal insufficiency) Management
- All modalities of dialysis like HD (Haemodialysis)
- HDF (Hemodiafiltration)
- SLED (Slow, low-efficiency dialysis)
- CRRT (Continuous renal replacement therapy)
- APD (Automated Peritoneal dialysis)
- CAPD (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis)
- Plasma Exchange
- Cyto-adsorption
- Kidney Transplant
Experience (Current Position & Previous Positions)
Current Position:
- Dr Krishna Patil is a consultant Nephrologist and Kidney Transplant Physician practicing at Sunshine Hospitals, Gachibowli.
Previous Positions:
- Update coming Soon
Education & Certificates
- MBBS, SETH GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra (MCI recognized).
- D (Medicine) Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra (MCI recognized).
- DM (Nephrology): University topper in Nephrology from IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
- Fellowship in Clinical Nephrology at the Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Canada
- FASN (Fellow of American Society of Nephrology): Recipient of the prestigious certification from American Society of Nephrology for outstanding work in nephrology, in year 2015
Awards
Awards and Honours
- Recipient of Research Grant from the International Society of Nephrology in 2012
- Recipient of research Grant from the Department of Science and Technology of West Bengal, 2013
- Received appreciation from the International Society of Nephrology for screening 10,000 school children suffering from hypertension and asymptomatic urinary abnormalities.
- Presented research work at ASN WEEK in Atlanta, 2013
- Presented posters and research papers at national and international conferences
- Speaker and chairperson at many national Conferences
Publications & Presentations
Articles & Publications
- Presented articles in International repute Peer-reviewed Journals, on:
- Long-term renal outcomes of snakebite and acute kidney injury.
- Incidence of CMV-HCV coinfection in the recipient of the renal transplant
- Non-IgA mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis: a benign entity?
- Acute kidney injury in the pediatric population after Russell’s viper bite
- Herpes labialis in patients following Russell’s viper bite and acute kidney injury
- Cross-sectional Prospective Study of conditions including Asymptomatic Urinary Abnormalities, Blood Pressure, and Body Mass Index in Healthy School Children.
Memberships
- Member – Indian Society of Nephrology
- Member – American Society of Nephrology
- Member – Canadian Society of Nephrology
- Member – International Society of Nephrology
- Member – Indian Society of Organ Transplant
Languages
- English, Hindi, Telugu
