Hi I am interested in having the details of the Nephrology department which is present at All India Institute of Medical Sciences?

Division of nephrology began in 1969 at first as a unit of branch of medication. Dr. Awasthi working in the bureau of medication set-up dialysis unit around 1970 and first hemodialysis was done on fifth Aug 1971.

As of now, division has seven staff and thirteen senior inhabitant quality. It has 14 normal hemodialysis stations, 4 detachment hemodialysis stations, and two intense irregular peritoneal dialysis beds.

It gives one of best nephrology look after it's all perspective to patients of all financial foundation in an open area healing facility set-up including plasmapheresis, CRRT, SLED and so on a highly sponsored cost. Right now division is doing about 140 renal transplant for every year larger part being living related additionally corpse renal transplant.

The department is energetic in teaching of

o Undergraduates
o Postgraduates in General Medicine
o Post-doctoral fellows in nephrology for D.M. (Nephrology)
o M.Sc. (Nursing)
o Dialysis technicians

Faculty:
Name Designation
Dr. S.K. Agarwal Professor & Head
Dr. D. Bhowmik Professor
Dr. S. Mahajan Professor
Dr. Soumita Bagchi Assistant Professor
Dr. R. K. Yadav Assistant Professor

Research work Completed by the department:

1. Impact of Isolation on incidence of Hepatitis C virus infection in patients on maintenance haemodialysis.

2. An open label prospective multicentric trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Lanthanum Carbonate in Patients of Hyperphosphatemia of CKD.

3. An open label prospective multicentric study for efficacy and safety of Pangraf (FK506) in Patients for Renal Transplantation.

4. Study of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection in primary glomerular diseases.

5. Impact of Isolation of HCV positive patients on incidence of HCV infection during haemodialysis.

6. Post renal transplant tuberculosis: Comparison between double and triple immunosuppression.

7. Estimation of anti-Oxidant in blood in renal and liver diseases.

8. Effect of N. Acetyl Cystein on serum Creatinine and glomerular filtration rate in healthy subjects with normal renal function with or without contrast exposure.

9. To Study the Clinicopathological Correlations and Assess the Clinical, Laboratory and Renal Histology Predictors for Long-term Outcome in Lupus Nephritis.

10.Tacrolimus therapy in steroid resistant/dependent Nephrotic syndrome.

11.Spectrum and outcome of acute renal failure in the elderly.

12.Therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-tubercular drugs in normal renal function and chronic renal failure.

13.Spectrum and outcome predictors of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit.