Dinesh Khullar
Specialty: Nephrologist, Transplantologist
Experience: 30 years
Clinic: Max Healthcare Clinics Network
Admission fee: To be clarified
About doctor Dinesh Khullar
Dr. Dinesh Khullar is the Head of the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi.
He is responsible for development, quality control, clinical governance, physician recruitment, certification and academic activities for the DNB program and clinical fellowship, as well as he is directly responsible for research activities.
Dr. Khullar has an extensive experience of over 25 years as a renal transplantation physician. He has performed more than 5,000 successful renal transplants, including over 1,200 at Max Hospital, Saket.
The doctor has a proven track record of performing the most complex transplants, such as ABO-incompatible, in highly sensitized recipients and high-risk transplants associated with significant comorbidities.
Dr. Khullar has led the establishment of North India’s first online hemodiafiltration unit, which aims to provide advanced and modern dialysis.
Dr. Khullar has participated in various research activities and served as the lead national investigator in several clinical trials, including the landmark DAPA-CKD and Transform trials, among many others.
He has been published numerous times in national and international journals and edited the book “Lupus Nephritis — Pathogenesis and Current Treatment.”
Professional experience
- Currently working at Max Healthcare;
- 1997 – 2013 – Professor of Nephrology at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER), New Delhi;
- 1994 – 1996 – Lecturer in Nephrology at the Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Dr. Khullar has numerous publications in national and international professional journals. He has delivered scientific presentations at international conferences multiple times.
Doctor’s specialty
The doctor’s clinical and scientific interests include:
- new methods of dialysis and peritoneal dialysis;
- treatment of infections related to kidney diseases;
- diabetic nephropathy;
- high-risk kidney transplant patients, including ABO-incompatible and highly sensitized transplant recipients;
- induction therapy in kidney transplantation;
- renal function in systemic disorders;
- the effect of hypertension on kidney function.
Doctor’s education
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MD (Nephrology), PGIMER, Chandigarh;
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MD (Medicine), Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana (Panjab University);
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Bachelor's Degree, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana (Panjab University).
Achievements and awards
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Speech at Dr. Sushil Malik Memorial Award for “Appropriate Use of Medicines in Chronic Kidney Disease” at SDB IMA Annual Convention;
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2005
Delivered the Pal Chaudhary Memorial Lecture at the annual meeting of the Indian Medical Association (SDB);
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2011
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Human Care Charitable Trust;
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2015
Delivered the J. M. Patel Oration at the annual conference of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation.
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