Specialists

KANTI’s teams of doctors are well experienced and reputed in the field of dialysis and transplantation. The knowledge is an outcome of extensive research, interactions, lectures and extensive presentations of papers at international conferences organized by prestigious institutions. The team has been invited to set up dialysis and transplant centers at Myanmar & Bangladesh.

You should be familiar with the specialists you are going to meet when you visit KANTI.

Dr. Ajit K. Huilgol
Chief Transplant Surgeon

Dr Huilgol had a brilliant undergraduate and postgraduate career, winning the Best Outgoing Graduate from Bangalore Medical College. He was also a medalist at the PGIMER, Chandigarh.

Dr Huilgol was part of the team that did the first successful kidney transplant in Karnataka in 1983. Today, he is the Director & the Chief of Transplant Surgery at KANTI, which he also helped establish. He has an extensive experience of over 1400 transplants. His special interests include transplanting kidneys with multiple arteries and with double ureters.
  • MBBS from Bangalore Medical College
  • MNAMS (Gen Surgery) from the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
  • MS in general surgery from the prestigious Post Graduate Institute Of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, from where he trained in transplant surgery too.

Dr. S. Sundar
Chief Nephrologist

Dr Sundar is now one of the leading Nephrologists in the country and a much sought after speaker at conferences not just in Bangalore but in places as far away as Kolkata. He had a brilliant undergraduate and postgraduate career and studied in some of the most prestigious colleges in India.

During his tenure as the Head Of Department of Nephrology at M.S. Ramaiah Medical College in Bangalore, Dr. Sundar was inspired and motivated to set up KANTI. Since then there was no looking back. Today, Dr. Sundar is one of the senior directors at KANTI.
  • MBBS & MD from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
  • Diplomate of the National Board in Nephrology from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore

Dr. S Sudhakar
Transplant Surgeon

Dr. Sudhakar has worked in the UK for about 7 years and later he joined as a senior tutor in the Urology Department at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore. He joined KANTI in 2001 and is now an integral part of the Institute. Dr Sudhakar is interested in conducting drug trials for multinational companies and is now involved in the worldwide Everolimus Phase 4 trials for Novartis.

  • MBBS from Madras Medical College
  • FRCS from Glasgow

Dr. B Manoharan
Nehrologist

Dr Manoharan’s special interest is Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and is solely responsible for the active CAPD program at KANTI.

  • Graduated from Ambedkar Medical College
  • Completed his MD (General Medicine) at Command Hospital
  • Fellowship in Nephrology from Christ Church Hospital New Zealand

Dr.Sreenivasa Prasad M.A.
Consultant Co-ordinator Dialysis and Transplant Surgery

Dr. Sreenivasa Prasad graduated from Gulburga Medical College in 1987. Since the inception of KANTI, Dr. Sreenviasa has served as a RMO. Dr Prasad’s forte is communication skills and in the pre-transplant workup of patients about which he is very meticulous. In fact, no transplants are performed at KANTI without Dr Prasad’s authorization.

Dr. Madhu Sudhan Raju
Consultant Co-ordinator Dialysis and Transplant Surgery

Dr.Raju graduated from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College. Gained experience in Intensive Care for over 6 years in Mallya & other hospitals, he joined KANTI in 2005. He obtained his fellowship in Dialysis & Transplant 2005 - 07. Dr.Raju is well versed in the insertion of Cantral vein catheters for dialysis.

Dr.T. Ravindran
Consultant Co-ordinator Dialysis and Transplant Surgery

  • Obtained his MBBS from Bangalore University in 1993 and joined KANTI in 1994. He went on to obtain a Diploma in Diabetes Mellitus from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2002, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Research 2005.
  • Fellowship in Dialysis and Transplant from KANTI 1994-1996
  • Fellowship in Vascular Access in Haemodialaysis and Transplant from KANTI 2002-2003
  • Course on Vascular access and complications from King Faisal Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2007.

Dr. Anand Shattar
Consultant Co-ordinator Transplant Surgery

Graduated from Karnataka Medical College Hubli in the year 1996. He went on to work in the Paediatric Nephrology Unit of the Little Flower Hospital Angamaly - Ernakulam district in 1998 for six months and then in the Nephrology department until 1999.He worked as a Registrar in the Nephrology Department of Lesie Hospital Ernakulam from 2000 to 2002 and in the same post at PVF Memorial Hospital Kaloor Ernakulam District from 2003 to 2007

He joined KANTI in February 2007. He is in charge of cordinating Renal Transplants at the Yeshwanthpur facility of Columbia Asia Hospital.

Dr. A R Babitha
Consultant Co-ordinator Dialysis

  • Graduated from Ramaiah Medical College in the year 2000.She joined KANTI in the year 2002 after her internship.
  • She is proficient in jugular and femoral catheterisations.

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