Dr. Veerabhadra Guptha K

Consultant - Nephrology

Nephrology

Aster RV Hospital - Bangalore, India

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Qualification

MBBS, MD, DM

Languages

English

Work Experience

20 Years

Research Experience

• Submitted the dissertation entitled “First-Year Morbidity and mortality profile of post renal transplant patients” for the Degree of D.M. in 2006.
• Submitted the dissertation entitled “Clinical study of 50 cases of chronic renal failure” for the Degree of MD in 2003.
• Paper presentation at the IV International Congress on Kidney Diseases – 11th – 13th November 2005- Outcome Of Renal Transplantation In Diabetes Mellitus: Our Experience During Last Year.
• “Donor selection in cadaveric transplantation- Meet the Professors”-Moderator
IV International Congress on Kidney Diseases – 11th – 13th November 2005.
• “Management of anaemia- Iron deficiency anaemia” delivered a lecture in All Gujarat ESIS Doctors Meet
October 2002.
• “Contrast-induced nephropathy” presentation at Ahmedabad Nephrology Forum on 16th Feb 2005.
• “De novo Collapsing Glomerulopathy”- presentation at Ahmedabad Nephrology Forum on 21st Nov 2006.
• Various presentations at Nephrology Association of Karnataka
• AJKD (American Journal Kidney Diseases) -"A Phase IIA
Randomized
Single-Blind
Placebo-Controlled
Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Safety
Pharmacokinetics
and Efficacy of 28-Day Repeat Oral Doses of a novel hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor
GSK1278863
in Anemic Pre-dialysis and Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients: Safety
Tolerability and Non-Hemoglobin Pharmacodynamic Response"
• Contributor to the Everolimus with Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitor Exposure In Renal Transplantation- Journal of American Society of Nephrology- 29
1979-1991
2018
• Two-stage basilic vein transposition (BVT) in small calibre basilic vein( <3mm) – in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH- Feb 2019
vol 8
issue 2.

Awards & Achivements

• Won prestigious university Gold Medal -Shri N.P.Shah Medal in Nephrology for securing 1st rank in Nephrology
Gujarat University
in 2006.
• Recipient of Certificate of Merit in Nephrology from Gujarat University for scoring highest marks.
• Best paper presentation at the International Conference on kidney diseases and transplantation
Ahmedabad
in 2005
• Secured 3rd rank in All India Examinations for the Entrance Examinations for Super speciality Courses in 2003.
• Recipient of Lekhak-MSNL
the Best student of the year from Karnataka state in1989.
• Recipient of Doctors day award from a rotary club of Bangalore.

Area of Interest

• Nephrology
• Renal Transplantation

Currently working as a Senior Consultant Nephrology, at Aster RV Hospital, Dr Veebhadra Gupta, brings vast experience to the field. He received his M.B.B.S. from JJM Medical College, Davanagere, in 1997, going on to complete an M.D in General Medicine and then DM in Nephrology at B J Medical College, Ahmedabad, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He then received trained under the renowned Nephrologist, Padmashree Dr H. L. Trivedi, at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, a 450-bedded quaternary care centre for renal diseases. Dr Gupta is the recipient of the prestigious N. P. Shah Gold Medal from Gujarat University in Nephrology, going on to work as an Assistant Professor, Nephrology, at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad till 2007 and at the Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bangalore, after that, till 2009. During this time, he was actively involved in teaching and training students pursuing DM in Nephrology, MD in General Medicine and the Dialysis Therapy Course. Dr Gupta’s decorated career includes vast experience in Renal Transplantation, with over 2000 procedures, including deceased donor transplants in highly sensitised patients, pediatric transplants, ABO-incompatible transplants and dual organ transplants. He also has extensive experience in Critical Care Nephrology and General Nephrology, including Geriatric Nephrology, CAPD, Preventive Nephrology, and Glomerulonephritis. To his credit, Dr Gupta has multiple publications in major journals, both national and international. A member of the Nephrology Association of Karnataka (NAK), the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN), the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT), and the International Society of Nephrology, Dr Gupta has been the primary investigator for many national and international clinical trials. He has also received the Rotary Service Award and the Doctor’s Day Award from Lions Club, Bangalore. He later underwent higher training in Transplantation and Nephrology at the Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea, and Harvard University, Boston, respectively, and then attended the executive education programme for Nephrologists at IIM, Ahmedabad. Prior to joining Aster RV Hospital, Dr Veerbhadra Gupta worked as Head of the Department of Nephrology, Columbia Asia Hospital, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore.