About Me

Dr. Deepak Jayaprakash Kaddu is a Consultant – Urology at Manipal Hospitals Old Airport Road. He specializes in Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant, Robotic Prostatectomy, and Robotic Partial Nephrectomy and performs all benign and malignant Robotic surgeries. He is also proficient in Endourological, Laparoscopic, Reconstructional urology, and Open Kidney Transplant procedures. He is the first Urologist to be part of the Robotic Urology program at Manipal Hospital, Whitefield, and is successfully heading and running it. Dr. Deepak Kaddu was part of the team that performed India’s First and the world’s second Level 3 Robotic IVC Thrombectomy with Suprahepatic IVC clamping at Kochi in 2022. He is the foremost urology specialist in Bangalore. Dr. Deepak Kaddu has completed his MBBS from Sion Hospital, Mumbai, and his Master of Surgery in 2013, from the prestigious Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He stood 1st in the highly competitive M.Ch entrance exam, MH-SSCET 2014, beating candidates from all over the country. After completing M.Ch Urology with flying colours, he went into private practice for 4 years in Southern Maharashtra and North Karnataka region and was a leading consultant at Aster Aadhar Hospital, Kolhapur. After that, he was selected for the prestigious Vattikuti Robotic Fellowship (California USA) in 2021, one among only 8 candidates from India. Dr. Deepak Jayaprakash Kaddu completed his Robotic surgery training under the guidance of the esteemed Dr. Kishore TA at Aster Medcity Hospital Kochi, one of the centres with the highest number of robotic Urology cases in India. He has performed and assisted in more than 300 robotic surgeries during 2021-2022. Dr. Kaddu then joined as a Consultant - Urologist at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, working with the renowned team of Dr. Deepak Dubey. He was then promoted to be in charge of the Robotic Urology and Kidney Transplant program at Manipal Hospital Whitefield, Bengaluru. He and Dr Deepak Dubey’s team successfully performed the First Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant in the area. Dr. Kaddu has recently done observership in Focal therapies for Prostate Cancer at the prestigious Imperial College, London. He has also done another observership at Guy’s Hospital, London, the largest Robotic Surgery centre in the United Kingdom. Over the years, the doctor published many papers and videos in international urology journals and presented at various national and regional urology conferences. He presented his Robotic Kidney Transplant paper and Video at the EAU European conference in Milan in 2022. He also received the best video prize at the Urology Conference Kerala 2022. Dr. Deepak Kaddu has a keen interest in teaching and conducting academic activities. Apart from being a good clinician and skilled surgeon, he is empathetic towards his patients and listens to their complaints carefully with patience before embarking upon the treatment. He speaks Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, and English and can understand Telugu and Malayalam as well.