Dr. Dinesh Khullar

Dr. Dinesh Khullar, Chairman, Department of Nephrology, and Renal Transplant Medicine at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, is responsible for the development, quality control, clinical governance, physician hiring, credentialing, and academic activities of DNB and clinical fellowship program as well as research activities.

He has vast experience of over 25 years as a renal transplant physician, having been associated with over 5000 successful kidney transplants, including more than 1200 performed at Max Hospital, Saket. This includes among the most challenging transplants, such as ABO-incompatible, transplantations in highly sensitized recipients, and high-risk transplants associated with significant comorbidities.

He has to his credit the setting up of an online hemodiafiltration unit for the first time in north India for advanced and state of the art dialysis. Dr. Khullar has been associated with various research activities and has been a national lead investigator in many clinical trials, including the landmark DAPA-CKD and Transform, besides many others. He has numerous publications to his credit both in national and international journals and has also edited the book “Lupus Nephritis-Pathogenesis & Current management.”

Work Experience

• Professor of Nephrology, Ganga Ram Institute of Post Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER), Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, January 1997 – August 2013
• Worked as Lecturer, Nephrology, Dept. Of Medicines, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, January 1994 – December 1996

Education & Training

• D.M. (Nephrology) from PGIMER, Chandigarh
• M.D. ( Medicine), DMC & Hospital, Ludhiana ( Punjab University)
• MBBS from DMC & Hospital, Ludhiana ( Punjab University)

Awards

• Dr. Sushil Malik Memorial award oration ‘Pertinent use of drugs in chronic kidney disease’ at the annual convention of SDB IMA
• Lifetime Achievement Award by Human Care Charitable Trust 2011
• J.M. Patel Oration at Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation - 2015
• D.K. Pal Chaudhary memorial oration at Annual Meeting – 2005  of  Indian Medical Association, (SDB)
• Sushil Malik memorial oration at the Annual Convention of Indian Medical Association, (SDB)
• Lifetime Achievement Award by Human Care Charitable Trust - 2011

Speciality Interest

• High Risk Kidney Transplant patients including ABO - incompatibility & highly sensitized transplant recipient
• Newer Dialysis Modalities & Peritoneal Dialysis
• Induction therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients
• Infections related to Kidney Diseases
• Kidney in Systemic Disorders
• Diabetic Nephropathy
• Hypertension and Kidney

Research Papers & Publications

• Numerous International and National publications
• Papers presented at National and International conferences