Dr Nishant Deshpande has completed his MBBS from Indira Gandhi Govt Medical college Nagpur followed by M.D (Internal Medicine) from Govt Medical College Nagpur.
He was trained in Nephrology and kidney transplantation at the prestigious Sir Ganga Ram Institute of Medical education and Research at Delhi.
Having worked as a consultant Nephrologist and Renal Transplant physician at Max Superspeciality Hospital at Saket, Delhi, he has gained expertise in creation of Vascular access for hemodialysis including AV fistulas, AV shunts, Tunnelled cuffed catheters.
He has authored several publications in the area of Nephrolog, notable among them is his experience in high risk kidney transplantation across blood group barriers.
He has experience in treating vast number of patients with kidney disease with hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, plasmapheresis, Glomerular diseases and kidney biopsy, Critical care nephrology are his areas of expertise.
After completing his Nephrology training, he worked as an Assistant Professor in Nephrology at Government Medical College and Superspeciality hospital and played a vital role in the Kidney Transplant program. He later offered his services as Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at Seven Star Hospitals and Kingsway Hospitals, Nagpur over past 5 years.
Research / Publications
He has over 35 publication in National and International Journals with more than 80 citations. He has presented many oral papers and posters at national and international conferences.
Special Interests
Kidney transplantation- especially ABO incompatible transplant and high risk transplants in sensitized recipients and recipients infected with Hepatitis B/C
Critical care nephrology interventions like CCRT, PIRRT, Hemoperfusion for poisioning and drug overdose
Interventional Nephrology management like tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheter insertion , kidney biopsies, Point of Care Ultrasound in Nephrology
Immunology
Dietary interventions in nephrology
Training Programmes
MBBS – Government Medical College , Nagpur
MD (General Medicine) – Lokmanya Tilak Medical College , Sion , Mumbai
Training in Critical Care Medicine – Christian Medical College, Vellore
DNB, MNAMS (Nephrology) – Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai
Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Programme – International Society of Nephrology and American Nephrologist of Indian Origin
Clinical Kidney Transplant Programme – Leiden University Medical Centre , Netherlands
Interventional Nephrology Observership – National University Hospital , NUHS, Singapore