Dr. D.K. Agarwal — Senior Consultant in Delhi NCR

Dr. D.K. Agarwal is a Senior Consultant at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi NCR, with more than 26 years of experience in nephrology.

His list covers the medical kidney and the transplant. The general nephrology work is chronic kidney disease management, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis and polycystic kidney disease, along with haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and percutaneous renal biopsy. The transplant work is pre-transplant evaluation, post-transplant follow-up and immunosuppression management.

Several further areas are named separately on his record: acute nephrology emergencies, renal clearance evaluations, kidney stones assessed from the nephrology side, proteinuria and aggressive nephritis, pre- and post-dialysis management, resistant hypertension, and renal diet counselling. That last item is worth noting, since diet is a large part of how chronic kidney disease is managed between clinic visits.

His qualifications run from MBBS through an MD in medicine to two separate specialist qualifications in nephrology, the DM and the DNB, followed by a fellowship in transplant nephrology. Holding both the DM and the DNB in the same subject means the specialty was examined twice before the transplant training began.

His record notes recognition for his contributions to nephrology by national and international medical bodies, awards for excellence in transplant nephrology and patient care, peritoneal dialysis related academic awards, and recognition by professional societies in the field including the Indian Society of Nephrology. He has also received multiple awards for research publications and best paper or presentation awards at national nephrology conferences.