Hospital discovery · Nephrology
Review 3 validated Nephrology hospitals, 8 affiliated nephrologists and 5 mapped kidney-care services in Bengaluru, India.
“Best” reflects the hospital-discovery search phrase. Hospitals are ordered alphabetically and are not clinically ranked, scored or endorsed.
Quick answer
Nephrology manages acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, immune-mediated kidney disorders and medical aspects of transplantation. Decisions depend on kidney function trend, urine findings, fluid and electrolyte status, blood pressure, imaging, biopsy evidence, comorbidities and transplant eligibility. This Bengaluru page is limited to hospitals with a listed nephrologist relationship.
3 validated hospital relationships currently match Nephrology in Bengaluru, including Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Gleneagles Hospitals, Bengaluru, Medicover Hospital, Bengaluru. Counts require a matching hospital specialty and affiliated nephrologist; they are not rankings or claims about outcomes.
5 kidney-care services have validated hospital and doctor relationships in Bengaluru, including Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Percutaneous Renal Biopsy. Open a procedure page for the exact hospitals and doctors connected to that procedure.
At a glance
Hospital inclusion requires a Nephrology relationship and an affiliated nephrologist. Procedure pages additionally require matching hospital-procedure and doctor-procedure relationships.
Hospitals
Cards use factual campus data and validated relationship counts. Ordering is alphabetical by city and hospital name, not a ranking.
Showing 1–3 of 3
Bengaluru, India
JCI Accredited
NABH AccreditedApollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road is listed for Nephrology in Bengaluru because GAF's current data connects this campus with 5 affiliated nephrologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and 2 more.
Bengaluru, India
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited
NABL AccreditedGleneagles Hospitals, Bengaluru is listed for Nephrology in Bengaluru because GAF's current data connects this campus with 1 affiliated nephrologist. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and 2 more.
Bengaluru, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedMedicover Hospital, Bengaluru is listed for Nephrology in Bengaluru because GAF's current data connects this campus with 2 affiliated nephrologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Kidney Transplantation, Hemodialysis.
This table compares recorded attributes only. It does not score or rank hospitals.
| Hospital | City | Accreditation | Beds | Established | Validated procedures | Listed doctors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road | Bengaluru | JCI · NABH | 250 | 2007 | 6 | 5 |
| Gleneagles Hospitals, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | JCI · NABH · NABL | Not recorded | 2017 | 6 | 1 |
| Medicover Hospital, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | JCI · NABH | 300 | 2024 | 2 | 2 |
Procedures
Doctors
Each doctor has a matching hospital and Nephrology relationship. Procedure pages additionally require that exact doctor-procedure mapping.
Senior Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Gokul Nath is Senior Consultant Nephrologist at Apollo Hospitals in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 48+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medica…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. Vasantha Kumar R S is Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospitals in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 35+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical lis…
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Senior Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician
Dr. Hareesha Babu K is Senior Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at Medicover Hospital in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 28+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, cat…
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Chief Consultant Nephrologist and Kidney Transplantation Specialist
Dr. Madhav Desai is Chief Consultant Nephrologist and Kidney Transplantation Specialist at Medicover Hospital in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 25+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dial…
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Transplant Physician and Senior Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Anoop M Gowda is Transplant Physician and Senior Consultant Nephrologist at Apollo Hospitals in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 22+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, cathete…
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Consultant
Dr. Prashant C Dheerendra is Consultant at Apollo Hospitals in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 22+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical listing…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. A Anitha is a Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, in Bengaluru, with more than 20 years of experience in nephrology. Her list covers chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephr…
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Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Kushal D P is Consultant Nephrologist at Gleneagles Hospitals in Bengaluru, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 8+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical li…
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City context
Bengaluru has established endourology, laser prostate, uro-oncology and transplant departments, several of which support andrology and paediatric urology clinics. This page does not infer that every centre performs kidney transplantation or offers every approach listed here. Name a campus with a registered transplant programme, an authorisation committee process, transplant nephrology and urology, HLA laboratory access, dialysis backup and ICU; a nephrology clinic alone is not a transplant service. Doctor and hospital cards in Bengaluru resolve only from exact live CMS relationships for Kidney Transplantation. If that exact relationship is absent, cards must remain empty; a generic Urology, kidney or hospital label cannot verify current case acceptance. This is a catalog gap, not an availability or quality claim.
Bengaluru has established endourology, laser prostate, uro-oncology and transplant departments, several of which support andrology and paediatric urology clinics. This page does not infer that every centre performs living-donor kidney transplantation or offers every approach listed here. Name a campus with a registered living-donor programme, laparoscopic donor surgery, transplant nephrology, an authorisation committee process, HLA laboratory access, dialysis backup and ICU. Doctor and hospital cards in Bengaluru resolve only from exact live CMS relationships for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. If that exact relationship is absent, cards must remain empty; a generic Urology, kidney or hospital label cannot verify current case acceptance. This is a catalog gap, not an availability or quality claim.
Doctor and hospital cards in Bengaluru resolve only from exact live CMS relationships for Kidney Transplantation. If that exact relationship is absent, cards must remain empty; a generic Urology, kidney or hospital label cannot verify current case acceptance. This is a catalog gap, not an availability or quality claim.
General accreditation does not establish current kidney transplantation acceptance, device stock or case-specific support. Name a campus with a registered transplant programme, an authorisation committee process, transplant nephrology and urology, HLA laboratory access, dialysis backup and ICU; a nephrology clinic alone is not a transplant service.
Send blood group, hla typing, pra or dsa results and any previous crossmatch, dialysis prescription, access details and kidney-disease history and recent kidney-function and urine results before travel to Bengaluru.
Obtain written acceptance from a named urologist and verify the exact campus, device availability, ICU backup and urgent urology contact.
Kempegowda International Airport: The airport is far from most hospital districts, and cross-city traffic can turn a short review into a long journey. Name the imaging site, operating campus and where an emergency review would happen. A stay near the treating campus is more useful than an airport hotel. Arrange a companion because anaesthesia, catheters and pain medicines limit independent travel early on. Milder weather does not remove the risk of fever, bleeding or blocked drainage. Complete the scheduled review before fixing onward travel.
Kempegowda International Airport: The airport is distant from several hospital districts, and cross-city traffic can interfere with an overnight study, infusion slot or early review. Milder weather may help nearby recovery but does not remove seizure, bleeding, infusion or neurological risk.
Treatment guides
Kidney transplantation places a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into the lower abdomen of a person with kidney failure, joining its artery and vein to the pelvic vessels and its ureter to the bladder, so the new kidney filters blood and produces urine while the failed kidneys are usually left in place.
Kidney transplant evaluation and follow-up is the nephrology work-up and graft-surveillance pathway — HLA, DSA, protocol laboratories and biopsy thresholds — not the operation itself. Recipient and, where relevant, donor pathways run as outpatient or short-stay investigations. After a graft exists, clinics titrate immunosuppression and decide when a graft biopsy is due.
Hemodialysis in India filters blood through a dialyzer several times a week when residual kidney function can no longer control volume, solutes or symptoms. Costs vary with session frequency, facility, vascular access, laboratories and associated medical care. Blood is withdrawn through an arteriovenous fistula, graft or central catheter, passed through a dialyzer and returned. A typical session lasts about four hours. Anticoagulation, ultrafiltration and dry-weight targets are set for that sitting.
Peritoneal dialysis uses the peritoneal membrane and a catheter to exchange dialysis fluid at home or in hospital, when residual function and training already write PD rather than in-centre HD. Dialysis fluid is instilled through a peritoneal catheter, dwells, then drains. CAPD uses manual exchanges; APD uses a cycler overnight. Infection-prevention steps are part of the product.
Percutaneous renal biopsy samples native kidney tissue under imaging so histology can explain proteinuria, unexplained AKI or a suspected glomerular disease. The patient lies prone. Under ultrasound, a spring-loaded needle takes cores from the lower pole. Observation for bleeding follows. Tissue is sent for light microscopy and, when written, IF and EM.
Cost guides
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
$13,000–$25,000 indicative planning range
$400–$1,200 indicative planning range
$8,000–$18,000 / year indicative planning range
$6,000–$14,000 / year indicative planning range
$400–$1,200 indicative planning range
India planning ranges are not city tariffs, hospital quotations or patient-specific prices. A named hospital must confirm the written estimate.
Conditions
Conditions appear only when the controlled specialty profile or canonical procedure content records the relationship.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Questions
3 hospitals currently meet the validated specialty and affiliated-doctor rules shown on this page.
5 controlled kidney-care services currently have both hospital and doctor relationship evidence in Bengaluru.
8 listed nephrologists are affiliated with the validated hospitals on this page.
Compare factual details such as city, accreditation, beds, established year, validated procedures and affiliated doctors. GAF does not assign an overall score or clinical ranking.
Use linked GAF cost guides as indicative India planning ranges. Technique, fractions, planning, imaging, admission and patient-specific requirements must be confirmed in a written hospital quotation.
Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.
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Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
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