Hospital discovery · Nephrology
Review 3 validated Nephrology hospitals, 6 affiliated nephrologists and 5 mapped kidney-care services in Chennai, India.
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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 Chennai page is limited to hospitals with a listed nephrologist relationship.
3 validated hospital relationships currently match Nephrology in Chennai, including Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital. 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 Chennai, 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
Chennai, India
JCI Accredited
NABH Accredited
NABL AccreditedGleneagles HealthCity Chennai is listed for Nephrology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 1 affiliated nephrologist. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Hemodialysis.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedMGM Healthcare, Chennai is listed for Nephrology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 2 affiliated nephrologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis and 5 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedRela Hospital is listed for Nephrology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 3 affiliated nephrologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis and 7 more.
This table compares recorded attributes only. It does not score or rank hospitals.
| Hospital | City | Accreditation | Beds | Established | Validated procedures | Listed doctors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 1000 | 1999 | 1 | 1 |
| MGM Healthcare, Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 400 | 2016 | 9 | 2 |
| Rela Hospital | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL · DHA | 450 | 2018 | 11 | 3 |
Procedures
Doctors
Each doctor has a matching hospital and Nephrology relationship. Procedure pages additionally require that exact doctor-procedure mapping.
Senior Consultant
Dr. V Chandrasekaran is Senior Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 25+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical listing v…
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Visiting Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Chandrasekaran Venkataraman is Visiting Consultant Nephrologist at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 22+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistu…
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Dr. Vairakkani R is a Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 20 years of experience in nephrology. His list covers chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome…
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Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Senthil Kumar S is a Consultant Nephrologist at Rela Hospital in Chennai, with more than 16 years of experience in nephrology. His list covers chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, nephro…
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Dr. Kaaviya R is Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. She has practised nephrology in India for 14+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical listing versus the shar…
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Associate Consultant
Dr. A R A Changanidi is Associate Consultant at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai in Chennai, India. She has practised nephrology in India for 9+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and…
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City context
Chennai has long-standing urology and transplant surgery departments, including centres known for reconstructive and paediatric urology work and laser stone platforms. 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 Chennai 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.
Chennai has long-standing urology and transplant surgery departments, including centres known for reconstructive and paediatric urology work and laser stone platforms. 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 Chennai 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 Chennai 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 Chennai.
Obtain written acceptance from a named urologist and verify the exact campus, device availability, ICU backup and urgent urology contact.
Chennai International Airport: Some hospital corridors have comparatively direct airport access, but the exact campus still controls transfer times for imaging, surgery, drain or catheter care and pathology collection. Use air-conditioned, flexible lodging near the named unit with easy vehicle access and clean storage for medicines and catheter supplies. Heat and humidity increase dehydration risk, which matters after stone surgery and transplantation. Follow the prescribed fluid target rather than thirst alone.
Chennai International Airport: Some clinical corridors have direct airport access, but heat and travel after sedation, lumbar puncture, infusion or prolonged monitoring still require a planned vehicle and companion. Heat can aggravate dehydration and post-procedure fatigue; individualized fluid advice takes priority over generic travel guidance.
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 Chennai.
6 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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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She provides medical review of healthcare content to help ensure that clinical information is accurate, understandable, and appropriately presented for patients and their families.
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