A B O U T
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
Consultant, Nephrologist & Kidney Transplant Physician
Prof. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, graduate and postgraduate from King George Medical College, Lucknow did his nephrology specialization from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1987. Since then, he is working in the same department till September 2023 as Professor and Head, department of nephrology in AIIMS since 2009. Kidney diseases, particularly acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) contribute to more than 10,000 patients per million populations in India. These are not only serious diseases but also involves significant finances of the patient and family. While working at AIIMS in last 38 years, during various media briefing, radio talks and non-nephrology meetings, significant lacunae in general awareness about kidney disease in general public became obvious.
While I started responding to people’s concern
related to kidney diseases on email, it was prominent
that there was serious lack of awareness about normal
kidney function as well as kidney diseases not only in
lay man but also in other educated professionals
including policy makers.
Experience
| No. | Position | Institution | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. & Head, Department of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | April 2009 to Sep 2023 |
| 2 | Professor of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | July 2007 to April 2009 |
| 3 | Additional Professor of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | July 1999 to June 2007 |
| 4 | Associate Professor of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | July 1995 to July 1999 |
| 5 | Assistant Professor of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | Feb 1991 to June 1995 |
| 6 | Assistant Professor of Nephrology | SGPGI, Lucknow | Sep 1990 to Feb 1991 |
| 7 | Assistant Professor of Nephrology | AIIMS, New Delhi | Jan 1989 to Sep 1990 |
Special Expertise
- Diabetes and kidney
- High blood pressure and kidney
- Urinary tract infection
- Prevention of progression of chronic kidney diseases
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Glomerular disease
- Kidney transplantation
- Dialysis
