DR GIRISH N S

Areas of Special Interest
– Dialysis
– Nephrology
– Acute Kidney Injury
– General Nephrology and CKD
– Haemodialysis & Vascular access
– Peritoneal dialysis
– Kidney Transplantation (Swap and ABO incompatible)
– Renal Genetics
– Vasculitis

Key Achievements
– Gold medal in Medicine in final MBBS
– Performed the first interhospital swap transplant in South India in the year 2018
– Part of one of its kind charity HD units that works on a PPP model
– Distinctions in Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Microbiology in I & II MBBS
– 19th Rank for the state in 1st M.B.B.S
– 2nd prize for a presentation on” Universal precautions to be taken while handling HIV positive patients “at the Intercollegiate meet, in May 2001, India
– 3rd prize for a presentation on “Ultrasound in Obstetrics “at the Intercollegiate meet, in May 2001
– Research paper “Application of specific and intermittent ultrasonic waves across the dialyzer to study its impact on the clearance of the dialyzer’’ won the gold medal for best paper presentation in ISN Southern Chapter, held at Coimbatore Feb 2023
– Working with IISC (Indian Institute of Science) on a research project

Memberships
– European Diploma in Transplant Medicine

Awards & Achievements
– Gold medal in Medicine in final MBBS
– Performed the first interhospital swap transplant in South India in the year 2018
– Part of one of its kind charity HD units that works on a PPP model

Publications
– Review article: Immune parameters in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis
– Guest Editorial: Microalbuminuria screening for all- new tool for Ayushman Kidneys?
– Review article: Drugs & Kidney – A friend in need or an enemy in disguise?
– Guest Editorial: Biomarkers in AKI – Have we found a Renal Troponin?
– Lack of Motivation: A new modifiable risk factor for peritonitis in patients undergoing Peritoneal dialysis?
– Endovascular repair of symptomatic haemodialysis access graft pseudoaneurysms
– Cephalic arch stenosis in autogenous haemodialysis fistulas: treatment with Viabahn stent grafts
– Acute renal failure from nitrofurantoin-induced acute granulomatous interstitial nephritis
– Lanthanum associated abnormal liver function tests in two patients on dialysis: A case report
– Increased nitric oxide production during acute rejection in kidney transplantation: a useful marker to aid in the diagnosis of rejection