Dr. Akila V

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – KVG Medical College and Hospital, Sullia (2004–2009)
• Internship – KVG Medical College and Hospital, Sullia (2009–2010)
• MD (General Medicine) – Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (2012–2015)
• DM (Nephrology) – Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bangalore (2016–2019)
• DNB (Nephrology) – National Board of Examinations, 2020
• ESENeph – European Specialty Examination in Nephrology, 2020

Areas of Expertise:

• Acute kidney injury
• Haemodialysis
• Critical care nephrology
• Kidney transplantation – Living donor and cadaveric

Clinical Interests:

• Hypertension
• Critical care nephrology
• Kidney transplantation – Living donor and cadaveric

Professional Experience:

• Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore 
• Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro Urology, Bengaluru 
• Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 

Research & Publications:

• Kishan Aralapuram, Umesh Lingaraj, Akila Viswanathan. “Serum Creatinine-based GFR equations: Do they predict measured GFR in healthy kidney donors?” Volume - 9 | Issue - 6 | June - 2020 | PRINT ISSN No. 2277 - 8179 | DOI: 10.36106/ijsr
• Umesh Lingaraj, Kishan Aralapuram, Sreedhara Chikkanayakanhalli, Akila Vishwanathan, Mahesha Vankalakunti. “Successful treatment of a patient with post-transplant IgA Nephropathy with targeted release formulation of budesonide.” Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2020
• Umesh Lingaraj, Sashikanth Mallapur, Akila Viswanathan et al. Clinical response to intestine-targeted steroid therapy in biopsy-proven IgA Nephropathy. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2022
• Viswanathan A, Reddy G, Panchangam V, Shetty S, Patil V, Tonshal S, et al. A rare case of pelvic lipomatosis in a cadaveric renal transplant recipient. Indian J Transplant 2024;18:84–6
• Reddy GK, Shetty S, Panchangam V, Viswanathan A, Patil V. En bloc kidney transplant – A surgical illustration and clinical experience from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Indian J Transplant 2024;18:167–70
• Panchangam V, Gurudev, Shetty S, Viswanathan A et al. Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion by nephrologists – A novel safe technique. Indian Journal of Peritoneal Dialysis 2023
• Viswanathan A, Panchangam V, Reddy GK, Shetty S, Bhat V, Bhat N, et al. Rare presentation of acute abdomen in a post-transplant patient. Indian J Transplant 2023;17:357–9
• Viswanathan A, Panchangam V, Shetty S, Reddy GK, Tonshal S, Doraiswamy P, Shashank M. R, Gowda Kiran K, Anoop P. Rare case of congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presenting as post-transplant thrombotic microangiopathy. Indian Journal of Transplantation 18(4):453–455

Memberships:

• Indian Society of Nephrology

Awards and Recognition:

• University second rank in MBBS for aggregate of marks (Batch 2004–2009), RGUHS Bangalore
• Secured highest marks in MD, General Medicine from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore
• Secured 1st rank in DM Nephrology examination, July 2019 conducted by RGUHS
• Best oral paper in ISN, Bhubaneswar 2019 for ‘Study of Anti Complement Factor H Mediated Disease at a Tertiary Care Centre’
• First prize for poster in South ISN, Tirupati, 2019 for ‘Study of Anti Complement Factor H Mediated Disease at a Tertiary Care Centre’
• Third prize for poster in South ISN, Tirupati, 2019 for ‘Study of MPGN Based on the New Classification at a Tertiary Care Centre’

Languages Known:

Tamil, Kannada, English, Hindi, Telugu