Dr. Akila V

Consultant Nephrologist

OP Timing:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	10:00am - 04:00pm	Not Available

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’