Dr. Amar Vilas Kulkarni — Consultant Nephrologist and Internal Medicine Specialist in Mumbai

Dr. Amar Vilas Kulkarni is a Consultant Nephrologist and Internal Medicine Specialist at Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai, in Mumbai, with more than 25 years of experience.

His list carries both sides of that title. The kidney work covers chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis and polycystic kidney disease, with percutaneous renal biopsy for diagnosis. The dialysis and access work covers haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, dialysis catheter placement and management, AV fistula creation and surveillance, dialysis access management and the complications that arise from it. The transplant work covers pre-kidney transplant evaluation and transplant follow-up.

Access is the strand that stands out. Four separate entries on his list describe creating, watching and repairing the route through which dialysis is delivered, which is the part of the treatment that determines whether a patient can continue it.

He holds MBBS and two national board qualifications, the DNB in medicine and the DNB in nephrology, so he was examined in general medicine before the specialty, which is what his dual designation reflects.

His awards are all for presented work and cluster in one year and one hospital. He took a best paper presentation award at the ISN west zone chapter meeting in Indore in 2016 and a best poster award at ISNCON in Mumbai the same year, and was recognised twice at research days of P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, once for best paper of the session.

He practises at Medicover Hospitals in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.