Dr. Divyesh Engineer

Professional summary

Dr. Divyesh Engineer is a highly respected nephrologist and transplant-nephrology specialist based at a major tertiary transplant centre in Ahmedabad. With strong academic credentials, extensive research output, high-volume transplant experience and focus on both dialysis and transplantation, his profile fits well under the category “Kidney Transplant & Nephrology Specialists” for a portal like TransplantOCare.

• Dr. Divyesh Engineer is a distinguished nephrologist and transplant-nephrology specialist based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He serves as a professor in the Nephrology & Transplantation department at IKDRC-ITS and his work spans donor/recipient evaluation, transplant immunology, chronic kidney disease, dialysis and advanced renal therapies. His research contributions include publications on deceased donor kidney transplantation outcomes in India.

Education and qualifications

MBBS, MD, DNB

MBBS- MD- DNB

Clinical expertise

• Kidney Transplantation: Including living and deceased donor kidney transplants, management of donor/recipient pathways, transplant follow-up and outcomes research. Dialysis & Renal Replacement Therapy: Treatment of patients on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, acute kidney injury with renal replacement therapy in a high- volume tertiary environment. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) & Transplant-Nephrology: Care of progressive kidney disease, transplant nephropathy, and integrating transplant-care with general nephrology. Transplant Immunology / Complex Study of Outcomes: His involvement in transplant immunology webinars suggests involvement in-depth of HLA, antibody testing and deceased donor programmes.

Career experience

• Professor – Nephrology & Transplantation Sciences, Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC) & Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Recognised in directories as the nephrologist in the Ahmedabad IKDRC location. Participated in academic research: One publication lists him as co-author of a major review covering two decades of deceased donor kidney transplantation at the same centre.

Achievements

He has been involved in high-volume transplant and renal replacement therapy programmes, and is listed as a speaker in immunology/transplant forums (e.g., Indian Society of Organ Transplantation webinar on immunological testing in deceased-donor transplantation).

• "Publication: “Two Decades of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: Single-
• Center Experience at IKDRC-ITS Ahmedabad” – lists Dr. Engineer among authors." ResearchGate profile: over 70 publications listed and cited numerous times. Academic speaker: Part of transplant-immunology educational programmes in India.

Approach to patients

• "According to directory listings, Dr. Engineer practices at the Civil Hospital Campus in
• Ahmedabad, making his service accessible in a major public tertiary centre." "His involvement in large transplant programmes implies familiarity with donor
• counselling, recipient care and long-term transplant follow-up."