Dr. Vivekanand Jha

Professional summary

Dr. Vivekanand Jha is a world-class nephrologist and transplant specialist with a robust academic, clinical and policy profile. His experience in transplant nephrology, kidney disease prevention, dialysis, and global kidney health makes him a prime inclusion in your portal under “Kidney Transplant & Nephrology Specialists”.

• Dr. Jha is a very senior nephrologist with a broad global footprint: clinical nephrology, kidney transplantation, health systems research, global policy in renal health, and mentorship/training. He leads The George Institute for Global Health in India and chairs Global Kidney Health at Imperial College London. His work spans not only individual patient care but system-level interventions, prevention and policy around kidney disease.

Education and qualifications

MBBS, MD, DM, PhD, FRCP, FRCP, FAMS

MBBS — Patna Medical College, 1984. " MD (General Medicine) — PGIMER- 1988, Chandigarh." DM (Nephrology) — PGIMER, Chandigarh 1990. PhD (research), FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FAMS(Fellow National Academy of Medical Sciences India)"

Clinical expertise

• Kidney Transplantation & Transplant-Nephrology: Among his key interests are transplantation outcomes, donor/recipient management, policy around organ transplantation. "Dialysis & Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Management of CKD progression, acute
• kidney injury, dialysis modalities in resource-limited settings." "Global Kidney Health / Health Systems: Focus on kidney disease burden globally,
• prevention, scalable models in low- & middle-income countries."

Career experience

• Executive Director — The George Institute for Global Health, India. "Professor of Nephrology at the University of Oxford (James Martin Professorial
• Fellow) and affiliated with Imperial College London." "Past roles: Head of Department of Translational & Regenerative Medicine at
• PGIMER, Chandigarh."

Achievements

Past President-Elect of International Society of Nephrology.

• Over 220 publication articles in peer-reviewed journals and over 30 book chapters. "Awarded the ANIO (American Nephrologists of Indian Origin) 2019 Award for
• Academic Excellence." "Member of/editor for numerous guideline groups: e.g., Kidney Disease: Improving
• Global Outcomes (KDIGO) for transplant and glomerulonephritis."

Approach to patients

• "Patients and directories report his long and trusted practice in Delhi NCR (Fortis
• Escorts & Heart Institute, Okhla) in nephrology & transplant-referral care." "Strong reputation for academic-clinical linkage, global viewpoint, and local clinical
• practice."

Memberships and leadership

FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FAMS