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Dr. Aashish Parekh, Consultant – Nephrology
Dr. Aashish Parekh has completed his MBBS and M.D (General Medicine) from Banaras Hindu University. He has also done D.M(Nephrology) in the year 2008. Dr. Parekh has performed more than 100 kidney transplants performed including Deceased Donor and Live related transplants.
Work Experience :
Dr. Parekh comes with the experience of over 15 years. He has been associated with Fortis for almost 10 years now. Prior to joining Fortis Hospital, he was working as an Assistant Professor of Nephrology at Victoria Hospital. He has worked as a Junior Resident at Dept of Medicine, IMS at BHU for three years, and Senior Resident at Dept of Nephrology, IMS, BHU for another three years. He then moved to Bangalore to work as an Honorary Consultant at the Institute of Nephro-Urology.
Education :
Dr. Parekh has worked on a thesis and various publications.
- Thesis Topic (M.D): "Evaluation of various diagnostic tests for Indian visceral Leishmaniasis and PKDL"
- Thesis Topic (D.M.): "Clinicopathological Spectrum of Toxic Nephropathy Which Special Reference to Drugs and Heavy Metals." Study on Clinico-epidemiological Profile of HIV Patients in Eastern India. Journal of Assoc Physicians India. Vol. 54. November 2006
- Multiple Myeloma - Presenting as Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of Assoc Physicians India Vol. 57 November 2009
- Refractory anemia leading to renal hemosiderosis and renal failure. Indian Journal Of Pathology And Microbiology 54(2), April-June 2011
- Rapid, Noninvasive Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India: Comparison of Two Immunochromatographic Strip Tests for Detection of Anti-K39 Antibody. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 251-253, Vol. 44, No. 1
- High Prevalence of Malnutrition and Inflammation in Undialyzed Patients with Chronic Renal Failure in Developing Countries: A Single- Center Experience from Eastern India. Renal Failure, 29:811-816, 2007
- An unusual case of Acanthamoeba peritonitis in a malnourished patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). J Infect Developing Countries 2008; 2(2): 146-148
- Acute kidney injury in late pregnancy in developing countries. Failure Volume 32, Number 3, April 2010, pp. 309-313(5).