Dr. Rishikesh Velhal — Consultant Urologist in Mumbai

Dr. Rishikesh Velhal is a Consultant Urologist at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, in Mumbai, with more than 8 years of experience in urology.

His list is long for a surgeon at this stage. The stone work covers kidney stone surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, retrograde intrarenal surgery, ureteroscopy, ureteric stone surgery and bladder stone surgery. The prostate and outflow work covers laser prostate surgery, transurethral resection of prostate and bladder outlet obstruction surgery, and the reconstructive work urethral stricture surgery and urethroplasty. He also performs kidney transplant surgery and surgery for bladder, kidney and prostate cancer.

His five qualifications were taken in Mumbai and Pune. He read MBBS and took his MS in general surgery at Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals in Mumbai, then his MCh in urology at B.J. Medical College in Pune. He also holds the FCPS in surgery and a DNB in genitourinary surgery.

His student record is concentrated in the early years of MBBS. He won the gold medal in biochemistry and took first rank in anatomy in his first year, and second rank in the first and second year finals.

He is a member of the Urological Society of India and of its Maharashtra chapter, and practises at Apollo Hospitals in Navi Mumbai.