Dr. Venkat Sainaresh Vellanki
HOD & Consultant Transplant Nephrologist
Nephrology & Kidney Transplant
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About Dr. Venkat Sainaresh Vellanki
Dr. Venkat Sainaresh Vellanki is the Consultant and Head of Nephrology, and Director of Transplant Nephrology at Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi — one of the region's most advanced quaternary care centres. He brings a rare combination of North American, British, and Indian training that spans clinical nephrology, interventional nephrology, and all modalities of kidney transplantation.
After completing his MD in Internal Medicine at KMC Manipal University (2004) and a Senior Residency in Nephrology at NIMS University (2005), Dr. Venkat pursued a Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Nephrology at SVIMS University, Hyderabad (2008). He then moved to Canada for a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPSCA)-accredited Clinical Fellowship in Adult Nephrology at the University Health Network (UHN), University of Toronto (2015), where he also passed the Adult Nephrology RCPSCA board examination and obtained his Designated Specialist Certification in Clinical Hypertension from the American Society of Hypertension.
At Toronto General Hospital — one of North America's busiest transplant centres — he completed an additional accredited fellowship in Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation within the Division of Multiorgan Transplantation (2016). He is a certified Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN), and holds USMLE/ECFMG and Medical Council of Canada (MCCEE) certifications. In 2023, he added an MSc in Solid Organ Transplantation from the University of Liverpool.
Dr. Venkat has extensive experience in the full spectrum of kidney transplantation, including ABO-incompatible transplants, kidney transplantation in HIV-positive patients, liver-kidney and kidney-pancreas simultaneous transplants, redo transplants, paired kidney exchange, and transplantation in high-risk sensitised patients. He is equally skilled in the complete range of dialysis therapies — haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, CRRT, and SLED — and runs a busy interventional nephrology practice covering vascular access and kidney biopsy. He has authored multiple publications indexed on PubMed and has served on scientific committees of the Indian Society of Nephrology at state and national level.
Conditions Treated by Dr. Venkat Sainaresh Vellanki
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) — all stages
- Acute kidney injury (AKI)
- End-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis or transplant
- Glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome
- Lupus nephritis and kidney autoimmune disease
- Diabetic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy)
- Hypertension and hypertensive kidney disease
- Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) — recurrent and complex
- Tubulointerstitial renal diseases and inherited tubular disorders
- Polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD/ARPKD)
- Onco-nephrology (kidney complications in cancer patients)
- Cardio-renal and hepato-renal syndromes
- Pregnancy-related kidney disease
- Post-transplant complications and rejection management
Areas of Interest
- ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation
- Kidney transplantation in HIV-positive patients
- Simultaneous liver-kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation
- Redo (second and third) kidney transplants
- Paired kidney exchange programmes
- Deceased donor transplantation and organ utilisation
- Peritoneal dialysis — initiation and long-term management
- Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and SLED in critical care
- Interventional nephrology — vascular access (fistula/graft), tunnelled catheters, kidney biopsy
- Plasmapheresis for kidney, neurological and haematological indications
- Onco-nephrology — renal complications of chemotherapy and immunotherapy
- Complex fluid and electrolyte disorders
Qualifications
- MSc — Solid Organ Transplantation — University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, 2023
- Accredited Fellowship — Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation, Division of Multiorgan Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network (UHN), University of Toronto — Toronto, Canada, 2016
- Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN) — American Society of Nephrology, USA, 2015
- Designated Specialist Certification in Clinical Hypertension — American Society of Hypertension / AHA, 2015
- Adult Nephrology Board Examination (RCPSCA) — Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2015
- Accredited Clinical Fellowship — Adult Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto — Toronto, Canada, 2015
- DM (Nephrology) — SVIMS University, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2008
- Senior Residency in Nephrology — NIMS University, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2005
- MD (Internal Medicine) — KMC, Manipal University, India, 2004
Work Experience
- Head of Department & Director of Transplant Nephrology — Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Present)
- Clinical Fellowship — Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network (UHN), University of Toronto, Canada
- Clinical Fellowship — Adult Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada
- Senior Residency in Nephrology — NIMS University, Hyderabad, India
Certifications (4)
USMLE / ECFMG Certification
United States Medical Licensing Examination / Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA
Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCEE)
Medical Council of Canada
Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
American Society of Nephrology, USA — 2015
Designated Specialist Certification in Clinical Hypertension
American Society of Hypertension / AHA — 2015
Memberships (10)
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- The Transplantation Society (TTS)
- Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST)
- Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
- Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN)
- Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India (PDSI)
- American Society of Hypertension (ASH)
- American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN)
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
- Emirates Medical Association Nephrology (EMAN)
Research Papers & Publications (4)
Full PubMed publication list available at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/50452125/
PubMed / NCBI (multiple peer-reviewed journals) — 2004–present
ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation outcomes — single-centre series
Transplantation Proceedings — —
Kidney transplantation in HIV-positive recipients — clinical outcomes review
American Journal of Transplantation — —
Paired kidney exchange in sensitised waitlist patients — a North American centre experience
Kidney International — —
Procedures
Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Venkat performs the full range of kidney transplants: standard living and deceased donor transplants, ABO-incompatible transplants, kidney-pancreas and liver-kidney simultaneous transplants, redo transplants, paired kidney exchange, and transplants in special populations including HIV-positive patients and highly sensitised recipients. He is the Director of Transplant Nephrology at Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi.