Doctor discovery · Nephrology
Chennai has long-standing urology and transplant surgery departments, including centres known for reconstructive and paediatric urology work and laser stone platforms. This page does not infer that every centre performs kidney transplantation or offers every approach listed here. Name a campus with a registered transplant programme, an authorisation committee process, transplant nephrology and urology, HLA laboratory access, dialysis backup and ICU; a nephrology clinic alone is not a transplant service. Doctor and hospital cards in Chennai resolve only from exact live CMS relationships for Kidney Transplantation. If that exact relationship is absent, cards must remain empty; a generic Urology, kidney or hospital label cannot verify current case acceptance. This is a catalog gap, not an availability or quality claim.
Quick answer
Nephrology manages acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, immune-mediated kidney disorders and medical aspects of transplantation. Decisions depend on kidney function trend, urine findings, fluid and electrolyte status, blood pressure, imaging, biopsy evidence, comorbidities and transplant eligibility.
Nephrology manages acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, immune-mediated kidney disorders and medical aspects of transplantation. Decisions depend on kidney function trend, urine findings, fluid and electrolyte status, blood pressure, imaging, biopsy evidence, comorbidities and transplant eligibility.
Chennai has long-standing urology and transplant surgery departments, including centres known for reconstructive and paediatric urology work and laser stone platforms. This page does not infer that every centre performs kidney transplantation or offers every approach listed here. Name a campus with a registered transplant programme, an authorisation committee process, transplant nephrology and urology, HLA laboratory access, dialysis backup and ICU; a nephrology clinic alone is not a transplant service. Doctor and hospital cards in Chennai resolve only from exact live CMS relationships for Kidney Transplantation. If that exact relationship is absent, cards must remain empty; a generic Urology, kidney or hospital label cannot verify current case acceptance. This is a catalog gap, not an availability or quality claim.
A doctor appears only when the GAF catalog records the matching Nephrology specialty, location and, where selected, exact procedure relationship. Results are not ranked by outcomes or medical superiority.
This directory uses professional catalog information and exact specialty and procedure relationships. It does not constitute a medical ranking, guarantee availability or replace a case review by a qualified nephrologist.
Chennai International Airport: Some hospital corridors have comparatively direct airport access, but the exact campus still controls transfer times for imaging, surgery, drain or catheter care and pathology collection. Use air-conditioned, flexible lodging near the named unit with easy vehicle access and clean storage for medicines and catheter supplies. Heat and humidity increase dehydration risk, which matters after stone surgery and transplantation. Follow the prescribed fluid target rather than thirst alone.
6 nephrologists and 3 hospitals currently match this city and specialty filter. This directory uses professional catalog information and exact specialty and procedure relationships. It does not constitute a medical ranking, guarantee availability or replace a case review by a qualified nephrologist.
Nephrology treatment costs in Chennai, India · Chennai Nephrology city guide
Specialists
6 catalog records match the current filters. Ordering is alphabetical by city and name, not a ranking.
Showing 1–6 of 6
Associate Consultant
Dr. A R A Changanidi is Associate Consultant at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai in Chennai, India. She has practised nephrology in India for 9+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and…
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Visiting Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Chandrasekaran Venkataraman is Visiting Consultant Nephrologist at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 22+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistu…
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Dr. Kaaviya R is Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. She has practised nephrology in India for 14+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical listing versus the shar…
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Consultant Nephrologist
Dr. Senthil Kumar S is a Consultant Nephrologist at Rela Hospital in Chennai, with more than 16 years of experience in nephrology. His list covers chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, nephro…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. V Chandrasekaran is Senior Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised nephrology in India for 25+ years experience. HD versus peritoneal dialysis, catheter versus fistula, and medical listing v…
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Consultant
Dr. Vairakkani R is a Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 20 years of experience in nephrology. His list covers chronic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome…
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Clinical decisions
These are planning questions, not a scoring system. Technique, campus and follow-up still have to be confirmed in writing.
Treatments
Each kidney-care service keeps its canonical cost guide. Doctor lists only include exact procedure mappings.
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplantation places a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into the lower abdomen of a person with kidney failure, joining its artery and vein to the pelvic vessels and its ureter to the bladder, so the new kidney filters blood and produces urine while the failed kidneys are usually left in place.
Nephrologists for Kidney TransplantationKidney Transplantation treatment in India
5 mapped specialists
Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up
Kidney transplant evaluation and follow-up is the nephrology work-up and graft-surveillance pathway — HLA, DSA, protocol laboratories and biopsy thresholds — not the operation itself. Recipient and, where relevant, donor pathways run as outpatient or short-stay investigations. After a graft exists, clinics titrate immunosuppression and decide when a graft biopsy is due.
Nephrologists for Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-upKidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis in India filters blood through a dialyzer several times a week when residual kidney function can no longer control volume, solutes or symptoms. Costs vary with session frequency, facility, vascular access, laboratories and associated medical care. Blood is withdrawn through an arteriovenous fistula, graft or central catheter, passed through a dialyzer and returned. A typical session lasts about four hours. Anticoagulation, ultrafiltration and dry-weight targets are set for that sitting.
Nephrologists for HemodialysisHemodialysis treatment in India
6 mapped specialists
Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis uses the peritoneal membrane and a catheter to exchange dialysis fluid at home or in hospital, when residual function and training already write PD rather than in-centre HD. Dialysis fluid is instilled through a peritoneal catheter, dwells, then drains. CAPD uses manual exchanges; APD uses a cycler overnight. Infection-prevention steps are part of the product.
Nephrologists for Peritoneal DialysisPeritoneal Dialysis treatment in India
4 mapped specialists
Percutaneous Renal Biopsy
Percutaneous renal biopsy samples native kidney tissue under imaging so histology can explain proteinuria, unexplained AKI or a suspected glomerular disease. The patient lies prone. Under ultrasound, a spring-loaded needle takes cores from the lower pole. Observation for bleeding follows. Tissue is sent for light microscopy and, when written, IF and EM.
Nephrologists for Percutaneous Renal BiopsyPercutaneous Renal Biopsy treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Cities
City pages use live catalog counts. Empty combinations are omitted rather than published as thin URLs.
Hospitals
Counts are current doctor relationships at each campus. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Chennai · 3 listed nephrologists
Nephrology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 2 listed nephrologists
Nephrology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 1 listed nephrologist
Nephrology hospitals in ChennaiRelated conditions
These links come from the specialty guide taxonomy. They are not inferred from a doctor’s procedure list and are not a claim of individual doctor expertise.
Stone disease
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Prostate and bladder
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Kidney failure
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Reconstructive and paediatric urology
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Epilepsy and first seizure
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Ischaemic stroke and TIA
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Parkinson disease and tremor
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Dystonia and spasticity
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Guillain-Barré and CIDP
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Myasthenia gravis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Treatment guides
Canonical long-form articles remain the authoritative resource. This directory does not rewrite them.
Costs
These are the existing GAF cost guides. They are not doctor-specific prices.
Kidney Transplantation
View cost guide · $13,000–$25,000
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
View cost guide · $14,000–$28,000
Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
View cost guide · $12,000–$24,000
ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
View cost guide · $18,000–$35,000
Plasmapheresis
View cost guide · $1,500–$4,500
Paired Kidney Exchange (Swap Transplant)
View cost guide · $15,000–$30,000
Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up
View cost guide · $400–$1,200
Hemodialysis
View cost guide · $8,000–$18,000 / year
Peritoneal Dialysis
View cost guide · $6,000–$14,000 / year
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
View cost guide · $1,500–$4,500
Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED)
View cost guide · $1,000–$3,200
Dialysis Catheter Placement
View cost guide · $400–$1,200
AV Fistula Creation
View cost guide · $1,200–$3,500
Dialysis Access Management
View cost guide · $500–$1,800
Percutaneous Renal Biopsy
View cost guide · $400–$1,200
Kidney Transplant Graft Biopsy
View cost guide · $600–$1,500
CAPD Catheter Insertion
View cost guide · $1,000–$2,800
Central Venous Catheter (Permcath) Insertion
View cost guide · $500–$1,500
The quick answer on this page is summarised from GAF Healthcare’s Nephrology treatment guide. That guide remains the canonical article for clinical context, treatment options and planning.
A nephrologist evaluates the relevant diagnosis, explains suitable kidney-care services, coordinates treatment-specific assessment and follow-up, and discusses alternatives and material risks. The specialty guide provides clinical context without ranking individual doctors.
6 catalog records currently match this Chennai listing. Filter by city, hospital or documented procedure. “Best” is the discovery heading for that search intent, not a clinical ranking.
Listed nephrologists currently appear in Delhi NCR (55), Mumbai (15), Bengaluru (8), Chennai (6), Hyderabad (23). Counts are directory facts, not quality scores.
The catalog currently maps nephrologists to Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED). Procedure pages are published only when enough exact doctor relationships exist.
Hospitals with current listings include Rela Hospital, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Use the compare tray to place two to four listed specialists side by side on experience, qualifications, hospital, city and mapped procedures. Comparison uses catalog fields only.
the stored India planning range is the stored national planning range per transplant episode. No verified Chennai-only tariff is stored; request an itemized quotation from a named campus.
A named transplant urologist working with a transplant nephrologist should review your records and examine you. Dynamic cards require an exact CMS relationship and are not recommendations or rankings.
Use air-conditioned, flexible lodging near the named unit with easy vehicle access and clean storage for medicines and catheter supplies. Some hospital corridors have comparatively direct airport access, but the exact campus still controls transfer times for imaging, surgery, drain or catheter care and pathology collection.
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