Dr. Dinesh Khullar

Chairman

37 years of experience

Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Nephrologist

MBBS, MD, DM, Fellowship

Reg. No.:2631, Delhi Medical Council

Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Dinesh Khullar

Dr. Dinesh Khullar is a leading Nephrologist and Renal Transplant Medicine Specialist in New Delhi.
He has over 37 years of clinical experience and has been involved in more than 5,000 successful kidney transplants, including over 1,200 at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
His expertise includes complex transplants, such as ABO-incompatible procedures, transplants in highly sensitized patients, and high-risk cases with significant comorbidities.
Dr. Khullar pioneered the establishment of an online hemodiafiltration unit in North India, offering advanced dialysis services.
He specializes in newer dialysis modalities, peritoneal dialysis, and induction therapy in kidney transplant patients.
The doctor is well-versed in diagnosing and treating infections related to kidney diseases, diabetic nephropathy, hypertension, and other kidney-related disorders.
Dr. Khullar oversees the development, quality control, clinical governance, physician recruitment, credentialing, and academic activities, including the DNB and clinical fellowship programs and research initiatives.
He completed his MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, in 1987 and 1991, respectively.
Dr. Khullar later specialized in managing kidney disorders, pursuing a DM in Nephrology at the prestigious Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, in 1993.
He has also been internationally trained at some of the leading institutes in the USA. He completed an International Transplant Observership at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, in 2010 and a Roche Preceptorship in Kidney Transplantation at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, in 2008.
He has led various research projects and served as a national lead investigator in several clinical trials, including the notable DAPA-CKD and Transform studies.
Dr. Dinesh Khullar has published numerous articles in national and international journals and edited the book Lupus Nephritis: Pathogenesis & Current Management.

Education

MBBS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, 1987
MD (Internal Medicine), Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, 1991
DM (Nephrology), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh,1993
Fellow, International Society of Nephrology
Fellow, International Transplant Observership, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 2010
Fellow, Roche Preceptorship in Kidney Transplantation, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, 2008

Past Experience

Lecturer (Nephrology), Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, 1996
Professor (Nephrology), Ganga Ram Institute of Post Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER), 2013

Awards

Dr. Sushil Malik Memorial award oration “Pertinent use of drugs in chronic kidney disease” at the annual convention of SDB IMA

Paper Published

Dr. Dinesh Khullar has published multiple articles in renowned journals. Some of them are:

Gupta, Pallav & Sharma, Amit & Khullar, Dinesh. (2014). Myoglobinuria masquerading as acute rejection in a renal allograft recipient with recurrent post-transplant diabetic nephropathy. Renal failure. 36. 1-3. 10.3109/0886022X.2014.918830.
Rana, Devinder & Khullar, Dinesh & Gupta, Anurag & Bhargava, Vinant & Digvijay, Kumar. (2013). Steroid free immunosuppression in renal transplantation: a single center experience.
Rana, Devinder & Bhargava, Vinant & Khullar, Dinesh & Gupta, Anurag & Kulwant, Singh. (2013). Cytomegalovirus-associated superficial venous thrombosis in a renal allograft recipient. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 7. 24–27. 10.1016/j.ijt.2013.01.006.
Khaira, Ambar & Gupta, Ankur & Rana, Devinder & Gupta, Ashwini & Bhalla, Anil & Khullar, Dinesh. (2009). Retrospective analysis of clinical profile prognostic factors and outcomes of 19 patients of emphysematous pyelonephritis. International urology and nephrology. 41. 959-66. 10.1007/s11255-009-9552-y.
Mohan, Neelam & Khullar, Dinesh & Kakodkar, R. & Kumaran, Vinay & Soin, A.. (2009). Simultaneous living-related combined liver-kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria type-1 in children first in South Asia. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 3. 35. 10.1016/S2212-0017(11)60110-X.
Mohan, Neelam & Soin, A & Bhat, Nowneet & Kakodkar, R & Kumaran, Vinay & Khullar, Dinesh. (2008). Simultaneous living related combined liver-kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria type-1 in children-first in South Asia. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 23. A116-63.
Khullar, Dinesh & Gaikwad, Jayshree & Malik, Muhammad Mohsin & Ojha, S & Gupta, A & Bhalla, A & Rana, Devinder & Chadha, Shiv & Jauhari, H. (2008). ATG INDUCTION IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION – A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE: 1961. Transplantation. 86. 10.1097/01.tp.0000330648.73112.9a.
Kher, Vijay & Gulati, Sanjeev & Khullar, Dinesh & Guleria, Sandeep & Jha, Vivekanand & Verma, PP & Sharma, Rk. (2008). Role of PSI in Renal Transplantation. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2. 35. 10.1016/S2212-0017(12)60030-6.
Sandhu, Jasvinder Singh & APS, Narang & KL, Bhatia & Adlakha, & Khullar, Dinesh. (2005). Trace Elements And Oxidative Stress In Chronic Renal Failure. Trace Elements and Electrolytes. 22. 233-235. 10.5414/TEP22233.
Wattal, Chand & Joshi, S & Gupta, A & Sharma, A & Oberoi, J.K. & Prasad, K.J. & Rana, Devinder & Bhalla, A & Khullar, Dinesh. (2004). The pp67 mRNA assay in treatment and monitoring of cytomegalovirus disease in renal transplant patients in India. Transplant infectious disease: an official journal of the Transplantation Society. 6. 90-2. 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00055.x.