Bharat Shah
Dr Bharat Shah
Director and Head Of Department
Speciality
Nephrology
Qualification
  • MBBS
  • MD
  • DNB
Experience
46 Years
Gender
Male
Language Spoken
Hindi
English
Marathi
Location
Mumbai,Parel
Consultation Charges
2850
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About

Dr. Bharat Shah has over four decades of experience in nephrology and kidney transplantation. He has served as Head of the Nephrology Department at several renowned hospitals in Mumbai and is currently the Director and Head of Nephrology at Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai.

 

Dr. Shah completed his MBBS and MD at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, where he also underwent specialized training in nephrology. He further honed his expertise in the USA, completing a Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Centre and a Clinical Research Fellowship at New England Medical Center, Boston.

 

He has a special interest in kidney transplant, chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevention, hypertension, and diabetic kidney disease. Dr. Shah has served as President of the Indian Society of Nephrology, West Zone, and General Secretary of the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee, Mumbai.

 

Apart from his clinical work, he is a founder member and managing trustee of various NGOs, has been an adviser to the Central India Kidney Foundation, and has served as Medical Adviser to the J.N. Tata Endowment and Oswal Welfare Charitable Trust.

 

Dr. Shah is actively involved in research, with numerous publications, book chapters, and books on kidney disease and transplantation. He continues to contribute to ongoing research projects in nephrology and transplantation.

Experience

  • Over 46 years of clinical experience in nephrology and kidney transplant.

  • Director & Head of Department, Nephrology at Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai.

  • Former Head of Nephrology at multiple leading hospitals in Mumbai.

Achievements

  • Multiple award-winning papers presented at the annual conferences of the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN) and Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) from 1996–2020.

  • Recipient of prestigious orations including the Dr. V.N. Acharya Oration, J M Patel Oration, and Khullar Award Oration.

  • Dronacharya Award by AVATAR (2018).

  • French Government Scholarship for training in cadaver kidney transplant program (1997).

  • Olympian Honours Award from Cadila Healthcare-Zydus Group (1997).

  • Invited speaker at New England Medical Center, Boston (1993).

Qualifications

  • MBBS

  • MD

  • DNB

 

Publications

Dr Bharat Shah has published more than 90 articles some of them are –

  1. Bharat V. Shah. The Changing Role of Dietary Protein Restriction in Management of hronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Journal of the association of physicians of india;2015; 63, 34-40
  2. Z. A. Virani,   J. Kohli,   P. Rajput,   B. V. Shah,   A. Murthy Chronic Kidney Disease- Pandora's Infectious Box !!!
  3. Bharat Shah, Ashok Kirpalani, Sham Sunder, Ashwani Gupta, Umesh Khanna, Deodatta Chafekar, Li Ping Tan, Dhavee Sirivongs, Dilip Pahari, Gokul Nath and Talat Alp Ikizler. A prospective, multi-centre, observational study to examine kidney disease progression in adults with chronic kidney disease – CKDOD - Study design and preliminary results. BMC Nephrology (2015) 16:215-221
  4. Malleshappa P, Shah BV. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and the incidence of acute kidney injury in patients with coronary artery disease in Mumbai, India. Heart Views 2015;16:47-52
  5. Bharat V. Shah, Zamruud Patel. Past, present and future of nutrition in renal disease. Journal of renal nutrition and metabolism (2015) 4: 151-154
  6. Zaheer Amin Virani, Amol Bhagat, Satish Gaitonde, Prashant Rajput,Prashant Rao, Bharat Shah Medi Quiz - An Accidental Diagnosis on Chest X-Ray in a Renal Transplant Recipient. The Indian Practitioner.  Volume 68 2015
  7. Sushma Bala1, Bharat Shah1, Prashant Rajput1, Prashant Rao.2 Unmasking of primary hyperparathyroidism by Vitamin D therapy. Indian j nephrology
  8. Dr. Mita B. Shah, Dr. Prashant Rajput, Dr. Bharat V. Shah. Efficay and safety of gliptins in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Journal of renal nutrition and metabolism (2016) 2: 2-4
  9. Shah BV and Patel ZM. Role of low protein diet in management of different stages of chronic kidney disease – practical aspects. BMC Nephrology (2016)17:156
  10. Shah BV, Rajput P, Virani ZA, Warghade s. Baseline anti-blood group antibody titres and their response to desensitization and kidney transplantation. Indian J Nephrol. 2017; 27: 195–198.
  11. Virani ZA, Rajput P, Nandu VP, Shah BV. ABO-Incompatible living donor kidney transplant in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive woman. Indian J Transplant 2018;12:64-6
  12. Shah SB, Shah BV. Legal aspects of transplantation in India. Indian J Transplant 2018;12:169-73
  13. Virani ZA, Rajput PJ, Vora HM, Shah MB, Shah S, Shah BV. Successful outcome of transplanting a kidney from a HCV-positive deceased donor into a HCV-negative recipient. Indian J Transplant 2018;12:227-9
  14. Shah M, Virani Z, Rajput P, Shah B. Efficacy and safety of canagliflozin in kidney transplant patients. Indian J Nephrol 2019;29:278-81
  15. Rajput P, Virani ZA, Shah BV. Crystalline nephropathy due to APRT deficiency: A preventable cause of renal and renal allograft failure. Indian J Nephrol 2020;30:290-2.

BOOK PUBLISHED

  1. Kidney Failure: A guide for patients and families
  2. Diet in Chronic Renal Failure.
  3. Kidney transplant

BOOK EDITED

  1. Kidney disease and nutrition
  2. Anemia in chronic kidney disease

CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTED

  1. Role of Dietary Protein Restriction in Retarding Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency. Medicine Update, Vol. 12, 774 – 779, 2002.
  2. Renal Transplantation:  API Textbook of Medicine
  3. Cardiorenal cascade: Medicine update
  4. A Primer on Dialysis- An Indian Perspective : Nutrition in Dialysis. Chapter 13, 169 – 174, December 2008.
  5. Paraproteinemia and kidney disease. ECAB Clinical Update: systemic diseases and renal manifestations, Pg 86-103, 2009
  6. Monitoring of transplant recipient and complications. ECAB Clinical update: Renal Transplant. Pg 131-153, 2011
  7. Diabetic nephropathy. Daibetes and complications in India: Perspectives and treatment options. Panacea Biotec LTD. 2010
  8. Nutritional management in CKD. ECAB Clinical update: Kidney disease and nutrition. Pg. 63-79
  9. Newer erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. ECAB Clinical update: Nephrology: Anemia in chronic kidney disease Pg. 63-79

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