Dr Chandrasekaran Venkataraman

For almost 25 years, I have practiced Internal medicine and Nephrology. My specialty is kidney disease and I enjoy creating a compassionate environment that meets the requirements of renal illness patients- diagnosis and treatment of all types of kidney diseases that include both acute and chronic, continuum of CKD-ESRD care that include patient counseling , addressing complications of CKD, providing different modalities of dialysis (HD,PD) and Kidney transplantation. Associated with more than 1000 kidney transplants as part of a team over the years. As a clinical lead of a dedicated team of experts, have performed more than 500 living and deceased donor kidney transplants, including ABO incompatible, combined liver-kidney, and kidney-pancreas transplants.

Highly motivated person with strong leadership skills committed to doing safe, high-quality work. Would Like to keep learning and improving my skills in the healthcare environment, taking on a lot of different tasks while collaborating alongside others to accomplish optimum goals.

• Avid Cricketer - represented at the University level
• Tennis player
• Athlete
• Love Music and Gardening

• Kidney pathology Certificate Program in December 2023 from Glomcon KPCP.
• Specialty Certificate Examination in Nephrology in March 2018 from The Federation of Royal College of Physicians (UK) and European Renal Association (ERA).
• Executive Management Program in Healthcare in January 2022 from Darden School Foundation, University of Virginia, USA.
• PG Program in Management in November 2021 from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India.

• OUTCOME OF ARF REQUIRING DIALYSIS. XXI Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology (Southern Chapter). February 17-18, 2001, Cochin, India at ISNSC 2001, Cochin.
• SHORT TERM OUTCOME OF DIABETIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS. Diabetes Asia 2001. February 18-19, Chennai, India.
• SPECTRUM OF RENAL DISEASES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA. XXIII Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology (Southern Chapter).February. 7–9, 2003, Coimbatore, India
• DRUGS, KIDNEYS AND THE PHYSICIAN. NEPHSIL 2008
• CENTRAL LINE ASSOCAITED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION. ISNSC 2012, Chennai, India
• CRRT-IS IT A HOPE OR A HYPE? Nephrology Association of Tamilnadu and Puducherry (NATPU) CON 2014, Chennai, India
• DRUGS- NEPHROLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE : RITUXIMAB REALITY. NEPHSIL 2017. Ooty, India
• PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE- PRIMARY HYPEROXALURIA. Master Class In Liver Diseases (MCLD). Jan 2018, Chennai, India
• DIALYSIS IN CRITICALLY ILL. NATPUCON 2019, Kutralam, India
• COMBINED LIVER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION- PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT. MCLD . Jan 2023, India

• Mogga, P., Venkatraman, S., Rajagopalan, U., Rajagopalan, P., Radhan, P., Maithrayie, K., Padmanabhan, S., Murugan, S., Nagarajan, A., Venkataraman, C. and Mathew, M., 2022. Correlation of AKI with risk factors, ventilatory support, renal replacement therapy in a cohort of COVID-19 patients. Indian Journal of Nephrology, 32(4), pp.348-358.
• Mogga, P., Venkatraman, S., Rajagopalan, U., Rajagopalan, P., Kumaresan, M., Radhan, P., Padmanabhan, S., Murugesan, S., Ashwin, A., Venkataraman, C. and Mathew, M., 2022. POS-860 Correlation of AKI with risk factors, ventilatory support, renal replacement therapy in a cohort of COVID-19 patients. Kidney International Reports, 7(2), pp.S371-S372.
• Narasimhan, G., Govil, S., Rajalingam, R., Venkataraman, C., Shanmugam, N.P. and Rela, M., 2015. Preserving double equipoise in living donor liver‐kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria type 1. Liver Transplantation, 21(10), pp.1324-1326.
• Thandavan, T., Abraham, G., Soundararajan, P. and Chandrasekaran, V., 2015. Interleukin- 6 strongly correlates with malnutrition inflammation score and it is strong predictor for mortality in hemodialysis patients. Urol Nephrol Open Access J, 2(2), pp.40-42.
• Indhumathi, E., Chandrasekaran, V., Jagadeswaran, D., Varadarajan, M., Abraham, G. and Soundararajan, P., 2009. The risk factors and outcome of fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 27(1), pp.59-61.
• Prabahar, M.R., Chandrasekaran, V. and Soundararajan, P., 2008. Epidemic of chronic kidney disease in India-what can be done? Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 19(5), pp.847-853.
• Ram Prabahar, M., Sivakumar, M., Chandrasekaran, V., Indhumathi, E and Soundararajan, P., 2008. Peritoneal dialysis in a patient with neurogenic bladder and chronic kidney disease with ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Blood purification, 26(3), pp.274-278.
• Prabahar, M.R., Jain, M., Chandrasekaran, V., Indhumathi, E. and Soundararajan, P., 2008. Primary HIV infection presenting as non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 19(4), pp.636-642.
• Prabahar, M.R., Jain, M., Chandrasekaran, V., Indhumathi, E. and Soundararajan, P., 2008. Renal tubular dysfunction with nephrocalcinosis in a patient with beta thalassemia minor. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 19(6), pp.964-968.
• Sankarasubbaiyan, S., Abraham, G., Soundararajan, P., Chandrasekaran, V. and Padma, G., 2005. Parathyroid hormone and biochemical profile in chronic kidney disease patients in South India. Hemodialysis international, 9(1), pp.63-67.
• Lakshmi, M., Prahlad, N., Vijayakumar, M., Nammalwar, B.R., Prajnya, R. and Chandrasekaran, V., 2005. Fanconi syndrome in children: clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. Nephrology, 10, pp. A231-A232). 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ USA: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Chandrasekaran, Venkataraman., Manish, Jain., Milly, Mathew., Mumtaz, Patel., 2023, August. Glomerular and Tubulo-Interstitial Diseases In The Elderly. Georgi, A.,Narayan, Prasad., Santhosh, V. eds., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.56-90.
• Govindan, S., Venkataraman, C., 2019. Hepatorenal Syndrome in Children: Diagnosis and Management. In: Shanmugam, N., Dhawan, A. (eds) Pediatric Liver Intensive Care. Springer, Singapore, pp.49-52.
• Kelegari, C., Narasimhan, G., Venkataraman, C., 2019. Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Perioperative Management. In: Shanmugam, N., Dhawan, A. (eds) Pediatric Liver Intensive Care. Springer, Singapore, pp 113-119.