Dr. Muthu Kumar. P

Brief profile:
Dr. Muthu Kumar P. is a highly skilled and experienced senior nephrologist with over 13 years of experience in the field of nephrology and kidney transplantation. His interest in nephrology and transplant medicine started in his undergraduate days and increased manifold during his MD training, when he completed his nephrology thesis. During his extensive career, Dr. Muthu Kumar has managed several high-risk kidney transplants, including combined liver-kidney transplants and combined pancreas-kidney transplants. His transplant expertise is not only limited to kidney and combined liver-kidney transplants but also extends to the management of immunosuppression in hand and uterine transplantation. He is also highly skilled in performing procedures like renal biopsy, temporary dialysis catheter insertion, and Permcath insertion.

• MBBS – Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
• MD (General Medicine) – Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai
• DM (Nephrology) – Madras Medical College, Chennai

Areas of Specialisation:

• Placement of central line catheters for dialysis access – temporary dialysis catheter insertion and Permcath insertion
• Renal biopsy
• Hemodialysis(HD), Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis (SLED)
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Management of high-risk dialysis patients
• Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
• Haemoperfusion and extra-corporeal therapy for poisoning
• Plasmapheresis
• Renal transplantation, including live donor and deceased donor transplants and ABO-incompatible transplants
• Combined liver-kidney transplants and combined pancreas-kidney transplants
• Management of high-risk transplant patients and post-transplant complications

Awards:

• Prof. Madhanagopalan Gold Medal in Gastro-Enterology -2007
• The ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program (CNC) from October 19, 2012 to November 19, 2013 conducted by The International Society of Nephrology (ISN)

Publications in Indexed Journals:

• P. Muthukumar, T. Venkatakrishnan, G. Vasumathi,. Schizencephaly. JAPI 2005: vol 53:194
• N.Gopalakrishnan, J. Dhanapriya, P.Muthukumar, et al. Clinical study on Acute kidney injury in pregnancy – a single center experience, REN FAIL. 2015., 1-5.
• Periyasamy Muthukumar, Jeyachandran Dhanapriya, Natarajan Gopalakrishnan, et al, Evaluation of renal lesions and clinicopathologic correlation in rheumatoid arthritis, Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017, 28:44-50.

Papers Presented in Conferences:

• Profile of Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in Chronic Kidney Disease – a Six-month Experience – presented at peritoneal dialysis society of India, Chennai in 2011
• Infection-related AKI – presented at Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology at Chennai in 2012
• Epidemiology, Risk Stratification and Outcomes of Infection-related AKI in a Tertiary Care Hospital – presented at Indian Society of Nephrology National Conference at Ahmedabad in 2012
• Pregnancy-related Acute Kidney Injury (award-winning paper) – presented at Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology at Vijayawada in 2013
• Delivered a talk on Indications of Plasmapheresis at SDTPCON – 2017

Memberships:

• Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Member of Association of Physicians of India (API)
• Member of Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN)
• Member of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
• Member of Nephrology Association of Tamilnadu and Puduchery (NATPU)