Dr. Chandrasekaran Venkataraman

Dr. Chandrasekaran Venkataraman is a highly experienced Visiting Consultant Nephrologist with over 22 years of experience in the diagnosis and management of complex kidney diseases. He completed his MBBS, MD (General Medicine), Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in Nephrology, DM (Nephrology), and earned the Speciality Certificate in Nephrology from the Federation of Royal College of Physicians and The Renal Association, UK. He specializes in kidney transplantation, critical care nephrology, and the management of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney diseases. Dr. Venkataraman has performed around 375 kidney transplants, including live and deceased donor transplants, 20 combined liver-kidney transplants, and has extensive expertise in hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT), SLED, liver dialysis, kidney biopsy, permcath insertion, and percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion, with a strong focus on delivering advanced, patient centered renal care.

Work Experience

• Visiting Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai 
• Senior Consultant Nephrologist & Head of Department, Gleneagles Global Health City, Perumbakkam, Chennai
• Senior Consultant Nephrologist, Billroth Hospitals, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai
• Associate Professor of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
• Consultant in Nephrology, Billroth Hospital, R.A. Puram, Chennai
• Registrar in Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
• Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Hospital, Chennai
• Junior Consultant in Medicine, Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, Chennai
• Registrar in General Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai

• MBBS
• MD (General Medicine)
• Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in Nephrology
• DM (Nephrology)
• Speciality Certificate in Nephrology

• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
• Kidney Failure
• Kidney Graft Dysfunction
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD/ESRD)
• Kidney Transplant related Conditions

• Kidney Transplant
• Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
• Hemodialysis
• Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED)
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Liver Dialysis
• Kidney Biopsy
• Permcath Insertion
• Percutaneous CAPD Catheter Insertion

• First Prize in the Medicine Quiz Competition for Postgraduates conducted by the Association of Physicians of India (API), Southern Chapter, at IISc, Bangalore (1996)