Dr Madan Bahadur is a top Nephrologist and Transplant Physician currently attached to the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, as a Consultant Nephrologist in charge of the Department of Nephrology & Dialysis. After receiving the MD postgraduate degree in Medicine from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal University (1984), Dr. Bahadur worked as a Physician (AMO) at a Tribal Health Unit in Harrai, and later at Saunser in Madhya Pradesh State Services for a year. Subsequently he worked as Internist/Intensivist (Divisional Medical Officer) with Indian Railway hospitals at Bombay, Nagpur and Bina (1986–1991). From 1992, Dr. Madan Bahadur was in charge of the Department of Nephrology at Dr. Babasaheb Memorial Hospital, a tertiary referral facility for Central Railway at Mumbai. He also managed an urban Diabetic clinic with 1,300 registered patients. Dr. M M Bahadur helped develop innovative clinical software for a computerised registry and did real-time management of the Renal & Diabetic patients on this model. Dr. Bahadur then completed the DNB Nephrology course and training while working as Clinical Assistant from 1997–99 at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai. Since March 2003, he has been in charge of the Department of Nephrology & Dialysis Unit at Jaslok. This department has been doing Renal transplants since the last 25 years, and is one of the oldest centres in India. Dr. Bahadur presently heads the unit, doing transplants and dealing with all types of Nephrology patients with ailments of varying complexity. Dr. Bahadur has presented a number of papers at national and international academic meetings and has been invited as a guest speaker at various Nephrology forums and conferences. He has also participated as the Principal Investigator / Clinical Associate in four international drug trials.
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Dr Madan Bahadur is one of the best Nephrologist and Transplant Physicians in Mumbai with an experience of over 3 decades in this field.
Best Oral Platform Presentation Award: First Indian Case - Sucessful Indian Renal Transplant in malignant FSGS. Dr M M Bahadur, Dr Pooja Binnani. Indian Soceity of Organ Transplantation 2008, Ludhiana.
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Nephrology is the medical specialty which is concerned with the treatment of kidney conditions and abnormalities, and a physician who practices this specialty of nephrology is called a nephrologist. Nephrology being the subspecialty of internal medicine, a nephrologist needs to complete the same training as an internist and then gain an additional fellowship in nephrology. Nephrologists are responsible for diagnosing causes and levels of kidney failure and prescribing appropriate treatment such as medication, diet changes, or dialysis.
Nephrologists are physicians who deal with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the kidneys.
You should see a nephrologist when you start experiencing pain around your abdomen that usually radiates to your sides and lower back. Or when you suffer from a reduced amount of urine, swelling of your legs, ankles, and feet, unexplained shortness of breath, excessive drowsiness or fatigue, persistent nausea, confusion, pain, or from pressure in your chest.
Nephrologists can treat the following conditions:
Nephrologists treat the diseases of the kidneys. But before they can treat them, the nephrologists need to diagnose them, and they do that by performing several tests. They are as follows:
Since our kidneys are responsible for maintaining fluid balance and filtering out the excess fluids and waste from the blood, damage to the kidneys leads to fluid accumulation and overload which causes edema or swelling of the legs and face, and long term kidney diseases also lead to symptoms of high blood pressure and anemia. So, a physical examination is carried out by the doctor to diagnose edema or high blood pressure.
Blood tests are performed to reveal altered levels of urea, creatinine, and electrolytes including sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, phosphates, nitrogen etc.
A nephrologist may also perform a blood test for various organisms that may damage the kidneys including hepatitis C, hepatitis B, AIDS etc.
Nephrologists also perform urine analysis that may help them diagnose kidney damage by revealing excess proteins that are being excreted from the body in the urine. They also use microscopic analysis of urine to detect kidney and urinary tract infection.
They can also put imaging studies like Ultrasound scan, CT Scan, or MR angiography to work to detect kidney diseases.
Other tests performed by the nephrologists are Renal Biopsy, Intravenous Urography (IVU), Scintigraphy, and Renal Arteriography.
Usually, before your appointment, you are asked to bring information on:
During their first visit, the patients usually go through:
In some cases, additional tests are also performed:
One done with your first round of visit, your nephrologist will suggest a diagnosis, treatment plan, and follow-up visits.
When it comes to the difference between nephrology and urology, the former deals with only kidneys while the latter provides treatment for a condition relating to the bladder, urethra, ureters, kidneys, and adrenal glands. Urologists also cover male issues relating to the prostate and penis.
The nephrologists do not perform surgery. The surgeries like a kidney transplant are performed by transplant surgeons.