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Madras Medical Mission Hospital
4-A Dr. J. Jayalalitha Nagar, Mogappair, Chennai — 600 037
10AM to 2PM
MGM Healthcare
Chennai
3PM to 5PM
Urologist Providing excellence in urological care and kidney transplantation for over 35 years.
Book an AppointmentMedical Specialties
Kidney Transplantation
Full transplant surgery and post-transplant care, built on the programme he founded at SRMC in 1995 and has led ever since.
Endoscopic & Open Urology
The complete range of endoscopic and open urological surgery, from minimally invasive procedures to complex reconstructions.
Kidney Stone Treatment
Laser lithotripsy using the Holmium:YAG laser, a technique he helped pioneer and validate for clinical use in 1995.
Andrology
Diagnosis and treatment of male reproductive and urological conditions, informed by training at the Institute of Urology, London.
Deceased-Donor Transplant Care
Evaluation and surgical management of deceased-donor kidney transplants, including complex or high-risk donor cases.
General Urological Consultation
Ongoing consultation and follow-up care for a broad range of urological conditions across all age groups.
Key Achievements
Pioneered Holmium laser urology
Published original research on the Holmium:YAG laser for kidney stones and prostate treatment in the British Journal of Urology, supporting its FDA approval; now used in over 5,000 hospitals worldwide.
Launched a transplant programme
Started the kidney transplantation programme at SRMC in 1995, then its deceased-donation programme in 1996 — one of the first three hospitals in India to do so.
Cobra-bite deceased-donor transplants
Performed the first successful kidney transplants using organs from cobra-bite brain-death victims — four such procedures in total.
First HIV-positive kidney transplant in India
Performed the country's first kidney transplantation on an HIV-positive patient.
Organ failure patients given a new lease of life through transplants enabled by MOHAN Foundation counsellors, reaching over 20 million people across 17 years.
Annual visitors to Medindia, the health platform he founded and edits — among the ten largest health websites in the world.
Established the Indian Organ Transplant Registry under the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation — the first of its kind in Asia.
