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Dr. G. Venu Head of the Department of Nephrology
Designation |
HoD & Professor |
Experience |
22 years |
Qualification |
MD.,DM |
Professional Information
Field of Expertise
- Renal transplantation (Live & Deceased)
- Care of maintenance hemodialysis patients
- Continuous renal replacement therapy (HDF, HF, HD, SLED)
- Care of Acute intermittent and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients
Awards and Achievements
- Gold Medal in MD- General Medicine, Madurai- Association of Physicians of India
- Dr. M.M. Niamuthulla Memorial prize for scientific paper on role of kidney in the regulation of body fluid balance – 11th Annual conference of Southern chapter of Indian society of Nephrology
- Certificate of Honour during the silver jubilee celebration of the Department of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai for his sincere work since 1996
Research and Publications
- Role of Enalapril in Micro Albuminuria in NIDDM patients: API – PATNA -1993
- Study of AORTO – Arteritis.56 patients with follow up ISN – Calcutta 1997
- Low Incidence Of Acute Peritonitis In Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis – An Experience From A Tertiary Care Unit – INDIAN JOURNAL OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS – VOL 5 FEB 2003
- Analysis Of 80 Diabetic Patients With (1) Normo Albuminuria High Albumin Creatinine Ratio (ACR) (2) Micro Albuminuria Normal ACR – DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE 2002 S-173
- Agreeability of spot albumin creatinine ratio with first voided albumin creatinine ratio in diabetic patients – Diabetes Research And Clinical Practice 2002 S- 169
- Serum Cystain C levels in renal transplant recipients – Indian journal of Clinical biochemistry 2010; 30(4): 532 -538
- Effect of hemodialysis on circulating cystatin C levels in patients with End Stage Renal Disease – Indian Journal of clinical biochemistry 2010(25(1)) 43 -46
- Hepatitis C and associated risk factors in maintenance hemodialysis patients – Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2011 August Vol 5(4); 725-728
- Effect of haemodialysis on plasma MPO activity in End Stage Renal Disease patients – Indian journal of clinical Biochemistry (2012) 27:253 -258
- Obstructive uropathy in benign prostatic hyperplasia – Chap 15: 168-176. Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Manickam Ramalingam/ David M. Albala (2012) – medical communications
- Percutaneous ultrasound guided native kidney biopsy – A single centre experience (2012) E- Journal Dr. MGR Medical university, Chennai
- Cutaneous zygomycosis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient (2013) – A case report – E- Journal Dr. MGR Medical university, Chennai
- Tuberculous Peritonitis in an ESRD patient on maintenance hemodialysis – A Rare case report (2014) – E- Journal Dr. MGR Medical university, Chennai
- An Unusual case of Refractory Hypokalemia – A case report (2015) – E- Journal Dr. MGR Medical university, Chennai
- Angiodysplasia presenting as Episodic Gastro Intestinal Bleed in an elderly CAPD patient – Indian Journal of Peritoneal dialysis – Vol 28 April 2015
- Outcome of pulmonary hypertension in post renal transplant recipient – Indian Society of Nephrology – World Congress of Nephrology (2015) – Poster no SUN-389
- A study of clinical characteristics, complications and outcomes of AKI in patients with cirrhosis – World Congress of Nephrology (2015) – Poster no SUN-245
Membership and Certifications
- Association of physicians of India (API)
- Indian society of Nephrology – Southern Chapter (ISN- SC)
- Indian society of Nephrology (ISN)
- A joint member of International Society of Nephrology
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