Dr. Abeesh Padmanabha Pillai Consultant Nephrology

Biography

Dr. Abeesh completed his MBBS and MD (Internal Medicine) from Government Medical College, Madurai, India. He did his nephrology training at Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. His experience in nephrology spans over ten years. He worked as a Consultant Nephrologist in various institutions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. His areas of interest include preventive nephrology, critical care nephrology, interventional nephrology, transplant nephrology, and renal replacement therapy. His research on “Anti-Phospholipase A2 receptor antibody in membranous nephropathy” was the first of its kind in India. He was awarded first prize by the Indian Society of Nephrology (Southern Chapter). His work on “Evaluation of glycemic repercussions in hemodialysis patients” has been awarded a Young Investigator Award by the PC Mary Tanker Foundation. He has four publications to his credit. He has been conducting awareness talks in various forums. His areas of expertise include,  

• Ultra-sonogram-guided renal biopsy 
• Provision of in-patient hemodialysis 
• Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)  
• Plasmapheresis  
• Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion and prescription 
• Diabetic kidney disease
• Hypertensive kidney disease diagnosis and management  
• Resistant and secondary hypertension diagnosis and management 
• Glomerulonephritis diagnosis and management
• Management of chronic kidney disease and related complications  
• Management of electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities 
• Management of acute and chronic kidney disease in the intensive care unit 
• Nutritional advice for acute and chronic kidney diseases 
• Management of congenital/genetic kidney abnormality  
• Management of pre-and post-kidney transplant  
• Pregnancy-related hypertension and kidney disease  
• Counselling patients regarding preventive nephrology