Dr Aparna Balachandran
Senior Specialist - Nephrology
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DrNB (Nephrology), ESE-Nephrology (UK)
Overview
Dr Aparna Completed her MBBS and MD in General Medicine from Government Medical College, Kannur. She completed her DrNB in Nephrology from Aster MIMS, Kozhikode. She passed the European Speciality Examination (ESE) in Nephrology conducted by the Royal College of Physicians, UK. Before joining Aster MIMS, Kozhikode as Senior Specialist Nephrologist, she was working as Consultant Nephrologist at Chest Hospital, Kozhikode and Asha Hospital Vadakara. She had also worked as Consultant/Specialist Physician at Kozhikode District Cooperative Hospital, Aster MIMS- Kozhikode, and ECHS Polyclinic- Kozhikode.
Area of expertise
- General Nephrology: Management of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD), Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), glomerular diseases, hypertension and hypertensive emergencies, electrolyte disturbances and critical care nephrology.
- Haemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy), Therapeutic plasma exchange
- Work up and management of renal transplant patients, including immunosuppression protocols and graft monitoring.
- Procedures: Well trained in ultrasound guided kidney biopsy, tunnelled and non-tunnelled hemodialysis catheter insertions, and peritoneal dialysis catheter placement.
Awards and recognitions
- Best Paper Award (First Place) – Dialysis/Transplant section at the 24th Annual Conference of The Nephrology Association of Kerala (NAKCON) September 2023.
- Certificate of Commendation and Award for Outstanding Research Work – awarded by The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for the thesis "Incidence of de novo HLA antibodies – correlation with eplet mismatch load and graft outcome" – January 2025.
- Star Presenter Award – Wednesday Clinical Club, Aster MIMS, Kozhikode for April, May, and June 2022
- First Prize – Case Presentation (Podium) – ACMECON 2014, Internal Medicine CME, Government Medical College, Pariyaram
Publications
- "Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-related toxicity: A case of Fanconi syndrome."
published in Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023 - "Incidence of de novo HLA antibodies – correlation with eplet mismatch load and graft outcome." Abstract published in KI Reports (Kidney International Reports), February 2025
- “Developing City Based Paired Kidney Exchange Programme- A Ray of hope for Sensitised Patients: 10 Years’ Outcome Data” Abstract published in American Journal of Transplantation (AJT), Volume 25, 2025
Research and Academic Presentations
- Presentation in Award Paper Section at 33rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT 2023), Kolkata – October 2023.
- Oral Presentation (Transplant Category) at the Silver Jubilee Conference of The Nephrology Association of Kerala (NAKCON 2024), Wayanad – October 2024.
- Moderated Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN 2025), International Society of Nephrology (ISN), New Delhi – February 2025.
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