Dr. Praveen Kumar Etta
Senior Consultant - Nephrologist & Transplant Physician
Dr. Praveen Kumar Etta is an accomplished nephrologist and kidney transplant physician with advanced training from SGPGIMS, Lucknow, one of India’s leading centers for renal sciences. With over a decade of experience across premier institutions, he specializes in clinical nephrology, transplant medicine, dialysis therapies, and critical care nephrology.
He completed his MBBS from Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal and MD in General Medicine from Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, followed by a DM in Nephrology at SGPGIMS, Lucknow, where he trained extensively in renal transplantation, dialysis technologies, and interventional nephrology. He has also pursued a Master Class in Nutrition Therapy from the Royal College of Physicians, UK, enhancing his expertise in renal nutrition.
Dr. Etta has been instrumental in establishing kidney transplant programmes, conducting training workshops, and mentoring dialysis teams. He has published extensively in national and international journals, authored book chapters, and presented award-winning research at global nephrology conferences.
- Clinical Nephrology & Critical Care – CKD, AKI, Hypertension, Electrolyte Disorders
- Kidney Transplantation – Deceased & live donor transplants, immunology, long-term graft care
- Dialysis Therapies – Hemodialysis (HD), Hemodiafiltration (HDF), Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), CRRT, Plasma Exchange (PLEX), Hemoperfusion
- Interventional Nephrology – Renal biopsies, AV fistula creation, PD catheter insertion, dialysis catheter placement
- Renal Nutrition & Metabolism – CKD-MBD, parenteral nutrition in critical illness
- Infectious & Immunological Kidney Diseases – Lupus nephritis, vasculitis, post-COVID renal complication
- Best paper award with cash prize of 50,000 Japanese yen, for the paper titled “Ulinastatin as adjunctive therapy for PD related Peritonitis” at 9th Asia Pacific Chapter Meeting of International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (APCM-ISPD 2019) held at the Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya in Japan from September 5 to 7, 2019.
- Best Oral Paper Award at the XXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, October 2 2015 at Chennai, India, for the paper “Ten year outcomes of HCV infected renal allograft recipients are not inferior to that of HCV non-infected patients.”
- Recipient of Golden AIM award in Healthcare category, one of the most prestigious accolades for excellence & leadership, for the year 2022 at the National level.
- Recipient of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence Award 2023 in the Medical Field for the services provided to the patients.
Recognitions:
- Started Deceased-donor renal transplantation programme at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry
- Has inaugurated and conducted “PD Nurse's and Technician's session” at the Joint Conference of the 37th Congress of the International Society of Blood Purification (ISBP) and the 22nd Annual Conference of the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India(PDSI) held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad, India from 18th to 21st September, 2019.
- Selected as Editorial Fellow for Indian Journal of Transplantation (IJOT), an official journal of Indian Society of Organ transplantation (ISOT) - in year 2022.
- Peer Reviewer for few journals such as Indian Journal of Transplantation (IJOT), Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and transplantation (SJKDT), Frontiers in Nephrology (Blood Purification) and Renal Failure journals.
- Completed the course on “Parenteral Nutrition in Critical Illness: A Current Conundrum” approved by the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
- Elected as Executive Council Member of Telangana Nephrology Forum in the year 2022.
- Selected as Editor-in-Chief for Kidney Digest, official Newsletter of Telangana Nephrology Forum in the year 2022.
- Selected for Travel Bursary of 625 S$ for presenting three posters and one oral paper at the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis Congress, held from 11th to 14th August 2022, at Suntec, Singapore.
- Selected as a Member of the Jeevandan Approval Committee for Kidney Transplantation, Cadaver Transplantation Programme, Govt of Telangana in year 2022.
- One of the organizing committee member of AKI & CRRT Conference - 6th Annual Selections from AKI & CRRT, San Diego held from 14th to 15th January 2023 at the Hotel Novotel Hyderabad Airport.
- One of the organizing committee member of TSNCON 2023 – 5th Annual Conference of Telangana State Nephrologists Association held in January 2023 at Hyderabad.
- One of the organizing committee member of 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology - Southern Chapter (ISNSCCON 2024), conducted at Hyderabad between 8th - 11th February, 2024.
- Worked as Editor of the Souvenir for 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology - Southern Chapter, conducted at Hyderabad between 8th - 11th February, 2024.
- Finished “ISOT Renal Transplant Pathology Course” organized by Indian Society of Organ Transplant (ISOT) in 2024.
- Finished “ISOT Transplant Immunology Course” organized by Indian Society of Organ Transplant (ISOT) in 2024.
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