Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma

About Doctor

Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma is a renowned Nephrologist & Kidney Transplant Surgeon, with an impressive 32 years of experience in this field. He worked at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow as both the Director and the Head of the Department of Nephrology. In addition, he was the Director of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia institution. Both the State Authorizing Committee (HOTA) for Organ Transplantation in Uttar Pradesh and the Board of Governors of the Government Post Graduate Institute of Health Sciences in Greater Noida included him as a member at one point in time.

Dr. Sharma also served as the Co-Chairman of the Expert Group on Kidney Diseases for the Government of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Since 2016, he has also served as an expert member of the Committee SEC (Cardiovascular and Renal) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India.

More than 353 of Dr. Sharma's research articles have been published in reputable national and international academic publications. He has contributed to over 25 books by writing chapters for those publications. Both the Indian Journal of Nephrology and the Indian Journal of Transplantation both have him listed as an Emeritus Editor. In addition, he was the Chief Editor of Clinical Queries Nephrology for several years.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS, from Delhi University, 1974.
• MD, from Delhi University, 1979. 
• DNB, from National Board of Examination, New Delhi, 1981
• MNAMS, from National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1996
• FISOT Indian Society of organ transplant
• FISN International Society of Nephrology, USA, 2005

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He was a former Director and Head of Department, Nephrology at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, and also a former Director, at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Career Highlights

• Both the Board of Governors of the Government Post Graduate Institute of Health Sciences in Greater Noida and the State Authorizing Committee for Organ Transplantation (HOTA) in Uttar Pradesh were under his supervision when he was a member of both committees. In addition to that, Dr. Sharma served as the Co-Chairman of the Expert Group on Kidney Diseases at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In addition to that, he has been a member of the Committee SEC (Cardiovascular and Renal) of the DCGI, DGHS, Government of India from the year 2016.
• Over the course of his career, Dr. Sharma has published more than 353 scholarly articles in esteemed national and international publications. Over 25 different books have benefited from his chapter contributions. Amongst other works, he is the Emeritus Editor of the Indian Journal of Nephrology and the Indian Journal of Transplantation. In the past, he has also held the position of Chief Editor for the journal Clinical Queries Nephrology.

Research and Fellowships

• Fellowship, 2004, Fellow American Society of Nephrology.
• Dr. Sharma has more than 353 research papers published in national and international journals of repute.
• He has authored chapters in more than 25 books.
• He is Emeritus Editor of the Indian Journal of Transplantation and the Indian Journal of Nephrology. He is also the former Chief Editor of Clinical Queries Nephrology.

Awards and Recoginition

• First place in an oral presentation at UAA 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2019
• EUREP Fellowship, Prague, Europe awarded by the Urological Society of India in 2012
• Urological Society of India (USI)