Dr. Sandeep Guleria

About Doctor

Dr. Sandeep Guleria is a highly skilled renal transplant surgeon who has worked in the profession for 33 years, He has extensive expertise.

In addition to his position as a professor in the Department of Surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

His areas of expertise include vascular access surgery, peritoneal dialysis surgery, percutaneous renal biopsies, and renal transplant surgery. He also does dialysis and dialysis surgery.

The world-famous surgeon was in charge of leading the medical team that carried out India's first two kidney and pancreatic transplants.

Because of his extensive knowledge, he is now a life member of a number of organizations, including the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, the Indian Association of Sleep Medicine, and others.

He has contributed to a staggering number of different publications throughout the years. Establish a Pediatric Organ Donation and Transplantation Unit at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences should begin offering laparoscopic donor nephrectomy procedures.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS, 1984, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University
• MS, 1988, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• DNB, 1988, National Board of Examinations (India)
• FRCS, 1993, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
• FRCS, 1993, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, U.K
• FRCP (Edinburg)
• MNAMS

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• Junior Resident, Department Of Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029 (1986- 1988)
• Professor Dhawan Dr. Khazanchi Senior Resident, Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 11029 (1989- 1992)
• Dr. Mehta Dr. Khazanchi (1992) November 1992 S.H.O., Urology and Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, London (England) NW3 Mr.O.N. Fernandoa
• Mr. R.J. Morgan Clinical And Research Fellow, (Registrar) Academic Unit of Surgery (1992-1993), St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds (England) LS9 7TF Mr. J.P.A. Lodge Mr. S.A. Sadek (1994- 1997)
• Assistant Professor & Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029 (1997- 1998)
• Senior Fellow (Senior Registrar) in the Department Of Organ Transplantation at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds (England) Mr. J.P.A. Lodge
• Mr . S.G.Pollard 1998 2002 Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029 2002 -2003
• Consultant Surgeon- Organ Transplantation and Surgery at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, U.K. (2004- 2008)
• Additional Professor in the Department of Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029 (2008- 30/06/2011)
• Professor in the Department of Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029 (1/7/2011- till date)
• Senior Fellow (Senior Registrar) in the Department Of Organ Transplantation at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds (England)

Career Highlights

• Directed the effort that resulted in India's first two successful kidney-pancreas transplants.
• Renal transplantation from deceased donors was first performed in New Delhi.
• Dialysis, renal transplants, and the URS system are areas in which she excels (therapeutic).
• New Delhi's "DONOR CARD" program has just been introduced.
• Establish the All India Institute of Medical Sciences' Pediatric Transplant Unit.
• Launch the All India Institute of Medical Sciences' Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy initiative.
• Member of the Transplantation Society's ethical committee and current vice president of the Indian Society for Organ Transplantation.

Research and Fellowships

• Association Of Surgeons Of India (11947)
• Indian Society of Nephrology
• Indian Society of Emergency Services Delhi Nephrology Society
• Association of Minimal Invasive Surgeons of India
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• India Hernia Society Society of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI)
• Member: Transplantation Society
• Life Member: Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
• Indian Society of Emergency Services
• Delhi Nephrology Society
• Guleria S., Aron M., Sinha S. "Vascular access Surgery: a simplified technique for the creation of AV fistulae using surgical glove cuffs" Indian Journal Of Urology 1995 Vol. II:2: 90
• Guleria S., Sinha S., Dorairajan LN, Khazanchi RK., Saxena S., Agarwal SK, Tiwari SC, Dash SC "Spontaneous Renal Allograft Rupture: Still a threat" Nephron 1995 :70: 385-386
• Mittal R., Saxena S., Guleria S., Mittal S., Agarwal SK., Tiwari SC., Dash SC., "Visceral Leishmaniasis: A rare cause of unexplained pyrexia in a renal allograft recipient" Nephron1995: 70: 123-124.
• Agarwal SK., Dash SC., Tiwari SC., Saxena S., Mehta SN., Guleria S., Dwivedi SN., Mehra NK., "Results of conversion from triple drug therapy to double drug therapy in live related renal transplantation" Transplantation 1995 :59:1: 27-31
• Bakshi S., Nandi D., Guleria S., "Cadaver Renal Transplant - Our experience with relatives" National Medical Journal Of India 1994: 3:7:232

Awards and Recoginition

• Smt. Rukmani Gopalkrishnan Award for standing FIRST in SURGERY
• Award for standing THIRD in MEDICINE 3. University College Of Medical Sciences, Distinguished Alumni Award 1996
• Awarded the “Luminary Award” by the IMA South Delhi Branch in Delhi In recognition of his “Outstanding contribution rendered to the medical profession and the community” 2007 5.
• Awarded Exemplary Contribution Award by Indian Medical Association 2008 6.
• Awarded the Himachal Gaurav Himalayan Jagriti Manch 2011 7.
• ATLS Accredited Provider 2011 Identified as Instructor Potential 8. Led the team that did the FIRST two Kidney Pancreas Transplants in India
• Invited by the Government of Nepal to set up the Renal Transplant Program at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu Nepal. I trained the surgical team and did the first two Successful renal transplants in the Bir Hospital. The hospital currently runs a successful transplant program that I mentor.  
• Pioneered Cadaveric Renal Transplantation in New Delhi.  
• Introduced the “DONOR CARD” in the city of New Delhi
• Set up the Pediatric Transplant Unit at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Set up the Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomyprogram at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences