Dr Hemanth Kumar M K is a specialist nephrologist at Manipal Hospitals Jayanagar, Bengaluru, with focused training in interventional nephrology and over eight years of experience in complex kidney care. He has a strong track record in dialysis access creation and salvage, vascular access endovascular procedures, and management of advanced kidney disease and transplant care. He is fluent in multiple languages (English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu) which helps engage a diverse patient population. 

Educational Qualifications :

• MBBS – Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary
  
  
• MD – General Medicine, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli
  
  
• DM – Nephrology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
  
  
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Interventional Nephrology, Christian Medical College, Vellore
  
  
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Interventional Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
  
  

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Nephrology, Manipal Hospitals Jayanagar, Bengaluru (current)
  
  
• Faculty at Interventional Nephrology Training Workshops & Annual Conference of the AVATAR India Society
  
  

Awards & Achievements:

• Independently created over 250 AV fistulas and performed over 200 endovascular procedures on AV fistulas and central veins.
  
  
• Placed over 400 tunnelled dialysis catheters including femoral, EJV, BCV and IJV catheters.
  
  
• Placed approximately 20 peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters.
  
  

Professional Memberships:

• International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
  
  
• Indian Society of Nephrology (IndSN)
  
  
• Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
  
  
• Association of Vascular Access and Interventional Renal Physicians of India (AVATAR)
  
  
• Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India (PDSI)
  
  
• Nephrology Association of Karnataka (NAK)
  
  

Fellowships:

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Interventional Nephrology), Christian Medical College, Vellore
  
  
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Interventional Nephrology), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
  
  

Publications:

• Hemanth Kumar MK, Sandhu J, Sandhu JS. “Profile and primary treatment outcomes in membranous nephropathy.” Saudi Med J. 2022;43(9):1051-1056. doi:10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220459.
• Chapter on Plasmapheresis – Indications and Procedure in “Case Studies in Nephrology: A Practical Approach”. Nandwani, Ashish & Bansal, Shyam & Jain, Manish & Sethi, Sidharth. (2022). As a contributor to the section on Interventional Nephrology in MKF Academy Nephro Library.