MaheshaVankalakunti IndiaManipal Hospitals, Bengaluru

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1] M.B.B.S - Karnatak Medical College, Hubli, Karnataka, INDIA 2] M.D. (Pathology) - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, INDIA 3] PDCC Fellowship in ‘Renal & Transplant Pathology’ - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, INDIA 4] Post-Doc Fellow, in ‘Medical Renal Pathology & Urologic Pathology’ - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Awards & Achievements: • Establishment of Referral Centre of Excellence in ‘Nephro & Renal Transplant Pathology’ @ Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/111217/meet-the-bengaluru-doctor-with-25000-kidney-biopsy-experience.html • Guide for Nephropathology 1-yr Fellowship Course. • Authored 70+ publications in National & International Journals. • Co-authored chapters in Book titled ‘Diagnostic Pathology: Genitourinary’. Publishers: Amirsys, 2010. • Authored a chapter on ‘Diagnosis of Rejection in ABO-incompatible allograft’. Publishers: Elsevier, 2017. • Authored a chapter on ‘Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis’ (In PRESS). • Reviewer Board member in Pathology & Nephrology Journals. • Oral/Poster Presentations & Faculty Speaker at National / International Nephropathology Conferences. • Executive Member of Indian Society of Renal & Transplant Pathology Society (ISRTP). • Member of National societies like KC-IAPM, IAPM, IAP-ID, ISRTP, ISN-SC & ISN. • Member of International societies like Renal Pathology Society (RPS) & International Society of Nephrology (ISN). • ISN-Programs CME-sponsored Speaker.