Dr. Rajesh Kumar Ahlawat – urologist & kidney transplant surgeon

Dr. Ahlawat to his credit has the unique feat of establishing four successful Urology and Renal Transplant programs in India, at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Fortis Hospitals, New Delhi, and Medanta, the Medicity in New Delhi. His publications and presentations at national and international forums have focused on minimally invasive Urology.

An accomplished Endourologist, Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon, Dr Ahlawat has been a Guest Faculty at most Endourology and laparoscopic workshops in India. He has the distinctive largest single unit experience in the world of conducting more than 1200 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies. At Medanta, he has led successful minimally invasive nephron sparing renal surgery, prostate cancer surgery and bladder cancer surgery programs.

A teacher and academician at heart, Dr. Ahlawat initiated Urology training M.Ch. and D.N.B. programs at all previous institutions of his association. He was awarded the Chakraborty Fellowship by Indian American Urological Association for year 1992 and PN Berry Fellowship in 1995. He was honored with the title of Honorary Lecturer conferred to him by the University College London Hospitals (UCLH), U.K. in 1995 during his stint at Institute of Urology and Nephrology.

“Dr. Ahlawat is currently a member of Board of Directors of Endourology Society. He has been Assistant Editor of Indian Journal of Urology in past, and is currently a part of its Editorial Committee. He is also in the review teams of many national and International Urology journals”