INTRODUCTION:

With more than 39 years of expertise, Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat is a well-known figure in the fields of minimally invasive urology and renal transplants. At the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, Fortis Hospitals in New Delhi, and Medanta The Medicity in Gurugram, he is credited with founding high-volume urology and renal transplant programs. He is a skilled endourologist, robotic, and laparoscopic surgeon who invented the first Robotic Kidney Transplant (RKT) with regional hypothermia in history. He is an academician and teacher at heart, started the M.Ch. and D.N.B. urology training programs at all of the previous universities where he was affiliated. In 1992, the Indian American Urological Association awarded him the Chakraborty Fellowship, and in 1995, the PN Berry Fellowship. During his tenure at the Institute of Urology and Nephrology in 1995, he was bestowed with the esteemed status of Honorary Lecturer by the University College London Hospitals (UCLH), United Kingdom. He is recognized for creating four prosperous urology and suprarenal transplant programs in India and for being the driving force behind the first robotic renal transplant in history.

Experience

• Has pioneered the world’s first Robotic Renal Transplant.
• Credited with establishing 4 successful Urology and Suprarrenal Transplant programs in India.
• Recipient of 2016 President’s Gold Medal by USI.

Specialization and Expertise

• Robotic Kidney Transplant
• Endourology
• Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology
• Nephrectomy
• Acute Kidney Injury
• Chronic Kidney Disease & Failure
• Urological Cancer
• Urological Reconstructive Surgery

Milestones Achieved

• Agra Urological Club Best Video (First Prize), 2003
• Best Poster Award, 2004
• Agra Urological Club Best Video (second prize), 2005
• Chandigarh Best Video (First Prize), 2006
• President’s Gold Medal by Urological Society of India, 2016
• Chakraborty Fellowship by Indian American Urological Association, 1992
• Kalyan Pharmacy Gold Medal, 1972
• Certificate of Honour (Obst. & Gyn.), 1976
• Kashi Ram Dhawan Gold Medal, 1980
• N. Berry Scholarship, 1994