K S Nayak
Deccan Institute of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, India
Biography
He is a pioneer in the field of Peritoneal Dialysis Internationally and Cadaver Kidney Transplantation (http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/11/a-great-ideafor-lowering-cost/) and well known in the areas of Chronic Kidney Disease Management, Critical Care Nephrology including CRRT, Liver Dialysis (MARS & FPSA; Prometheus: Largest series in the Country).He was responsible for the Country’s first Simultaneous Heart and Kidney Transplantation (SHK). A Member of various Task Forces & Committees that has developed Best Practice Guidelines CKD and Anemia management. He is the Chief Co-ordinator of the Asia Pacific Chapter for ISPD and Past Councillor of ISPD. He successfully held the prestigious 2nd Asian Chapter Meeting Of the ISPD, Hyderabad in January 2005 and Co-Director of the 3rd Haemodialysis UniversityTMof ISHD at Hyderabad, March 2014(http://hdu2014.com/).He is an internationally Acknowledged expert in Telemedicine in Dialysis (http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/04/how-telemedicinesaves-lives-a/), reverse ‘Medical’ Innovation & Medical Tourism. He has contributed extensively in International Journals such as KI,AJKD,JASN,NDT,Transplantation Proceedings,PDI, Nephrology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Contributions to Nephrology etc, and also, Harvard Business Review, Invited Editorials and Book Chapters and has delivered invited lectures worldwide, including regularly at the ‘Ronco’meetings in Vicenza, Italy, International society of Peritoneal Dialysis(ISPD),World Congress of Nephrology, Annual Dialysis Conference, USA, International Society of Haemodialysis(ISHD),the prestigious Salzburg Global Seminar(http://www.salzburgglobal.org/current/sessionsc.cfm?nav=faculty_tab&IDSPECIAL_EVENT=3898) etc. The Harvard Business Review Magazine cited his dialysis work at Deccan Hospital as having world class