Dr. Pankaj Deshpande

Pediatric Nephrologist, Mumbai

MRCP (UK), MD (Paed), FCPS (Child health), DCH

5 Hospitals
1 Private Practice

About

Dr. Pankaj Deshpande is well experienced consultant Pediatric Nephrologist in Mumbai. He has vast experience in Pediatric Nephrology, including Pediatric Dialysis and Transplantation. He also mentored students in several trainings and programs. Dr.Pankaj is an expertise in treating kidney stones in children, Nephritis, Bed wetting in children, Tubular Disorders, Renal Transplantation in children and more.

Specialities

Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatrics

Procedures

Dialysis
Ultrasound

Conditions

High Blood Pressure
Hypertension
- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Arterial Hypertension
- High blood pressure
Kidney Disease
Kidney Failure
Nephritis

Expertise

Management of conditions like nephrotic syndrome with relapses, nephritis, blood in the urine
Dialysis for acute kidney failure (Peritoneal, haemodialysis)
Dialysis for chronic (end stage kidney disease) (Haemodialysis)
Prgressing to Kidney transplant soon
Detection and management of conditions like Renal tubular acidosis, bartters syndrome etc
Management of kidney function in conditions like posterior urethral valves, cysts in the kidneys
Counselling and management for kidney abnormalities seen on antenatal ultrasound (ultrasound done in pregnancy)
Diagnosis, detection of cause and treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure) in children

Education

MRCP (Paediatrics) UK, Oct 1997
FCPS (Child Health) India, Sept 1995
MD (Paediatrics) India, July 1995
DCH India, Oct 1994
MBBS India, Feb 1991
MD Pediatrics and with 2 years in Pediatric Nephrology from Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai in 1995, went to United Kingdom in 1996
Post MRCP in 1997

Practice Information

P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai

Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400016

WED

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Bethany Hospital (Formerly called Lok Hospital), Thane

Opp Maa Niketan, Pokhran Road No. 2, Thane (W), Thane, Maharashtra - 400610

MON

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Dr. Yewale Multispeciality Hospital for Children, Mumbai

Vashi, Sector 9, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400703

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai

Plot #13, Parsik Hill Road, Off Uran Road, Sector - 23, CBD Belapur, Opp. Nerul Wonders Park, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400614

MGM New Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

Vashi, Sector - 3, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400703

Private Practice Information

Deshpande Child Care Clinic

RH1, Plot F83, Soni CHS, Sector 12, Kharghar, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400016

(022) 65299662

Achievements & Contributions

Research & Articles

Indian Pediatric Nephrology Group: Asian Pediatric Nephrology Meet December 1-3, 2006: Antenatal abnormalities on ultrasound: what to do and what not to do
IAP Conference, Jan 2007: Moderator for the session; Interpretation of renal labs
Annual Conference of British Renal Society, May 2003
33rd annual meeting of ESPN, Prague Sept 1999

Awards

First prize for poster presentation on Capnography at the 33rd annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics Jan 1996

Paper Presentations

Presentations:DMSA scanning after UTI: Evaluation of the national guidelines at the 33rd annual meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Nephrology, Prague Sept 1999
Microscopic polyarteritis with renal and cerebral involvement at the West Midlands Kidney Club, Nov 1999
Down's syndrome with hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and renal failure at the West Midlands Kidney Club, May 1999
Down's syndrome with hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and renal failure at the West Midlands Paediatric Society, June 1999
Value of DMSA scanning after UTI: Evaluation of the national guidelines at the BAPN chapter of the British Paediatric Association meeting, York April 2000
Acute interstitial nephritis secondary to Salmonellosis at the Wessex Paediatric Club, Bath May 2001
The importance of plasma creatinine at the Wessex Paediatric Club, Southampton, Nov 2001
Pneumococcal HUS at the Wessex Paediatric Club, Southampton, 2002 Breathlessness in nephrotic syndrome (Pulmonary thromboembolism) at the Wessex Paediatric Club, Southampton, 2002
Congenital nephrotic syndrome in congenital disorder of glycosalation at the Wessex Paediatric Club, Southampton, 2003
Publications :Primary Fanconi syndrome. Indian Pediatrics 34(6):547-9, 1997 June.Microscopic polyarteritis with renal and cerebral involvement. Paediatric Nephrology (2000) 15:134-135
An audit of RCP guidelines on DMSA scanning after urinary tract infection in Archives of Disease in Childhood April 2001, Vol 84, No 4, 324-327.
Hypertension: a cause of growth impairment in Journal of Human Hypertension 2002, 16: 363-366
Improved efficacy of basiliximab over antilymphocyte globulin induction therapy in paediatric renal transplantation in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2002, 17: 1304-1309
Acute renal tubular dysfunction in association with salmonella enteritidis in Indian Pediatrics 2004, volume 41: 395-396
Ondansetron for paediatric uraemic pruritus: a case report in Pediatric Nephrology 2004, 19: 694-696
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis in monozygotic twin boys in Pediatric Nephrology 2004, August
Pulmonary thrombosis in steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome in Pediatric Nephrology (accepted and published)
Laparoscopic kidney biopsy in obese children in Pediatric Nephrology (accepted and published)
Congenital nephrotic syndrome associated with congenital disorder of glycosalation sent to Pediatric Nephrology
DMSA scanning after UTI: Evaluation of the national guidelines (Abstract) in Pediatric Nephrology 13: C18, 1999
Value of DMSA scanning after UTI: Evaluation of the national guidelines (Abstract) in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 82, Supplement 1 Page A23
The role of Capnography in monitoring mechanically ventilated children (Abstract) in Abstract of papers of XXXIII National Conference of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics

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