Dr. Ritesh Kauntia
– MBBS, MD, DNB Nephrology
– Senior consultant & Kidney transplant specialist
Dr. Ritesh Kauntia is a nephrologist who has garnered a reputation for the impressive level of care he provides to his patients. His skill can be evidenced by his praiseworthy academic background. He completed his MBBS and MD at the prestigious Manipal University. After that, he served as a Senior Resident doctor in AIIMS, New Delhi. His time at AIIMS gave him key insights regarding the effective management of connective tissue disorders and systemic vasculitis. Later, he honed his kidney transplant skills at Sir Gangaram Hospital, where he received his nephrology training. Currently, his interest includes all these topics. Plus, he can perform other relevant life-saving kidney-centric procedures with ease. A dedicated academic, researcher, and nephrologist, working tirelessly towards positive patient experiences is his prime goal.
Degrees and Achievements
As the best kidney specialist in Kolkata, Dr. Kauntia boasts an impressive educational background. Some of his educational highlights are:
- MBBS in General Medicine, Manipal University
- MD in General Medicine, Manipal University
- DNB in Nephrology
- Completed Senior Residency Programme in AIIMS, New Delhi
- Experience of 20+ years. Senior Consultant | Nephrology & Kidney Transplantation
A highly skilled kidney specialist, Dr. Kauntia only does what is best suited for his patients. He has over 3000+ successful cases.
Clinical Experience
- Presently working as Consultant, Dept. of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria, Kolkata, India since Jan 2019.
- Worked at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, India as Specialist, in Department of Nephrology from June 2017 till Jan 2019.
- Worked as Attending Consultant in Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket at New Delhi from June 2016 till May 2017. Here I have been managing patients with glomerular diseases, renal calculus disease, renal tubular defects, acute kidney injury including acute dialysis support (SLED, CRRT), chronic kidney disease (maintenance hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) and renal transplantation and its complications.
- Worked for three years as DNB trainee in Dept. of Nephrology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi from February 2013 till February 2016. Here I have been trained in diagnosis and management of various renal disorders. I have also been trained in various procedures like vascular catheter insertion, arterio-venous fistula creation and kidney biopsy.
- Worked as Senior Resident in Department of Cardiology in Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital since February 2012 till February2013.
- Worked as a Registrar in AMRI Hospital, Kolkata in Intensive care unit from August 2011 till mid February 2012. Here I have been exposed to managing critically ill patients.
- Worked as a Senior Resident from July 2010 till July 2011 in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology services, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Here I have been exposed to diagnosis and management of inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue disorders and vasculitis.
- Worked as a Junior Resident for three years in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. This experience included undergraduate teaching as well as the post graduate course which culminated in the MD exam in April 2010.
- Worked for one year as an Intern in Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore which completed in March 2007.
Doctor's Presentations
- Panel Discussion on topic ‘Small Vessel Vasculitis- Pre & Post Transplant Challenges’ in NEPH-IMMUNE 2019, held at Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi, on 3rd February, 2019.
- Faculty in AMRICON, MEDICINE UPDATE 2019, held at Science City, Kolkata on 23rd-24th February 2019.
- Guest Lecture titled ‘lnterventions in Renal Replacement Therapy’ in AMRICON3D Cardiology Update 2019, held in June 2019, at Hotel ITC Sonar, Kolkata.
- Faculty in AMRICON2020 held in Kolkata on 7-8th March 2020.
- Faculty at Nephrology Semiweek by AVATAR foundation at Hotel Pullman, New Delhi from 5th to 7th Aug 2022.
- Guest Lecture titled ‘Cardio-renal syndrome’ at HOPECON 2023 by Kolkata Nurture Foundation at Hotel ITC, Kolkata from 30th June to 2nd July 2023.
- Faculty at APCM ISPD 2023 at Hotel Pullman, New Delhi from 22nd to 24th Sept 2023.
- Faculty at ISOT 2023 at Hotel ITC, Kolkata from 5th Oct to 8th Oct 2023.
- Faculty at ISNCON 2023 at Hotel ITC, Kolkata from 14th Dec to 17th Dec 2023.
- Faculty at Critical Care Update at Science City, Kolkata on 7th Jan 2024.
- Faculty at HOPECON 2024 at ITC, Kolkata from 28th-30th June 2024.
- Guest lecture titledEndemic Viral Infections causing Glomerulonephritis at ISN East Zone at Taj TaalKutir, Kolkata on 1st-4th August 2024.
- Faculty at Critical Care Update at Science City, Kolkata on 23rd Feb’25.
Publications and Original Research
- Kauntia R, Valsalan R, Seshadri S, Pandit VR, Prabhu MM : Late postpartum postpartum pre- eclampsia with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: casereport; Indian Journal Of Medical Science: November 2009; 63(11):508-11.
- Dissertation topic: Indian Council of Medical Research sponsored study on ‘Comparative study of Apolipoprotein A1 and B and their ratio with fasting lipid profile in patients with and without coronary artery disease’.
- Dissertation topic: ‘To evaluate the profile and the impact of antibiotic coated urinary catheter on the incidence of early urinary tract infection post renal transplantation’.
- R Kauntia, V Bhargava, P Gupta, G Bajpai: Dengue fever-induced thromboticmicroangiopathy: An unusual cause of renal failure. Indian J Nephrol 2017; 27:321-3.
- R Kauntia, V Bhargava, P Gupta, DS Rana: Pulmonary calcifications: Is it an entity in present day dialysis? Indian J Nephrol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 29(2):128-131.
- Poster titled ‘Late post-partum pre- eclampsia with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome’ in 64th Annual conference of Association of Physician of India held in January 2009, at New Delhi.
- Poster titled ‘Retrospective analysis of vitamin D and parathormone levels in patients with chronic kidney disease in a tertiary care hospital in North Indian population’ in 44th Annual conference of Indian Society of Nephrology held in December 2013, at New Delhi.
- Poster titled ‘AV fistula creation by nephrologists: A North Indian experience’ in 9th International congress of International Society for Hemodialysis held in September 2015 at Kualalumpur, Malaysia.
- Oral presentation titled ‘Successful autologous bone marrow transplantation and kidney transplantation in a patient with multiple myeloma’ in North Zone Indian Society of Nephrology Conference held in February 2017, at SGPGI, Lucknow.
- Poster titled ‘Nephrotic Syndrome Early Post Kidney Transplantation: Rare manifestation of Acute Rejection’ presented at The Transplantation Society 2024, at Istanbul, Turkey on 22nd -25th September 2024.
- Poster titled ‘Retrospective comparative analysis of short term outcome of induction agent: Thymoglobulin vs Grafalon’presented at The Transplantation Society 2024, at Istanbul, Turkey on 22nd -25th September 2024.
Memberships
• Indian Society of Nephrology (LM 1209) •
• Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
(LM 1035) •
• American Society of Nephrology
(ASNID-282333) •
• European Renal Association •
• Indian Medical Association •
Current Attachments
MANIPAL (📍 Dhakuria, 📍 Mukundapur )
The Kidney Clinic (📍 Deshapriya Park)
RB DIAGNOSTIC (📍 Lake Town 📍 Kakurganchi )
Location
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