Profile Summary

Dr. Arun Kumar is an Internal Medicine and Nephrologist with over a 12 years of experience in treating patients out of which he has an experience of 5 years in treating kidney disorders

He has completed his graduation from Dr NTR Health University in 2010. He secured State second rank in the post graduate entrance examination held by Sri Venkateswara University. And also has completed his MD internal medicine from prestigious Sri Venkateswara Institute Medical Sciences, Tirupati. His interest in kidney diseases propelled him to pursue his DNB in Nephrology.

Dr. Arun has vast experience in treating diabetic and thyroid disorders. He has attended many national conferences across India and always keeps him updated with knowledge. He himself presented “Practical Approach to Breathlessness” at national API conference held at Mumbai in 2017 and that has been published in that year journal as well. He has done research in evaluating and treating fever of unknown origin.

He was actively involved in the management of kidney disease patients including kidney transplant recipients and dialysis patients.His keen interest is in Acute kidney injury and preventive nephrology. He is well versed in intubations, central venous catheter placement, peritoneal dialysis initiation and renal biopsies. He has done more than 150 kidney biopsies over the last 5years. He believes that early detection of kidney diseases and prevention of progression of the disease is the need of the hour and strives to make a difference to his patient's general well being

Awards and Achievements

• Felicitated with Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Health and Medical Excellence Award in February 2022 for his services in nephrology.
• A member of Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN).

Experience

• Worked as Registrar in Nephrologyin Star hospitals, Hyderabad from 2017 to 2020.
• Worked as Consultant Nephrologist in Century Hospital, Banjara hills from 2020 to 2022.
• Worked as Senior Consultant and Transplant physician at Medicover hospitals, Begumpet in 2022.
• Currently working as Senior consultant and Head of the department Nephrology, Omega Hospitals, Hyderabad from January 2023 to till date.