Dr. Harsha Kumar H N

Dr. Harsha Kumar HN MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Nephrology), Consultant – Nephrology, Fortis Hospital, Nagarbhavi. Education: Dr. Harsha Kumar completed his MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum. He then went on to do MD in Internal Medicine from Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary. He has also successfully completed DM in Nephrology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Work Experience: Dr. Harsha has medical experience of 13 years. He started his work in 2008 at VIMS. Since then, he has worked at various Government institutions improving his knowledge & skills with every passing year. During his tenure at these institutions he has been a professor and has trained undergraduate & postgraduate students. He has worked at various private hospitals as Consultant in Nephrology & Transplant physician during which he was actively involved in establishing dialysis units. He has Started SLED, Plasmaphressis , Haemoperfusion and CRRT program for the first time in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu. Professional skills: • Non tunnelled internal jugular and tunnelled HD permcath insertion. • CAPD soft catheter insertion more than 40 done independently. • Has performed more than 1000 real time ultrasound guided native and graft kidney biopsies. • Has created more than 50 radio cephalic arteriovenous fistula independently. • Treating and managing all type of Glomerulonephritis, AKI and CKD patients. • Trained in conducting and managing renal transplant patient. • Attended workshop and certified in Good Clinical Practise. • Attended workshop and Certified by International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism held in New Delhi in October 2016. • Has independently conducted and managed more than 30 renal transplant and assisted in more than 300 transplant. • Has received travel grant to attend APSN Conference held in Beijing, China in March 2018. • Has published 3 original research article in International Journal and has got 42 citation. Area of Expertise: • Management of Glomerulonephritis • Renal Transplant • Critical Care Nephrology • Prevention of CKD • Interventional Nephrology

Memberships • Indian Society of Nephrology • Nephrology Association of Karnataka • International Society of Nephrology • Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India. Honors and Awards: • Dr. Harsh Kumar has more than 5 original article publications in international journals and around 60 citations. He presented a paper on “Clinical Profile, Risk Factor, Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome of post renal Transplant, Tuberculosis from a single centre” in ISNCON conference held in Bangalore in December, 2015. • He has received APSN Travel Grant to attend conference in Beijing in March 2018. • He has been certified for Good Clinical Practice. • He has received Certicate from International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism in October 2016. Publications 1. Tacrolimus combined with corticosteroids versus Modified Ponticelli regimen in treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: Randomized control trial. Raja Ramachandran1 , Harsha HN1 , Vinod Kumar1 , Ritambhra Nada2 , Ashok Kumar Yadav1 , Ajay Goyal1 , Vivek Kumar1 , Manish Rathi1 , Vivekanand Jha1 , Krishan Lal Gupta1 , Vinay Sakhuja1 and Harbir Singh Kohli1. Nephrology (Carlton) 2015 Jul 23. Epub 2015 Jul 23. 2. PLA2R antibodies, glomerular PLA2R deposits and variations in PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 genes in primary membranous nephropathy in South Asians. Raja Ramachandran, Vinod Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Ritambhra Nada, Harsha Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Manish Rathi, Harbir Singh Kohli, Krishan Lal Gupta, Vinay Sakhuja, Vivekanand Jha. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. First published online December 15, 2015 doi:10.1093/ndt/gfv399