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Dr. Rakesh Kapoor
Director -Urology and Kidney Transplant Urology and Andrology , Kidney and Urology Institute
Lucknow
About
Instrumental in setting up of the Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation in North India
Recipient of Hewitt Gold Medal, PMS Gold Medal, Vigyan Gaurav, Vigyan Ratna and Dr. BC Roy National Award for Eminent Teacher
Dr. Rakesh Kapoor is the Medical Director – Medanta Lucknow and Director – Division of Urology & Kidney Transplant, Medanta Lucknow. He has a distinguished academic career, is a winner of Hewitt Gold Medal & the PMS Association Gold Medal (1979) for obtaining highest marks in MBBS and Babu Kanshi Ram Dhawan Gold Medal (1984) for being in order of merit in M.S. (General Surgery) from the erstwhile King George Medical College, Lucknow. Post completing his M.Ch. in Urology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, he joined the prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute in the year 1988 as a faculty at the Department of Urology.
Dr Kapoor ranks among the pioneers in the field of healthcare and administration and has been a member of World Health Organization Sub-committee (1998). He has also been granted various international fellowships like “JICA Fellowship in Urology” (Japan), “Chakraborty Travelling Fellowship” by Indo-American Urologic Association and “Endo-Urology Society Fellowship” in 1999 (USA). He has been conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India (FAMS-2005) and Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (FNASc – 2007).
As Head of the Department of Urology, since 2006, he was instrumental in setting up the Renal Transplant Programme as well as cadaveric transplant programme in North India. He introduced various laser technologies for urological surgeries, including KTP laser for prostate surgery, holmium laser for prostate and stone diseases. He was also instrumental in setting up of Paediatric Urology, Female Reconstructive Urology and Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries at SGPGIMS, which is first of its kind in North India. Under his leadership, SGPGI witnessed more than 2700 kidney transplantation, 1200 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies.
Dr Kapoor has been honoured with the prestigious Vigyan Gaurav Samman (2009), Vigyan Ratna Samman (2010), Yash Bharti Samman (2016) and Dr BC Roy National Award for Eminent Teacher (2017). He took the voluntary retirement from the post of the Director, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute and HOD Urology & Renal Transplantation where, he contributed significantly towards achieving the mission of extending the advanced, high-tech and multi-disciplinary health care services for which the institution is prominently known.
Medical Qualifications
| QUALIFICATIONS | INSTITUTE / DEPARTMENT | YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| FNASc | National Academy of Sciences | 2007 |
| FAMS | National Academy of Sciences | 2005 |
| MAMS | National Academy of Sciences | 2000 |
| M.Ch. (Urology) | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh | 1987 |
| MS (General Surgery) | King George Medical College, Lucknow University | 1984 |
| MBBS | King George Medical College, Lucknow University | 1979 |
Specialization and Expertise
- Kidney Transplant
- Endourology - Paediatric & Adult
- Uro-oncology
- Reconstructive Urology – Paediatric, Adult & Female
Memberships & Certifications
- Urological Society of India (USI)
- Indian Medical Association
- Indian Menopause Society
- Indian Society of Gyneco-urology
- American Urological Association (AUA)
- World Endourological Society
- Societie Internationale D’Urologie (SIU)
- Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
Awards & Accomplishments
- Gujral-Bhargava Memorial Oration Award by Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, KGMU, UP, Luckow, 2018
- Dr B.C. Roy National Award by Medical Council of India in the category of “Eminent Medical Teacher”., 2017
- Yash Bharti Purushkar by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh for distinguished services in the field of Urology & Renal Transplantation, 2016
- Vigyan Gaurav Samman by the Council of Science & Technology Uttar Pradesh for distinguished services in the field of Urology & Renal Transplantation, 2010
- Vigyan Ratna Samman by the Council of Science & Technology Uttar Pradesh for distinguished services in the field of Urology & Renal Transplantation, 2009
- Endourology Society Essay Award (World Endourological Society), 2000
- American Urology Association Audio –Visual award (USA), 2000
- Nargis Dutt Foundation Educational Grant Award (USA), 2000
- Babu Kashi Ram Dhawan Gold Medal for First in order of Merit M.S. (General. Surgery) examination, 1984
- Mactaggart Prize, for being the best qualified in Clinical Medicine, 1979
- Book prize for Standing First in the final professional examination, 1979
- N.N. Gupta Silver Medal for obtaining the highest marks in Medicine with distinction, 1979
- Silver Jubilee Reunion (1949-1975 M.B.B.S. batch) prize for obtaining highest aggregate marks in First, Second and Final professional examination 1975-1979
- Professor K.B. Kunwar Memorial Gold Medal for securing the highest aggregate marks in Pathology, Pharmacology and Medicine and passing all the Professional examinations in first attempt of 1979.
- M.S. Association Gold Medal for obtaining highest aggregate marks in First, Second and Final professional examination 1975-1979
- Hewett Gold Medal for obtaining the highest marks in the Final Professional examination of 1979
- Prize for standing first in the second professional examination for the year
- Silver Medal by the Pharmacological Society for the best student of the year 1978
- Silver Medal in Anatomy, Dissection Competition for the year 1976
- Prize in Seminar Article by Physiology Society of K.G.M.C. Lucknow, 1976
- C. Michael Gold Medal for obtaining the highest marks in Anatomy for the year. Prize for standing second in the first professional examination., 1976
- Anatomical Society Gold Medal for standing first in debate, 1975
Publications
- Urology : Failure of angiographic management in cases of post-renal intervention bleed: Risk factors and management approach, 2019
Click here for Publications Link - Indian J Urol : A retrospective analysis of complications of laparoscopic left donor nephrectomy using the Kocak’s modification of Clavien-indo system, 2018
Click here for Publications Link - Indian J Clin Biochem : Genetic Variation in CD166 Gene and its Association with Bladder Cancer Risk in North Indian Population, 2017
Click here for Publications Link - J Urol. : Ureterocalicostom for reconstruction of complicated ureteropelvic junction obstruction in adult: Long term outcome & factors predicting its failure in contemporary cohort., 2017
Click here for Publications Link - Indian J Clin Biochem : Cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) gene variants: A putative cancer stem cell marker in risk prediction of bladder cancer in North Indian population, 2017
Click here for Publications Link - Indian J Med Res. : Predictors for progression of metastatic prostate cancer to castration – resistant prostate cancer in Indians, 2016
Click here for Publications Link - J Clin Diagn Res : Simultaneous transabdominal hysterectomy and cystolithotomy in an augmented urinary bladder: Challenges and outcome., 2016
Click here for Publications Link - J Pediatr Urol : Safe and optimal pneumoperitoneal pressure for transperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery in infant less than 10 kg, looked beyond intraoperative period: a prospective randomized study., 2016
Click here for Publications Link - Indian J Urol : An audit of early complications of radical cystectomy using Clavien-Dindo classification., 2016
Click here for Publications Link - J Urol : Impact of changing trends in technique and learning curve on outcome of hypospadias repair: An experience from tertiary care centre., 2016
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Media
Patient Success Story: Prem Prakash Defeats Bladder Cancer| Dr. Ved Bhaskar & Dr. Rakesh Kapoor |Medanta Lucknow