Dr. Rakesh Kapoor

Dr. Rakesh Kapoor

Director

Urology

Renal Care

FNASc , FAMS , MAMS , M.Ch. (Urology) , MS (General Surgery) , MBBS

About Dr. Rakesh Kapoor

Medical Director & Director - Division of Urology & Kidney Transplant at Medanta Lucknow

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... Continue Reading

Specialization and Expertise

Kidney Transplant

Endourology - Paediatric & Adult

Uro-oncology

Reconstructive Urology – Paediatric, Adult & Female

Milestones Achieved

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

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.

1979

M.S. Association Gold Medal for obtaining highest aggregate marks in First, Second and Final professional examination 1975-1979

1979

Hewett Gold Medal for obtaining the highest marks in the Final Professional examination of 1979

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

1978

Silver Medal in Anatomy, Dissection Competition for the year 1976

1976

Prize in Seminar Article by Physiology Society of K.G.M.C. Lucknow

C. Michael Gold Medal for obtaining the highest marks in Anatomy for the year. Prize for standing second in the first professional examination.

Anatomical Society Gold Medal for standing first in debate

What Patients Say About Dr. Rakesh Kapoor

patient- Ved Prakash

Welcome to Medanta! When the symptoms of bladder cancer started to show up for Mr. Prem Prakash, he, and his family, were reasonably worried as there was no history of cancer in the family, and this led them to seek further medical diagnosis and care from Dr. Rakesh Kapoor and Dr. Ved Bhaskar at Medanta. The expert teams of doctors and medical personnel at Medanta Lucknow examined and monitored the symptoms that Mr. Prem Prakash was exhibiting. Gradually, Mr. Prem Prakash managed to grittily pull through this ailment in an effective manner. Keep watching to know more about his journey.

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