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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 D... Continue Reading

Specialization and Expertise

Kidney Transplant Kidney Transplant Kidney Transplant
 Endourology - Paediatric & Adult  Endourology - Paediatric & Adult Endourology - Paediatric & Adult
 Uro-oncology  Uro-oncology Uro-oncology
 Reconstructive Urology – Paediatric, Adult & Female  Reconstructive Urology – Paediatric, Adult & Female 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 patient- Ved Prakash Gurugram

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 Med.....

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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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Patient Success Story: Prem Prakash Defeats Bladder Cancer| Dr. Ved Bhaskar & Dr. Rakesh Kapoor
Patient Success Story: Prem Prakash Defeats Bladder Cancer| Dr. Ved Bhaskar & Dr. Rakesh Kapoor
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Patient Success Story: Bladder Cancer | Dr. Rakesh Kapoor and Dr. Ved Bhaskar | Medanta
Patient Success Story: Bladder Cancer | Dr. Rakesh Kapoor and Dr. Ved Bhaskar | Medanta
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