Dr. Garima Aggarwal is a nephrologist with extensive expertise in the area of hypertension, kidney diseases, renal transplants (including high risk transplants, blood group incompatible transplants), dialysis (hemo and peritoneal) and critical care nephrology.
Dr. Garima believes in providing her patients personalized comprehensive kidney disease management, while practicing empathy for her patients. She is a gold medalist in DM Nephrology, a frequent speaker at Indian and international medical conferences, contributor to kidney health advocacy groups, and co-author, editor of "Understanding Kidney Diseases - A Simplified Approach".
Dr. Garima currently practices at Manipal Hospital Varthur Road, Bangalore, and Manipal Hospital Whitefield, Bangalore. She also does online consultations.
About Dr. Garima
Work Experience and Training
2019 - Present
2016 - 2019
2017
2013 - 2016
Manipal Hospital Varthur Road, Bangalore
Lead Consultant (HOD) - Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
Manipal Hospital Whitefield, Bangalore
Consultant - Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali (Delhi NCR)
Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Transplant Physician
Pushpanjali Medical Center (New Delhi)
Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Transplant Physician
Christian Medical College (Vellore)
Clinical Externship
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Kochi)
Senior Resident (Doctor of Medicine), Department of Nephrology and Transplantation
Education
2013 - 2016
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Kochi)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
DM Nephrology (Top Rank)
Thesis: Acute Kidney injury in children following cardiac surgery and its effect on outcome - Prospective study with 120 patients
2010 - 2013
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Kochi)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
DM Nephrology (Top Rank)
Thesis: Acute Kidney injury in children following cardiac surgery and its effect on outcome - Prospective study with 120 patients
2004 - 2010
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, (Chennai)
(a Harvard Medical International associated Institution)
Sri Ramachandra University
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certified
Scientific Society Memberships
• International Society of Nephrology
• Indian Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Nephrology
• Delhi Nephrology Society
• Indian Medical Association
• Association of Physicians of India
Notable Presentations, Awards and Publications (Non-exhaustive)
2021
National Academic Excellence Award, Indian Medical Association
Speaker, Kidney Warriors National Conference 2021
2020
Member, International Society of Nephrology ISN Education initiative
Appointed Member Indian Medical Association’s standing committee for Organ donation (National).
Invited as a speaker at Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India (APICON).
2019
Member International Society of Nephrology – World Congress of Nephrology (ISN-WCN) 2019- Social Media Team – off site, held in Melbourne, Australia.
Publication – “Primary Extranodal Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Masquerading as Acute Pyogenic Myositis: A Case Report” – Manisha Dassi, Garima Aggarwal, Lakshmi Kant Jha, Neeru Praveer Aggarwal, 23 July 2019.
2018
Editor - Coffee table book for the 7th Interventional Nephrology Conference, AVATAR.
Appointed Convener of Indian Medical Association Kidney Disease Prevention Project.
Publication – European Medical Journal – “Twitter-based Case conferences : an Online Learning Tool for Nephrologists” – Arvind Conjeevaram, Mahesha Vankalakunti, Garima Aggarwal, Manisha Dassi, Tejas Desai, 12 July 2018
2017
Publication - Kidney International - “The birth of @ISNeducation” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.07.014
Appreciation Award for exemplary contribution in Social Media outreach during AVATAR, adjudged 2nd best globally by the International Society of Nephrology and 1st from India
ISNCON Social media faculty – Annual conference of the Indian society of Nephrology
Awarded 1st prize for poster presentation, AVATAR
Successfully performed a rare Transhepatic Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter insertion into Inferior Vena Cava as a lifesaving procedure for a patient with failed Vascular access. No other instance of this approach has been reported from India (case sent for publication)
Awarded 1st prize for most interesting case presentation at North Zone Indian Society of Nephrology Annual Conference
2016
Presented research on Acute Kidney injury in children following cardiac surgery and its effect on outcome - Prospective study with 120 patients at American Society of Nephrology Annual Conference in November, 2016 (Kidney Week 2016) at Chicago, United States
2015
Oral paper presentation - Three years of experience with tunneled dialysis catheters – Nephrology Association of Kerala Conference, Kerala – Awarded 2nd prize for best oral presentation