Dr. Saurabh Pokhariyal
Experience: Over 30 years
Max Super Speciality Hospital
Dwarka, New Delhi, India
Introduction
Dr. Saurabh Pokhariyal is the Principal Director and Unit Head of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Medicine at Max Dwarka. Patients end up here when creatinine won’t stop climbing, kidneys crash suddenly in the ICU. Or a transplant is needed, but blood groups don’t match, or dialysis has to start, and someone needs to decide which kind and when.
About Dr. Saurabh Pokhariyal
Dr. Saurabh Pokhariyal has experience of thirty years of keeping kidneys working or managing the consequences when they don’t. Got his DM in Nephrology from SGPGI Lucknow, which consistently produces some of the finest nephrologists in the country. His Canadian training is where the complex transplant work really sharpened — especially ABO-incompatible transplants and handling highly sensitized patients.
His expertise lies in handling the hard cases, which are when it doesn’t match, and you still have to make it work because there’s no other donor available. Desensitizing the immune system enough to accept a mismatched kidney without it getting destroyed is a delicate process, and not everyone has the experience to pull it through safely. Before Max, he directed nephrology at Manipal Hospital Dwarka, ran things at Fortis Memorial Research Institute Gurugram, and was Associate Director at Medanta.
Qualifications
- MBBS — GSVM Medical College, Kanpur.
- MD (Internal Medicine) — GSVM Medical College, Kanpur.
- DM (Nephrology) — SGPGI, Lucknow.
- DNB (Nephrology) — National Board of Examinations.
- Fellowship in Nephrology & Transplantation — University of Toronto, Canada.
Awards & Recognition
- Principal Director, Nephrology at Max Dwarka.
- Previously Director at Manipal Dwarka and Fortis FMRI.
- Associate Director at Medanta.
- University of Toronto fellowship-trained.
- Research published on transplant and cardiorenal syndromes.
- Member of the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISOT) and the Transplantation Society.
Specialities & Expertise
- Principal Director, Nephrology at Max Dwarka
- Previously Director at Manipal Dwarka and Fortis FMRI
- Associate Director at Medanta
- University of Toronto fellowship-trained
- Research published on transplant and cardiorenal syndromes
- Member of the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISOT) and the Transplantation Society
Patient Experience & Approach
Families told there’s no matching donor say the Dr. Saurabh Pokhariyal ABO-incompatible transplant option changed everything. ICU families dealing with sudden kidney shutdown appreciate the straight talk about whether recovery is likely. Those already on dialysis say the transition felt less overwhelming because the process was explained clearly, instead of just being hooked up and told this is your life now.