Dr Jigar Shrimali is MD DM Nephro (Gold Medallist) working as consultant nephrologist and transplant physician at Renus Kidney Hospital, Ahmedabad and Nadiad. He is specially trained for kidney diseases, dialysis and kidney transplantation at I.K.D.R.C. Ahmedabad with first rank and for that he has received Gold Medal.
He has experience of more than 1200 kidney transplantations at I.K.D.R.C. Ahmedabad. He has done more than 200 at Renus Hospital in Ahmedabad in last six years. He is also running cadavoric transplant program and kidney paired donation program at Shalby Hospital Ahmedabad. Here he has done first cadavoric dual kidney transplantation that was first time in any private hospitals of Gujarat.
He is also expert in various procedures related to kidney problems like percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion, Permcath insertion, Percutaneous kidney biopsy (native/graft). He is expert in doing very complicated transplants.
He is conducting dialysis training program periodically. Till date more than 40 workshops are done. He has also participated in various conferences outside India.
As a transplant physician he is actively involved in various public awareness program including awareness program for kidney diseases and cadavoric transplant program.
His inclination towards academia steered him into writing an ultimate and most sought after book: “Textbook of Dialysis Therapy”.
The book was widely appreciated by eminent Nephrologists, Dialysis Technicians and has also been included as a part of the curriculum at several reputed institutes of India. It is also available on online platforms and is available worldwide.
Dr. Shrimali's experience in the Nephrology field made him realise the importance of the knowledge regarding Dialysis Therapy. He founded GLOM INDIA, which is a platform that works on making nephrology more accessible to Nephrologists, Dialysis Technicians, Physicians & the general population.
Soon he founded Renus Kidney Hospital in Ahmedabad – A state-of-the-art Dialysis Centre and a comprehensive kidney transplant care centre. Renus Kidney Hospital has its centres all over Gujarat where it offers extensive dialysis therapy.
Renus Hospital has also branched out to Nadiad city, offering all round kidney care and dialysis therapy.
Dr. Jigar Shrimali has been elected as an Executive Council Member of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) - Year 2021.
QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING:
Dr.Jigar Shrimali did his M.B.B.S. from BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from September 2001 to March 2007.
He then went on to do M.D. (General Medicine) from N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from May 2007 to April 2010.
He did his DM (Nephrology) - Gold Medallist – from IKDRC – ITS, BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) from June 2011 to July 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE:
One year Compulsory Rotatory Internship from March 2006 to March 2007 (Including 3 Months Rural/Health Training).
Three year Postgraduate Training In Medicine Department from May 2007 to April 2010 at N.H.L. Municipal Medical college, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Worked as senior resident in Nephrology post graduation, Kidney Hospital, IKDRC-ITS, BJMC, Ahmedabad.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE :
As a postgraduate, Dr. Jigar Shrimali is trained in critical care units, ventilator management. He is also trained in minor procedures like endotracheal intubation, pericardiocentesis, pleurocentesis, lumbar puncture, bone marrow biopsy and liver biopsy.
Dr. Shrimali is skillful in doing emergency USG(FAST), Renal USG and Renal Doppler.
WORK DURING D.M. RESIDENCY:
Actively participated in about 1,200 renal transplant performed during 2 years
Done 150 renal transplant graft biopsy
More than 700 native kidney biopsy
Handled 14 bedded nephrology ICU for 3 Years
Done more than 30 Percutaneous CAPD catheter insertion
Done 70 Permcath insertion
More than 2,000 Double Lumen Catheter insertions
Femoral dialysis catheter insertion- more than 1,200
PUBLICATIONS :
Ceftriaxone induced immune hemolytic anemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation
Jigar D. Shrimali, Himanshu V. Patel, Manoj R. Gumber, Vivek B. Kute, Pankaj R. Shah, Aruna V. Vanikar, Hargovind L. Trivedi
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov-Dec; 17(6): 394–395. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.123465 PMCID: PMC3902580
Loss of dialysis catheter guide-wire: How to prevent?
Vivek B. Kute, Mohan P. Patel, Jigar D. Shrimali, Manoj R. Gumber, Pankaj R. Shah, Himanshu V. Patel, Aruna V. Vanikar, Hargovind L. Trivedi
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr-Jun; 16(2): 114–116. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.99141PMCID: PMC3439776
Chronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child
D. N. Gera, P. P. Ghuge, S. Gandhi, A. V. Vanikar, J. D. Shrimali, V. B. Kute, H. L. Trivedi
Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Nov-Dec; 23(6): 456–459. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.120346 PMCID: PMC3841517
Nephrotic syndrome after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
V. B. Kute, P. R. Shah, J. D. Shrimali, M. R. Gumber, H. V. Patel, A. V. Vanikar, H. L. Trivedi
Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Jan-Feb; 23(1): 75–76. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.107218 PMCID: PMC3621248
Lead nephropathy due to Sindoor in India.
Kute VB, shrimali JD, Balwani MR, Godhani UR, Vanikar AV, Shah PR, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Trivedi HL.
Ren Fail. 2013 Jul;35(6):885-7. doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2013.801301. Epub 2013 Jun 5.PMID:23738589
Postrenal transplant Plasmodium vivax malaria: neglected and not benign.
Kute VB, Vanikar AV, Shah PR, Shrimali JD, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Modi PR, Trivedi HL.
Parasitol Res. 2013 Apr;112(4):1791-3. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3225-y. Epub 2012 Dec 13. PMID:23239093
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) after renal transplantation.
Kute VB, Patel MP, Patil SB, Shah PR, Vanikar AV, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Shrimali JD, Trivedi HL.
Int UrolNephrol. 2013 Oct;45(5):1517-21. doi: 10.1007/s11255-012-0182-4. Epub 2012 May 1.PMID:22547135
PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS :
1. PRESENTATION : At Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro
2. TRANSPLANTATION UPDATE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 2013
Poster : Post transplant tacrolimus induced cholestesis
3. ISN WEST ZONE, RAJKOT 2013
Oral - Long term outcome of deceased donor renal transplantation in pediatric recipients: a single-center experience
CONFERENCES ATTENDED :
APEX Board Review Course 2011, MUMBAI, INDIA
Conference On Nephrology and Newer and Emerging Concepts in Nephrology (CONNECT 2012) in HYDERABAD, INDIA
Transplantation Update 2012, AHMEDABAD, INDIA
ISNCON, AHMEDABAD, INDIA 2012
ISN-MPUH NEPHRO-PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP, NADIAD, INDIA 2013
INDIAN SOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (AHMEDABAD CHAPTER)
CRITICAL CARE NEPHROLOGY- APRIL 2013
29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ISN, WEST ZONE CHAPTER- SEPTEMBER 2013
TRANSPALNTATION UPDATE 2013
44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (ISNCON)- DEC 2013
MPUH NEPHRO-PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP- JAN 2014
SCHOLARS’ CONNECT – NEPHROLOGY PPG COURSE 2014
Attended 3 workshops at IIM Ahmedabad.
Licensure : Gujarat Medical Council, Ahmedabad- G-39204
Certification :
Doctor of Medicine MD-Internal Medicine, 2010
Doctorate of Medicine DM- Nephrology, 2014
