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Dr Abi Abraham M. is recognized nationally as well as internationally as an expert in the field of nephrology and kidney transplantation.
After a brilliant academic career both as an undergraduate and postgraduate student from the prestigious Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, he stayed on at CMC as a faculty there for 7 years. As a core faculty member, he was actively involved in patient care, training of postgraduates and research. He left CMC as Associate Professor and joined Lakeshore hospital in 2002 . He is presently working as the director of nephrology and renal transplant services at Lakeshore Hospital. He has performed more than 1500 renal transplants at Lakeshore hospital including sensitized, across the blood group (ABO incompatible transplants), re-transplants, elderly transplant and pediatric transplants. Under his leadership, Lakeshore hospital has emerged as a leader in renal transplantation particularly for recipients with complex problems (sensitized, across the blood group, elderly as well as paediatric) attracting patients from the entire state as well as neighbouring states, Maldives, Middle East and few African countries.. His other areas of expertise include critical care nephrology, reducing the progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Lupus Nephritis and Vasculitis and fluid and electrolyte disorders. Under his leadership, the unit performs the maximum number of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in the state. He has been awarded fellowships of Royal College of Physicians Glasgow (FRCP), American Society of Nephrology (FASN) and Indian Society of Nephrology (FISN).

  • March 1986: MBBS from Christian Medical College & Hospital Vellore (University of Madras).
  • March 1992: MD (General Medicine) from Christian Medical College & Hospital Vellore (Dr.MGR Medical University).
  • March 1995: DM (Nephrology) from Christian Medical College & Hospital Vellore (Dr.MGR Medical University).
  • June 1995: DNB (Nephrology) from National Board of Examinations.
  • Secretary, Nephrology Association of Kerala (NAK).
  • Executive committee member, Nephrology Association of Kerala (NAK).
  • 1983- Dr JC David Memorial Gold Medal in Pharmacology.
  • 1983- Microbiology Prize for highest aggregate marks.
  • 1984- Anil George Memorial Award for 1st rank in II MBBS.
  • 1985- Dr P Kutumbaiah Prize for the best clinical student in Internal Medicine
  • Lecturer, Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. (1995-1998)
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. (1998- 2000)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. (2000-2002)
  • Consultant Nephrologist,Lakeshore Hospital & Research Centre,Kochi (2002-2005)
  • Senior Consultant & Chief Nephrologist, Lakeshore Hospital & Research Centre, Kochi (2006 Onwards)
  • International Society of Nephrology.
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • European Renal Association- European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA).
  • Indian Society of Nephrology.
  • Indian Society of Peritoneal dialysis.
  • Indian Society of Organ Transplantation.
  • Indian Society of Critical care Medicine.
  • MA Abraham, A Korula, KN Arun, K Jayakrishnan, GT John, PP Thomas, Ck Jacob. Treatment of diffuse proliferate lupus nephritis. An Indian experience Natal Med J India 1997; 6:273-275.
  • M Abi Abraham, KN Arun, George T John, Paulose P Thomas, Chukka Korula Jacob. Percutaneous biopsy of the solitary kidney. Natl Med J India 1998; 5:247-248.
  • D. Mathai, Abi Abraham M, KR John, Mary Jesudasan. MK Lalitha, Molly Thomas, OC Abraham M TJ John. Randomized controlled study of Chloramphenicol Vs ofloxacin in the treatment of enteric fever. A pharmacoeconomic analysis. J Assoc Physicians India 1998; 46:991997.
  • MA Abraham, A Korula, K Jayakrishnan, GT John, PP Thomas, CK Jacob. Risk factors for developing end-stage renal failure in patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis. J Assoc Physicians India 1999; 47:862-865.
  • Abraham MA. Severe hyponatremia. Indian J Nephrol 1999; 4:140-6.
  • Abraham MA. Severe hyponatremia. Renal emergencies; pp 7-15.
  • A Ravindra Prabhu, GT John, V Shankar V, PP Thomas, Abi Abraham M, L Jayaseelan, CK Jacob. Effect of donor age on the renal allograft survival. Natl Med J India 2001; 14:18-21.
  • George Tharayil John, Viswanathan Shankar, Abi Abraham Mookanottle, Uma Mukundan, Paulose Punnakkuzhathil Thomas, Chacko Korula Jacob. Risk factors for post-transplant tuberculosis. Kidney international 2001; 601148-1153.
  • Abi Abraham M, Chakko Korula Jacob. Severe hyponatremia: Current concepts (Review article). Natl Med J India. 2001; 14:277-83.
  • John G T, Abraham AM, Mathews MS, Thomas PP, Jacob CK. Nocardiosis in tropical renal transplant recipients Clin Transplant 2002: 16:285-289.
  • Abraham MA, Thomas PP, John GT, Job V, Shankar V, Jacob CK. Efficacy and safety of Low dose Ketoconazole (50 mg) to reduce the cost of cyclosporine in renal allograft recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 2003; 35: 215-216.
  • George Tharayil John, Viswanathan Shankar, Girish Talaulikar, Abi Abraham Mookanottle, Paulose Punnakkuzhathil Thomas, Chacko Korula Jacob. Epidemiology of systemic mycosis among renal transplant recipients in India. Transplantation 2003; 75- 1544-1551.
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathies Postrenal Transplantation
    Kartik Ganesh*, Abi Abraham M, Jithin S. Kumar, Renu S. Paul1
    , Sunita Simon, Nirmal Harshan
  • A Multicenter Cohort Study From India of
    75 Kidney Transplants in Recipients Recovered
    After COVID-19
  • Invasive Fungal Diseases in Renal Transplantation – Case Series
    Kartik Ganesh, M. Abi Abraham, Jithin S. Kumar, Sunita Simon
    Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, VPS Lakeshore Hospital and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Is it Safe to Be Transplanted From Living Donors
    Who Recovered From COVID-19? Experience of
    31 Kidney Transplants in a Multicenter Cohort
    Study From India

Research Grant Availed

  • Randomized controlled study of chloramphenicol Vs ofloxacin in the treatment of enteric fever (Rs. Two Lakhs from Hoechst AG-1991).
  • Efficacy & Safety of low dose Ketoconazole (50mg) in reducing the cost of cyclosporine in renal allograft recipients (Rs. Seventy-five thousand (Rs 75000/-) from CMC Research fund).
  • 1983- Dr JC David Memorial Gold Medal in Pharmacology
  • 1983- Microbiology Prize for highest aggregate marks
  • 1984- Anil George Memorial Award for 1st rank in II MBBS
  • 1985- Dr P Kutumbaiah Prize for the best clinical student in Internal Medicine
  • Stood first in the country in the national board examination (DNB) in nephrology

 

About

Dr Abi Abraham M
MD,DM,DNB, FASN,FISN,FRCP(UK)
DIRECTOR NEPHROLOGY & CHIEF OF RENAL TRANSPLANT SERVICES

Dr Abi Abraham M recognized nationally as well as internationally as an expert in the field of nephrology and kidney transplantation. He has more than 23 years of experience both as a clinician and academician. He has a wide range of experience in renal transplantation, critical care nephrology, vasculitis, lupus and electrolyte disorders. He has been awarded three prestigious fellowships, has widely cited publications in peer-reviewed journals, memberships in many renal societies and held administrative positions in organizations..

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