Dr. Rakesh Khera (Urologist)

About Dr. Rakesh Khera

• Dr. Rakesh Khera is a urologist and andrologist with 26+ years of experience.
• He has performed over 1000 robotic and laparoscopic surgeries for prostate, bladder and kidney cancer.
• He has the distinctive largest single unit experience in the world of conducting more than 1500 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomies.
• He has won many awards, including:
  • Achievers Award (Delhi Urology Society), 2018
  • Best Video Prize (Hyderabad and Meerut) ISOT and NZUSICON, 2018
  • Best video prize( Bhubaneshwar and Vijayawada) ISOT and USICON, 2013
  • Best poster prize – ISOT, Mumbai, 2006
  • Best Podium Paper - NZUSICON, Udaipur, 2004
  • Second in Nagpur University Examination, 1987
• He has worked in The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New York, USA - one of the top urological cancer centers in the world.
• He started “Belly-button,” virtually scarless surgery (LESS) & Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) at Medanta.
• His area of interest includes laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeries for urological cancers, Kidney Transplant, Prostate Surgery and Kidney Stone Surgery
• He is a member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Association of Physicians of India (API), Urology Society Of India, North Zone Urological Society of India, Delhi Urology Society, National Cancer Registrars Association, USA and Indian Society of Organ Transplant.

Special Interest

Urinary Cancers, Prostate Surgery, Kidney Stone Surgery

Work Profile

Consultant, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Senior Resident, The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New York, USA

Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences, Maharashtra

Education

• MCh, 2000, Grant Medical College, Mumbai

• DNB, 2000, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi

• MS, 1994, MG Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha

• MBBS, 1991, MG Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha

Paper Published

• Indian J Urol: Predictive factors for lymph node positivity in patients undergoing expended pelvic lymphadenectomy during robot assisted radical prostatectomy, 2015
• Indian J Urol: Trans-sinus fat laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for parahilar tumors, 2011
• J Endourol: Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty using the Post Anastomotic Dismemberment method: Technique and results., 2009
• Indian J Urol: Vaginal mucosal vaccine for recurrent urinary tract infections, 2007
• Apollo Medicine Journal: Laparoscopic Surgery of Kidney, 2005
• Indian Journal of Urology: Antegrade JJ-stenting after percutaneous renal procedures: The reverse zebra technique, 2001
• Tech Urol: Endoscopy assisted Freyers Prostatectomy: A safer technique, 2000