Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat

Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat is Group Chairman of Urology and Renal Care at Medanta, Gurugram and one of the senior leaders of the hospital’s Kidney and Urology Institute. Medanta identifies him as a key figure in developing its kidney-transplant and robotic-urology programmes, which combine transplant surgery with minimally invasive and robotic techniques.

His principal clinical work includes kidney transplantation, robotic kidney transplantation, minimally invasive urology and uro-oncology. Medanta’s transplant programme developed robotic kidney transplantation in collaboration with the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, extending robotic techniques to selected transplant recipients after structured clinical development and evaluation.

Medanta states that Dr. Ahlawat has demonstrated and initiated its robotic kidney-transplant programme at multiple Indian and international platforms. The hospital has also described a high-volume programme involving thousands of robotic urological procedures and kidney transplants, with several hundred robotic kidney transplants performed by the specialist team over time.

His work has included refinement of techniques intended to support graft cooling and positioning during robotic transplantation.

For patients considering kidney transplant or complex robotic urological surgery, assessment depends on kidney function, donor compatibility, vascular anatomy, previous abdominal or transplant surgery and the underlying urological diagnosis.

Relevant records include renal-function tests, CT or MRI, donor evaluation, immunological testing and previous operative reports. Final planning may involve nephrology, transplant medicine, anaesthesia, pathology and uro-oncology depending on the case.