Vivek Balkrishna Kute MBBS, MD, FCPS, DM, FASN

Vivek Kute is Associate Professor of Nephrology and Transplantation at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center and Dr. HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, a center doing the largest number of kidney transplants with 4700 kidney transplants on file. He was awarded the Gujarat University gold medal for nephrology and a Fellowship of the American Society of Nephrology for his academic excellence.

He has received various awards for his major contributions in the field of transplantation, including international transplantation science Young Investigator award 2012, international transplantation science Mentee-Mentor award 2016 by the transplantation Society (TTS), Young Investigator award, Bansal oration, and Janssen-Cilag award by Indian society of nephrology, and Udupa Memorial lecture 2015 by ISOT. He is a mentor for the Young Nephrologist mentoring program for the international society of nephrology.

He has published over 100 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and made oral presentations in various national and international conferences (ISOT, TTS, ATC, CTS, WCN, ISN, and ISHD). Under the mentorship of Prof HL Trivedi, his research involves expanding the donor pool with kidney paired donation transplantation.