About Dr. Ravichandran

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran, one of India’s most renowned nephrologists. In the course of a career that has spanned over 40 years, Dr. Ravichandran has treated more than 20,000 national and international patients with various kidney ailments that involve general nephrology, dialysis, and kidney transplants. Dr. Ravichandran has won a number of awards during the course of his long career in medicine. He has chaired several hospital and university committees, and written and published extensively about kidney disease and its effects. He is a Professor of Practice at the world renowned IIT Madras. He is responsible for pioneering kidney transplant across blood groups using the Japanese protocol and has the first publication from India on it. He is the founder chairman of the cystinosis foundation of India, the tenth foundation in the world of its kind. He has saved several lives by repurposing indomethacin for covid which was published in Nature. He has been campaigning for low salt intake all over India through Sapiens health foundation since 2010 for which award was given by the World Hypertension League.This is an ongoing program in several cities in india involving leading physicians.