Dr Zaheer Amin Virani's Profile

Dr Zaheer Amin Virani
  • Name: Dr Zaheer Amin Virani
  • Designation in Masina:
    Consultant Nephrologist/ Renal Specialist
  • Qualification:
    MBBS, MD, DNB
  • Fellowships:
    Training in Bombay Hospital
  • Expertise:
    Diagnosing and treating acute renal failure and chronic kidney diseases.
  • Services Provided:
    • All forms of renal replacement therapy.
    • Proficiency in diagnosis and treatment of acute renal failure and chronic kidney disease
    • Dialysis (Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis)
    • Interventional Procedures (Central Venous Hemodialysis Access, Arterial Lines, Permcaths)
    • Interventional nephrology
    • Tunneled cuffed catheter insertion
    • Kidney Transplant biopsies and Fistulograms.
  • Experience:
    • More than 12 Years Experience Overall
  • Professional Highlights:
    • He has worked in general medicine and various subspecialty departments like gastroenterology, cardiology, neurology, chest medicine, infectious diseases, hematology, nephrology.
    • He is experienced in intensive care medicine including, the management of critically ill patients and various life-saving procedures like intubations and mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, central line insertions, arterial line insertions,
    • Also diagnostic procedures like lumbar puncture, pleural tapping, ascitic tapping and bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. He is also trained in all forms of renal replacement therapy.
    • Dr Virani has done more than 400 kidney transplants including ABO incompatible, HIV, Hepatitis B and C and pediatric patients.
    • Indian Society of Nephrology – West Zone Chapter – Burjis Khurshedji 2nd Prize(12/10/2014) | Indian Society of Nephrology -1st Best Poster Award. “ABO incompatible living donor kidney transplant in a hiv positive women” – ISNCON 2017 Delhi
    • Indian Society of Nephrology – West Zone Chapter – Dr. Pravina Shah 1st prize best paper award – 29/9/2018 Lonavala
    • He has published more than 25 articles including National and International Publications