Rajesh Ahlawat

Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat is currently the Chairman, Division of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Fortis Escorts Kidney and Urology Institute at New Delhi, India. Dr. Ahlawat has initiated and established four successful Urology and Renal Transplant programs in India, at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,Lucknow, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Fortis Hospitals, New Delhi, and Medanta, the Medicity, Gurgaon. He has spearheaded the busiest Minimally Invasive Urology services in India at all his workplaces. An accomplished minimally invasive surgeon, he has been invited as guest faculty for live demonstration of variety of endourologic, laparoscopic and robotic surgeries at live surgery workshops held in India and around the world. He was the lead surgeon for the groundbreaking VUI Robotic Kidney Transplant With Regional Hypothermia technique, developed by Vattikuti Urology Institute-Medanta team. He is working as Director, VUI International at Vattikuti Urology Institute to help promote Robotic technique around the world. He has been a faculty to demonstrate live robotic renal transplantation technique around the world, in Europe (Bilbao, Barcelona, Rome, Gent and Istanbul), US (Detroit), and Asia (Chandigarh and Delhi). A teacher and academician at heart, Dr. Ahlawat initiated Urology training M.Ch. and D.N.B. programs at all previous institutions of his association. He has been awarded the Chakraborty Fellowship by Indian American Urological Association (1992), and PN Berry Fellowship by Indian High Commission, UK (1995). Dr. Ahlawat is 2016 recipient of President’s Gold Medal by USI. He was honored with the title of Honorary Lecturer conferred to him by the University College London Hospitals (UCLH), U.K. in 1995. Dr. Ahlawat has also served at Board of Directors of Endourology Society.