Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
Location
Bangalore, India
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Dr. Bobby Chacko
Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
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Speciality
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Transplant Surgery |
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Languages
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English
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Education
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- MBBS, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore.
- MS.
- DNB (Int Med), Tamilnadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai, India.
- DM, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- DNB (Nephro), National Board of Examinations, P.G.I. Chandigarh. |
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Professional Experience
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- Senior Consultant, Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals Bangalore.
- Dr. Chacko started his illustrious career as a Resident Intern at St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.
- He gained experience, when he worked as a Medical Officer at Curie Center of Oncology.
- He joined as a Registrar in Internal Medicine at Madurai Medical College, where he obtained his basic Physician training. His role as a tutor took shape when he started teaching as a Junior Lecturer in Nephrology at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore. Subsequently, he went on to become a Renal Registrar at Christian Medical College in Vellore, India.
- He had gained experience as a pre-trainee but obtained advanced training when he was appointed as a Consultant Nephrologist in the same College.
- Dr. Chacko went to Australia, when he was offered the post of Senior Renal Registrar at The Queen Elizabeth hospital (TQEH) in South Australia. He continued his services at TQEH as a Renal Consultant Nephrologist.
- He worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Nephrology at St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India. |
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Certifications
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- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. |
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Memberships
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- International society of Nephrology (ISN).
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
- Transplantation Society (TTS).
- Indian Society of Nephrology.
- Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology. |
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Awards
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- Rekha Memorial Tanker.
- Young Investigator award for his research on Primary IgA nephropathy.
- Gold medal by the National Board of Examinations for having secured the highest marks in DNB in Nephrology.
- He won the B Braun Medical Trust Foundation scholarship for excellence in Nephrology.
- Gold medal for the best paper, South Zone Nephrology Conference held in Mangalore.
- Dr. M.M. Niamathulla Memorial Prize which also carried a Gold medal for the scientific papers on ‘Anemia in renal failure’ and ‘Recent concepts in the Etiopathogenesis of ARF’.
- Best outgoing student for the batch.
- Awarded the certificate of honor for distinction, certificate of merit and the Paul Abrao Memorial prize. |
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