Biography
Dr. Rajesh Paul is a Urologist, Renal Transplant Surgeon and Robotic Surgeon with over a decade of surgical and clinical experience. He treats the full range of urological conditions, including kidney stones, prostate problems, urological cancers and urethral strictures. He also performs kidney transplantation.
He completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam. He earned his DrNB in Urology at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, where he went on to serve as Junior Consultant in Urology for nearly three years. He then completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship in Renal Transplantation at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, one of India’s leading centres for kidney transplantation.
Dr. Rajesh is trained in open, laparoscopic and robotic (da Vinci Xi) surgery. He has hands-on experience in both live-related and deceased-donor kidney transplants. He has co-authored 11 peer-reviewed research papers and is a member of the Urological Society of India and the Association of Surgeons of India.
Experience
Experience
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Urology and Renal Transplant: Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow (July 2025 to September 2026)
- Junior Consultant, Department of Urology: Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai (September 2022 to August 2025)
- Academic Registrar, Department of Urology: Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai (September 2019 to September 2022)
- Senior Resident: Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, Shastri Park, New Delhi, Government of Delhi (March 2018 to September 2019)
- Registrar, General Surgery: Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam (June 2016 to September 2017)
- Postgraduate Trainee, General Surgery: Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam (June 2013 to June 2016)
- Junior Resident, Emergency Medicine: North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong (December 2012 to June 2013)
- Medical Officer: National Rural Health Mission, Assam (June 2010 to March 2012)
Education
- Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in Renal Transplant: SGPGIMS, Lucknow (2026)
- DrNB (Urology): Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, National Board of Examinations (2022)
- MS (General Surgery): Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (2016)
- MBBS: Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam University (2010)
Area Of Expertise
- Robotic Urology (da Vinci Xi): Robotic nephrectomy (kidney removal), adrenalectomy, radical nephroureterectomy, lymph node dissection and pyeloplasty
- Laparoscopic Urology: Keyhole surgery for kidney, adrenal and ureter conditions
- Kidney Stone Surgery: RIRS (laser stone removal through the urinary tract), PCNL and mini-PCNL, ECIRS, ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy, and bladder stone removal
- Renal Transplantation: Live-related and deceased-donor kidney transplants, and open and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
- Prostate Care: TURP (monopolar and bipolar) for enlarged prostate, and ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy
- Uro-Oncology: Surgery for kidney, bladder, adrenal, upper tract, penile and testicular cancers, including TURBT and en-bloc laser resection of bladder tumours, and intravesical BCG and mitomycin therapy
- Reconstructive Urology: Urethroplasty, including buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for urethral strictures, and pyeloplasty for blockages where the kidney drains into the ureter
- Vascular Access for Dialysis: Arteriovenous (AV) fistula creation and management of its complications
- Diagnostic and Office Procedures: Flexible cystoscopy, urodynamic studies, DJ stent placement and removal, and PCN placement
- General Urology: Hydrocele, circumcision, orchidectomy and other common urological procedures
Achievements and Awards
Publications (11 peer-reviewed papers, co-author)
- “A Prospective Study on the Efficacy of Cognitive Targeted Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Biopsy in Diagnosing Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer”, Research and Reports in Urology
- “Safety and Efficacy of Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy as Daycare Procedure: A Prospective Observational Study”, African Journal of Urology
- “Bladder Neck Resection Combined with Ten-Point Intralesional Mitomycin C Injection in Management of Refractory Bladder Neck Contracture in Post-TURP Status: A Single-Center, 2-Year Experience”, Research and Reports in Urology
- “In Situ Management of Large Upper Ureteric Calculus by Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Era of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery”
- “Robotic Management of Pelvic Lipomatosis: Experience with Difficulties Encountered and the Techniques to Successful Outcomes”, European Urology Open Science
- “Day-Case Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery: Feasibility and Safety”, Turkish Journal of Urology
- “The Impact of En-Bloc Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour on Clinical, Pathological and Oncological Outcomes: A Cohort Study”, Cureus
- “A Novel Technique of Renorrhaphy in Difficult Partial Nephrectomies by Single-Layered Parenchymal Imbrication”, Cureus
- “Supine Versus Prone Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL): A Single Surgeon’s Experience”, Cureus
- “Lined Gauze Plug-In Prevention of Stone Migration in Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy”, Videourology
- “Clinical Study on Factors Influencing Wound Dehiscence in Emergency Exploratory Laparotomy”, Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
Professional Memberships
- Urological Society of India (USI)
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Association of Surgeons of Assam
Teaching
- Trains academic registrars, operation theatre and ward nurses, and OT and OPD technicians
- Regular journal clubs, case presentations and presentations at regional and national conferences
