Dr. Sandeep Guleria

Overview & Expertise

Dr. Sandeep Guleria is an internationally distinguished kidney transplant surgeon with over three and a half decades of clinical mastery. Serving as Senior Consultant in Gastrointestinal Surgery and Organ Transplantation at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, he has performed thousands of successful renal transplants.

Dr. Guleria's clinical focus encompasses live-donor and cadaveric renal transplantation, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, pediatric kidney transplants, ABO-incompatible transplants, and complex gastrointestinal surgical procedures.

Education & Academic Leadership

Dr. Guleria earned his MBBS and MS in General Surgery from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He holds DNB and DNBE certifications, alongside Fellowships from all three Royal Colleges of Surgeons - FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), and FRCS (England) - as well as FRCP (Edinburgh).

He spent over 23 years at AIIMS New Delhi in key academic positions, culminating in his role as Professor of Surgery. He also completed advanced transplant fellowships at St. James's University Hospital in Leeds, UK.

Pioneering Contributions & Honors

Dr. Guleria played a landmark role in establishing organ transplantation protocols across South Asia. He introduced the "Donor Card" initiative in New Delhi, set up the Pediatric Transplant Unit and Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Program at AIIMS, and helped establish Nepal's renal transplant program at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu.

He co-led the team that performed India's first two dual kidney-pancreas transplants. In recognition of his service to medicine, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India, alongside the Himachal Gaurav and IMA Exemplary Contribution awards.