Dr. Ishthiaque Ahamed

Dr. Ishthiaque Ahamed is a skilled Consultant in Nephrology at Medcare Hospital, Sharjah

He completed his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, affiliated to Mangalore University and his MD in Internal Medicine from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) University, also in Mangalore, India. Additionally, he holds a DM in Nephrology from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore, affiliated with Dr. MGR University, India. He was privileged to participate in an Observer-ship at the Multi-organ Transplant Unit of Toronto General Hospital, Canada, and the Asian Medical Centre in Seoul, South Korea

This has enriched and broadened his expertise in complex transplant cases

Dr. Ahamed started his career as a Resident at Kasturba Medical College Hospital in Mangalore, followed by a stint at the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, as a Lecturer and as an Assistant Professor at Kasturba Medical College Hospital. Later, he joined the Christian Medical College & Hospital, spending almost a decade there, first as a Registrar and then as a Nephrologist. He worked briefly as a Consultant Nephrologist at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore, India, before relocating to the UAE. Here, he served as a Specialist in Nephrology at the Universal Hospital and as a Specialist Nephrologist & Transplant Physician at Burjeel Medical Centre, both in Abu Dhabi

Dr. Ahamed has more than two decades of experience in General Nephrology, Dialysis, and Kidney Transplantation. He has been a pioneer in the evaluation of complex cases and is adept in the management of deceased donor transplantation, ABO-incompatible transplantation in sensitised patients, combined kidney-liver transplantation, dominant polycystic kidney disease, and therapeutic apheresis. He is an expert in both Haemodialysis (HD) and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), kidney transplantation care, Plasmapheresis Therapy and renal post-transplant follow-up. He proficiently manages acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, kidney stone disease, electrolyte imbalance and urinary tract infection (UTI)

He speaks English, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil and Tulu