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Consultant — Urology & Renal Transplant Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Electronic City, Bangalore — with more than a decade of high-volume surgical practice across leading tertiary centres in six Indian cities.

MS (General Surgery) · MCh (Urology) · FEBU · Fellowship in Robotic Urology & Uro-Oncology (MAHE) · Diploma in Urogynaecology & Pelvic Floor Reconstruction (Schleswig-Holstein)

No referral required
Video consultations available
Second opinions welcome
Dr. Abhigna Panda
Dr. Abhigna PandaManipal Hospital, Electronic City, Bangalore
250+ transplants Including ABO-incompatible, swap and repeat
250+Renal transplant procedures
1,500+Endourological procedures
10+Years of surgical practice
5Languages of consultation
About

Volume, precision and judgement

Dr. Abhigna Panda is a Consultant Urologist and Renal Transplant Surgeon whose career spans over ten years of surgical training and independent practice across high-volume tertiary care centres in Bangalore, Pune, Delhi, Gurugram, Chennai and Mumbai.

The practice covers the complete continuum of urological care — from routine outpatient consultation and stone disease through to complex genitourinary cancer surgery and high-risk kidney transplantation. Six subspecialties are practised, each backed by independent operative volume.

Volume matters, but only because it buys judgement. Knowing which operation not to do is the harder half of the job.
  • {ic('checkc')}Fellow of the European Board of Urology — the qualification that benchmarks Indian practice against European standards.
  • {ic('checkc')}Transplant pathway managed in-house — donor evaluation, recipient workup, surgery and long-term follow-up under one team.
  • {ic('checkc')}Evidence-based and patient-centred — active in clinical research, teaching and multidisciplinary tumour board practice.
By the numbers

A caseload weighted towards the technically demanding

Volumes as recorded in Dr. Panda’s curriculum vitae. High-risk, repeat and incompatible transplants make up a substantial share of the transplant cohort.

250+Renal transplantsIncluding ABO-incompatible, swap, cadaveric, repeat and high-risk cases
6Subspecialties practisedTransplant, robotic uro-oncology, endourology, laparoscopy, reconstruction, female urology
1,500+Endourology casesPCNL, RIRS, ECIRS, URSL, TURP and TURBT
1,000+Procedures in trainingAcross general surgery and specialty rotations
Patient journey

From first consultation to long-term follow-up

Initial consultation

A full history and examination, a review of everything you already have, and an honest account of what the findings do and do not tell us.

Investigation

Only the imaging and tests that will change the plan — ultrasound, CT urography, MRI, urodynamics, cystoscopy or biopsy as indicated.

Planning & tumour board

Cancer and complex transplant cases are discussed at a multidisciplinary tumour board before any recommendation is made.

Surgery

Open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted, selected on what suits your anatomy and disease — not on what is fashionable.

Follow-up

The same surgeon reviews your recovery, and transplant recipients are followed for the long term rather than handed on.

Second opinion

Request an independent review

A second opinion is not a challenge to your current team — it is a standard part of good care, particularly before major cancer surgery or a transplant decision. Bring your reports and imaging, and you will get an honest read of what they show.

  • An independent read of your scans, biopsy and blood results
  • Whether the proposed operation is the right one for your anatomy and stage
  • Whether a less invasive option would achieve the same result
  • Realistic functional outcomes — continence, potency, kidney function
  • What happens if you choose to wait, and what that would cost you
  • A written summary you can take back to your original team

Refer a complex case

  • High-risk, repeat or ABO-incompatible transplant candidates
  • Complex staghorn and multi-tract stone disease
  • Redo urethroplasty and genitourinary fistula after failed repair
  • Locally advanced or recurrent genitourinary malignancy
  • Female urethral stricture and pelvic floor reconstruction
  • Patients declined surgery elsewhere on technical grounds
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a referral to book a consultation?
No. You are welcome to book directly. If you have been referred by a GP, physician or another surgeon, bring the referral letter and any correspondence — it saves repeating investigations you have already had.
What should I bring to my first appointment?
Previous prescriptions, all imaging (CD, film or a link to the report), blood and urine reports, discharge summaries from any previous surgery, and a current medication list. If symptoms vary through the day, a short two-day note of when they are worst is genuinely useful.
What does a kidney transplant assessment involve?
Assessment covers both recipient and donor. The recipient workup establishes fitness for surgery and immunological compatibility; the donor workup confirms that donating is safe. Blood group incompatibility and a positive cross-match are no longer absolute barriers — ABO-incompatible and swap transplants are performed routinely.
Can a transplant still be done if I have had one before?
Often, yes. Second and third transplants are technically more demanding because of previous surgery and immunological sensitisation, but they form a substantial part of this practice. A prior failed graft is a reason to be assessed carefully, not a reason to be turned away.
What is the advantage of robotic surgery over open surgery?
Magnified three-dimensional vision and instruments that articulate beyond the range of a human wrist allow precise dissection through small incisions. In practice that means less blood loss, less post-operative pain and a faster return to normal activity. It is not the right answer in every case, and you will be told plainly when it is not.
How are kidney stones treated?
It depends on the size, position and hardness of the stone. Small stones may pass with medical therapy. Larger or complex stones are cleared by RIRS, PCNL, ECIRS or URSL with laser lithotripsy. A metabolic workup afterwards identifies why the stone formed, so the same problem does not recur in two years.
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Ready to take the next step?

Same-week appointments are usually available and no referral is required. Video consultations are offered for follow-ups, report reviews and second opinions.

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