Dr. Rajesh Joseph, Head of the Department of Nephrology, is trained at CMC, Vellore. He has nearly two decades of experience in treating patients of all ages with renal diseases. He was a member of CMC, Vellore team which does more than 3500 dialysis per month (including Intermittent Hemodialysis, CRRT acute PD and CAPD) and more than 150 renal transplantations per year.

He received the prestigious Dr. JCM Shastry and B Braun Award in Nephrology. He has multiple national and international publications in reputed journals.

Dr. Rajesh Joseph is the pioneer behind setting up the state-of-the-art dialysis unit in BCMCH with more than 2000 dialysis per month. His areas of expertise are renal transplantation and the management of patients who are on difficult dialysis.