Amit Gupta
India
Pioneer Award: South Asia
The ISN Pioneer Awards, restricted to individuals from non-high-income countries, honor the ‘unsung heroes’ of nephrology: doctors who have made extraordinary efforts to advance nephrology in a specific country or region.
Professor Amit Gupta is chairman and head of the Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation, Apollomedics Super Specialty Hospital, in Lucknow, India. He worked as a faculty member in the Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in Lucknow from August 1987 until his retirement in 2020 as professor and head of department.
Professor Gupta received his nephrology training at the All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi, and advanced training at Guys Hospital in London, UK, and Toronto Hospital in Ontario, Canada.
At SGPGIMS, Professor Gupta started the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis program in 1993, which became one of the largest peritoneal dialysis programs in India and South Asia. He was president of the Indian Society of Nephrology from 2009-2010 and the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India from 2004-2005.
Professor Gupta has delivered lectures at national and international conferences and has published 190 articles in indexed journals and 30 book chapters.
Professor Gupta comments, “I am absolutely thrilled, overwhelmed, and humbled to receive this award and would like to express my gratitude to the ISN for selecting me.”
Professor Gupta will receive the 2025 Pioneer Award for South Asia at a regional meeting in 2025.