Famous Vascular Surgeon in Banjara Hills

Bio

Dr. Rahul Agarwal is a famous Vascular Surgeon in Banjara Hills with an experience of 13 years in the field. He completed his MBBS from Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, and pursued general surgery from CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. He then did his fellowship in minimal access surgery from World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, while working at Kamareddy Government Hospital. After which, Dr. Rahul completed his super-specialty surgical training in Vascular Surgery from CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, and subsequently joined the institution as faculty. During this time, he contributed significantly to various post-graduate training programs & workshops. 

Currently, Dr. Rahul Agarwal is working as a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, and HITEC City, Hyderabad. He has a keen research interest, especially in Vascular access and Carotid surgery, and has worked on numerous papers. He has presented several posters and papers at various State and National level conferences.

Research and Presentations

• Paper presentation “Prevalence of Post-thrombotic syndrome in survivors of cancer associated thrombosis,” VAICON 2021 
• Paper presentation “Hybrid and percutaneous salvage of a thrombosed native arteriovenous fistula – 1-year outcomes” VSICON 2020 
• Paper presentation on “Outcomes of endovascular revascularization in tibial disease“ VSICON-2019, Hyderabad. 
• Paper presentation on “Endovascular management of mycotic aortic aneurysm” at VSICON – 2018, Jammu. 
• Poster presentation “Surgical carotid revascularization in hostile neck,” VSICON 2021,  
• Poster presentation on “True Popliteal vein aneurysm” at VAICON 2019, Hyderabad. 
• Poster presentation on “True Traumatic brachial artery aneurysm” at ESVS 2018, Spain.  
• Poster presentation “Do patient related factors influence AVF patency?” AVATAR 2018, Delhi 
• Poster presentation “Surgical management of failing and failed native AVF,” AVATAR 2019, Delhi 
• Poster presentation - : ‘Massive bowel resection and its management’ – awarded as best poster presentation at APASICON 2015 at Rajahmundry

Publications

• “Failing Vascular Dialysis Access: Trouble Shooting and Management” Chapter 8, Yearbook of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery – 3, 2021. Rahul Agarwal, Viswanath Atreyapurapu, Jessicka Shah, Pritee Sharma.  
• “Hybrid and Percutaneous Salvage of a Thrombosed Native Arteriovenous Fistula: 1‑Year Outcomes”  (Agarwal R, Atreyapurapu V, Sharma P, Yerramsetty V, Burli P, Atturu G, et al. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021;8(5):50) 
• COVID-19 AND CLOTHING: A wave of acute limb ischemia. Agarwal R, Atretapurapu V, Sharma P, Yerramsetty VK, Saripalli C, Reddy K S, Atturu G, Gupta PC. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2022; 9:302-306.

Education

• MBBS + Internship - Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences (CAIMS), Karimnagar (2005 - 2011)
• DNB (General Surgery) - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills (2013 - 2016) 
• DNB (Vascular Surgery) -  CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills (2018 - 2021)

Languages Known

English, Hindi, Telugu

Fellow/Membership

• Association of surgeons of India membership No: 23994 
• Vascular Society of India membership no: 539 
• Venous Association of India membership no:360 
• Indian Podiatric Association membership no: IPA-622 

Past Positions

• General surgeon – Civil Assistant Surgeon Specialist, Govt. District Hospital, Kamareddy – 6 months 
• Senior resident – General surgery department at Govt. District Hospital, Kamareddy – 1 year 
• Surgical resident in general surgery department at CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills – 3 years