Dr Smartya Pulai

Dr. Smartya Pulai is a Consultant in Nephrology & Kidney Transplant at Manipal Hospitals, Salt Lake, Kolkata, and also serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Nephrology, KPC Medical College. With over ten years in practice he has managed more than 40,000 patients and supervised over 200 successful transplant procedures in recent years. He holds international credentials (ESENeph, RCP UK) and remains active in research, education and conference presentations, bringing both clinical expertise and mentoring experience to his practice. 

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
  
  
• MD (Medicine) – Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
  
  
• DM (Nephrology) – IPGM&R, Kolkata
  
  
• ESENeph (Royal College of Physicians, UK)
  
  

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Nephrology & Kidney Transplant, Manipal Hospitals, Salt Lake, Kolkata
  
  
• Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, KPC Medical College, Kolkata
  
  

Awards & Achievements:

• Winner, Zonal Round of the 5th Nephrology TYSA 2019-20 (Mumbai)
  
  
• Faculty Member, ISOT National Conference 2023
  
  
• Faculty Member, ISNEZON 2024
  
  
• State Representative, ISN East Zone
  
  
• Organising Secretary at HOPECON for 2 years
  
  

Professional Memberships:

• Member, International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
  
  
• Member, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
  
  

Certifications:

• ESENeph (RCP, UK)

Publications:

• Basu M, Pulai S, et al. “Prevalence of non-diabetic kidney disease and the inability of clinical predictors to differentiate it from diabetic kidney disease: results from a prospectively performed renal biopsy study.” BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2020.
  
  
• Sinha R, Ray Chaudhury A, Sarkar S, Pulai S, et al. “High incidence of COL4A gene variants among a cohort of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome from Eastern India.” Kidney International Reports. 2022.
  
  
• Ray Chaudhury A, Pulai S, et al. “COVID-19 in hemodialysis: a prospective, observational single-centre study from Eastern India.” Indian Journal of Nephrology. 2022;32(1):90.

• Dasgupta S, Ray Choudhary A, Bhattacharya K, Pulai S, et al. “Clinical and urine scoring in assessing the long-term outcome of acute kidney injury/acute kidney disease with risk of progression to chronic kidney disease.” Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2022.

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