Qualifications:

• M.ch (Urology)
• DNB(Genitourinary Surgery)

Professional Synopsis:

Dr. Bipin C.Pal has worked as a professor of urology and transplantation surgery at the prestigious Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre-Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Ahmedabad. He has extensive experience in the field of endourology (stone and prostate including lasers), laparoscopic urology, Uro-oncology, and pediatric urology.

He has special interest in the field of reconstructive urology with complex reconstructive surgeries to his credit.

He has vast experience in the field of kidney transplant and has performed more than 1000 transplants on his own which includes complex kidney transplants like 2^nd and 3^rd transplant. He is a pioneer in retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy and has performed more than 1000 retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomies.

He is also trained in robotic surgery from OLV-Aalst, Belgium. He is an invited faculty at various national and international conferences and has won various awards in the field.

Areas Of Interest/ Expertise:

• Renal transplantation
• Lap- robotic urology
• Endourology
• Reconstructive urology

Membership:

• Urology society of India
• European urology association
• Indian society of Organ transplantation

Publications:

1. Pal BC, Modi PR, Rizvi SJ, Chauhan R, Kumar S, Nagarajan R, Kaushal D, Kute VB, Trivedi HL. The Learning Curve of Pure Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Int J Organ Transplant Med. 2017;8(4):180-185. Epub 2017 Nov 1. PMID: 29321833; PMCID: PMC5756899.
2. Pal BC, Modi PR, Modi JD, Nagarajan R, Kumar S, Patel K, Saifee Y, Sarmah A, Trivedi HL. Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty in Patients Awaiting Renal Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2016 Jan-Feb;48(1):21-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.012. PMID: 26915837.
3. Pal BC, Modi PR, Qadri SJ, Modi J, Kumar S, Nagarajan R, Safee Y. Progressive Perineal Urethroplasty for Pelvic Fracture Urethral Distraction Defect in Prepubertal Children: The Outcome. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2017 Jan-Mar;22(1):23-28. doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.194616. PMID: 28082772; PMCID: PMC5217134.
4. Pal BC, Modi PR, Rizvi SJ, Chauhan R, Kumar S, Gandhi SP, Kute VB, Trivedi HL. Pure retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy in duplication of inferior vena cava: A series of four cases. Urol Ann. 2017 Oct-Dec;9(4):335-338. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_59_17. PMID: 29118534; PMCID: PMC5656957.
5. Pal BC, Modi P, Modi J, Kumar S, Patel C. Spontaneous closure of urethrovaginal fistula associated with pelvic fracture. Indian J Urol. 2013 Jul;29(3):251-2. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.117262. PMID: 24082449; PMCID: PMC3783708.
6. Pal BC, Shah SA, Gupta S, Trivedi P. Laparoscopic pyelovesicostomy for giant hydronephrosis in a solitary kidney. Urol Int. 2010;84(2):242-4. doi: 10.1159/000277607. Epub 2010 Mar 4. PMID: 20215834.
7. Pal BC, Kumar S, Dorairajan LN, Khattar N. Generalized seizure: A rare etiology of intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder. Indian J Urol. 2007 Oct;23(4):467-8. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.36723. PMID: 19718305; PMCID: PMC2721581.
8. Modi P, Pal B, Modi J, Kumar S, Sood A, Menon M. Robotic assisted kidney transplantation. Indian J Urol. 2014 Jul;30(3):287-92. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.135669. PMID: 25097315; PMCID: PMC4120216.
9. Modi P, Pal B, Modi J, Singla S, Patel C, Patel R, Padhy S, T K, Patel K, Rizvi J, Sharma S, Sharma V, Modi M, Shah VR, Trivedi HL. Retroperitoneoscopic living-donor nephrectomy and laparoscopic kidney transplantation: experience of initial 72 cases. Transplantation. 2013 Jan 15;95(1):100-5. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182795bee. PMID: 23202533.
10. Modi P, Rizvi J, Pal B, Bharadwaj R, Trivedi P, Trivedi A, Patel K, Shah K, Vyas J, Sharma S, Shah K, Chauhan R, Trivedi H. Laparoscopic kidney transplantation: an initial experience. Am J Transplant. 2011 Jun;11(6):1320-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03512.x. Epub 2011 Apr 12. PMID: 21486384.
11. Modi P, Rizvi SJ, Pal B, Baradwaj R, Gupta S, Shah V, Modi M, Shah P, Trivedi H. Living donor paired-kidney exchange transplantation: A single institution experience. Indian J Urol. 2010 Oct;26(4):511-4. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.74446. PMID: 21369382; PMCID: PMC3034058.
12. Modi P, Rizvi J, Pal B, Trivedi H, Shah V, Modi M, Vanikar A. Dual kidney transplantation from expanded criteria deceased donors: Initial experience from single center. Indian J Urol. 2011 Jan;27(1):30-3. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.78415. PMID: 21716886; PMCID: PMC3114584.
13. Kumar S, Modi PR, Pal BC, Kothari V, Mishra A. Retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: A single-center Indian experience. Urol Ann. 2018 Oct-Dec;10(4):400-405. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_20_18. PMID: 30386094; PMCID: PMC6194790.
14. Saifee Y, Nagarajan R, Qadri SJ, Sarmah A, Kumar S, Pal BC, Modi P. Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy for benign nonfunctioning kidneys: Training and outcome. Indian J Urol. 2016 Oct-Dec;32(4):301-305. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.189724. PMID: 27843214; PMCID: PMC5054662.
15. Kute VB, Patel HV, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Modi MP, Shah PS, Varyani UT, Wakhare PS, Shinde SG, Ghodela VA, Patel MH, Trivedi VB, Trivedi HL. Past, present and future of kidney paired donation transplantation in India. World J Transplant. 2017 Apr 24;7(2):134-143. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i2.134. PMID: 28507916; PMCID: PMC5409913.
16. Ashwin Shekar P, Dumra A, Pal BC, Gopalakrishnan G. Complex circumferential obstetric fistula-a urologist’s worst nightmare. Int Urogynecol J. 2020 Jun 23. doi: 10.1007/s00192-020-04398-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32577790.
17. Gandhi SP, Patel K, Pal BC. Isolated Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection Presented with Flank Pain. Case Rep Radiol. 2015;2015:896706. doi: 10.1155/2015/896706. Epub 2015 May 18. PMID: 26090259; PMCID: PMC4452194.
18. Kute VB, Patel HV, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Shah PS, Modi MP, Butala BP, Wakhare PS, Varyani UT, Shinde SG, Ghodela VA, Kasat GS, Patil MV, Patel JC, Kumar DP, Trivedi VB, Patel MH, Trivedi HL. Impact of single centre kidney paired donation transplantation to increase donor pool in India: a cohort study. Transpl Int. 2017 Jul;30(7):679-688. doi: 10.1111/tri.12956. Epub 2017 Apr 22. PMID: 28319288.
19. Kute VB, Patel HV, Varyani UT, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Shah PS, Wakhare PS, Ghodela VA, Shinde SG, Trivedi VB, Patel MH, Trivedi HL. Six end-stage renal disease patients benefited from first non-simultaneous single center 6-way kidney exchange transplantation in India. World J Nephrol. 2016 Nov 6;5(6):531-537. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i6.531. PMID: 27872835; PMCID: PMC5099599.
20. Kute VB, Patel HV, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Shah PS, Wakhare PS, Shinde SG, Ghodela VA, Varyani UT, Patel MH, Trivedi VB, Trivedi HL. International kidney paired donation transplantations to increase kidney transplant of O group and highly sensitized patient: First report from India. World J Transplant. 2017 Feb 24;7(1):64-69. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i1.64. PMID: 28280697; PMCID: PMC5324030.
21. Saifee Y, Nagarajan R, Pal BC, Modi P. Re: Sharma G, Sharma A. Determining the angle and depth of puncture for fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous renal access in the prone position. Indian J Urol 2015;31:38-41. Indian J Urol. 2015 Oct-Dec;31(4):374-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.166479. PMID: 26604456; PMCID: PMC4626929.
22. Kute VB, Patel HV, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Shah PS, Varyani UT, Wakhare PS, Shinde SG, Ghodela VA, Trivedi VB, Patel MH, Trivedi HL. Seventy-seven kidney paired donation transplantations at a single transplant centre in India led to an increase in living donor kidney transplantations in 2015. Clin Kidney J. 2017 Oct;10(5):709-714. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfx032. Epub 2017 May 8. PMID: 28979784; PMCID: PMC5622902.
23. Gandhi SP, Pal BC, Patel KN, Sutariya H, Trivedi HL. Role of 64 slice multidetector computed tomography and angiography to establish relationship between tumor size, aneurysm formation and spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipomas: Single center experience. Urol Ann. 2016 Apr-Jun;8(2):173-7. doi: 10.4103/0974-7796.172213. PMID: 27141187; PMCID: PMC4839234.
24. Kumar S, Modi PR, Pal BC, Modi J. Calcification in transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder: Does it have any implication on calcium metabolism and its management? J Cancer Res Ther. 2015 Oct-Dec;11(4):1028. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.153659. PMID: 26881605.
25. Kute VB, Patel HV, Shah PR, Modi PR, Shah VR, Rizvi SJ, Pal BC, Modi MP, Shah PS, Varyani UT, Wakhare PS, Shinde SG, Ghodela VA, Patel MH, Trivedi VB, Trivedi HL. Increasing access to kidney transplantation for sensitized recipient through three-way kidney paired donation with desensitization: The first Indian report. World J Clin Cases. 2016 Oct 16;4(10):351-355. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i10.351. PMID: 27803919; PMCID: PMC5067500.
26. Dorairajan LN, Khattar N, Kumar S, Pal BC. Latzko repair for vesicovaginal fistula revisited in the era of minimal-access surgery. Int Urol Nephrol. 2008;40(2):317-20. doi: 10.1007/s11255-007-9252-4. PMID: 17885818.
27. Khattar N, Dorairajan LN, Kumar S, Pal BC, Elangovan S, Nayak P. Giant obstructive megaureter causing contralateral ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis: a first-time report. Urology. 2009 Dec;74(6):1306-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.038. Epub 2009 Aug 15. PMID: 19683802.
28. Khattar N, Dorairajan LN, Kumar S, Soundararaghavan S, Pal BC. Single-stage correction of urinary incontinence and vaginoplasty in a case of urethral coitus with vaginal agenesis. Urol Int. 2008;81(3):364-6. doi: 10.1159/000151420. Epub 2008 Oct 16. PMID: 18931559.
29. Kumar S, Modi PR, Pal BC, Modi J. Can deceased donor with recurrent primary brain tumor donate kidneys for transplantation? Indian J Urol. 2016 Jan-Mar;32(1):74-6. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.173104. PMID: 26941500; PMCID: PMC4756557.
30. Khattar N, Kumar S, Dorairajan LN, Pal BC, Ram KK. Adult Wilms’ tumor masquerading as pyonephrosis: a diagnostic dilemma. Indian J Surg. 2008 Oct;70(5):235-6. doi: 10.1007/s12262-008-0067-z. Epub 2008 Nov 26. PMID: 23133070; PMCID: PMC3452405.