Dr Sukanya Govindan
Pediatrics

Dr Sukanya Govindan

Consultant - Paediatric Nephrologist

MGM Healthcare

10+ years of experience
Pediatric Nephrology
MBBS -Thanjavur Medical College, MD (Paediatrics)- (JIPMER), DM (Nephrology) PGIMER, ISN Fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology-, Great Ormond Street

About the doctor

Dr. Sukanya Govindan is a highly skilled Paediatric Nephrologist with over 10 years of experience in managing kidney disorders in children.

She completed her postgraduation in Paediatrics from JIPMER, Puducherry, followed by DM in Nephrology from PGIMER, Chandigarh. She further advanced her training with an ISN Fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), London.

She specializes in paediatric kidney transplants, multi-organ transplants, and dialysis in children, with a strong focus on early recognition and management of acute kidney injury (AKI), infant dialysis, and cost-effective renal replacement therapy.

She is also actively involved in academics and training, serving as Convenor of the Paediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce, India, and as Course Director for international teaching programs in paediatric and infant dialysis.

Area of expertise

Pediatric NephrologyPediatric Kidney TransplantInfant DialysisAKIRenal Disorders in Children

Why choose Dr. Sukanya

  • 10+ years of clinical experience
  • Specialist expertise in Pediatric Nephrology
  • Fellowship-trained with international credentials
  • Compassionate, patient-first care with end-to-end support for visiting patients

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Paediatric Care

Children are not small adults, and they need doctors who understand that. Our paediatric teams care for newborns through teenagers, covering everyday illness, long-running conditions, and specialist surgery in units built to keep young patients calm. Parents are kept in the loop the whole way through, because caring for a child really means caring for the family around them.

Renal Care

Kidney disease often develops quietly, so good care means catching problems early and managing them well over time. Our nephrology teams look after everything from the early stages to dialysis and the lead up to a transplant, with a focus on protecting whatever kidney function you still have. You get a clear plan for treatment, diet, and monitoring instead of being left to manage on your own.

Kidney Transplant

A kidney transplant can free someone from years of dialysis, and getting it right comes down to careful matching and an experienced team. We work with units that handle both living and deceased donor cases, supported by detailed compatibility testing and close monitoring afterwards. You are guided through the work up, the surgery, and the recovery by people who do these operations regularly.

Liver Transplant

Liver transplant is demanding surgery, and the results depend heavily on how experienced the team is. The units we work with run busy living and deceased donor programmes, with strong intensive care and proper multidisciplinary planning behind every case. You get a thorough assessment, a clear sense of the risks and the benefits, and steady support through what is a serious recovery.

Heart & Lung Transplant

For advanced heart or lung failure, a transplant can be the option that changes everything, and it calls for one of the most experienced teams in medicine. We work with centres that take on these complex cases with the intensive care, donor coordination, and follow up they demand. You are looked after from the first assessment through the operation and the months that follow by a team that does this work routinely.

Transplants

Specialized care for kidney, liver, and other complex transplant procedures with experienced multidisciplinary teams. From evaluation to recovery, we support every step of your transplant journey.

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