Dr. Janak D. Desai is an Indian

urologist Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

(M.S.; M.Ch; FRCS) best known for developing the technique of Ultra-Mini PCNL which involves kidney stone removal by a minimally invasive key-hole technique which reduces the blood loss, pain and hospitalization for a patient suffering from kidney stone. He is the recipient of the

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given by the

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and an honorary

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by the

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in Glasgow. He is also a recipient of the John Wickham Medal & lecture by the Royal Society of Medicine-Urology Section.

Early life

Janak Dinkarrai Desai was born at

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is no ...

, Gujarat, India. He has one sibling and two children. He was a university topper in pre-science and then went on to do medical studies at

B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a public medical college situated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated to the Gujarat University and Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. History Ahmedabad Medical School affiliated with Ahmedabad Civil H ...

. He did his post-graduation in General Surgery and specialization in Urology (M.Ch) from B. J. Medical college and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. He went to Germany (

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) to learn about ESWL and PCNL, then he went to

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, US for a rotating fellowship in endourology.

Career

Desai started the first ESWL Center in Ahmedabad in 1988 and consequently added endourology to the service for treating kidney stone patients. He has performed more than 10,000 kidney stone operations. He went on to become the founding president of the Gujarat Urology Association and President of the West zone section of Urology Society of India. He was also the chief of Uro-Oncology service of Gujarat Cancer & Research Society and pioneered Radical

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in the state of Gujarat. He is credited and recognized in the world for developing UMP (Ultra-Mini PCNL) in partnership with a German Company named Schoelly GmbH. The UMP instruments are patented and have a CE certification and

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approval from USA.

Recognition and awards

For his contribution in the field of Urology, Desai was awarded the

in 2014, by the

. He was presented an Honorary FRCS in 2018 by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow. He was an honorary corresponding member of the DGU (German Urology Association) in 2017 and was presented with an oration by the

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, Urology Division, London, in the years 2012 and 2018. He was given the Presidents Gold medal by The Urology Society of India in 2019 and also the Presidents Gold medal by the West Zone Section of USI in 2018. In February 2024, Dr. Janak Desai was awarded the John Wickham Medal & lecture by the Royal Society of Medicine, London. This is the highest award by the Royal Society-Urology section.

Contribution to urology

Desai conceived the idea of UMP, the Miniaturisation of PCNL, which was embraced by the urology community across the world. He has published a chapter on "Small Caliber PCNL" in the Textbook of Endourology (Smith’s Textbook of Endourology – 4th Edition). Desai delivered the ‘Malcolm Coptcoat Lecture" in the British Urology Society-Endourology section annual meeting in 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Janak Living people Indian urologists People from Ahmedabad Year of birth missing (living people) People from Surat