Associate Professor Dr. Basu Gopal is a distinguished transplant nephrologist at The Alfred Hospital and an adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. After completing his specialty training in Nephrology in 2008, he progressed to serve as a Professor of Nephrology at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, where he led the transplant program and participated in significant advancements, including the first desensitization program transplant. In 2015, he relocated to Australia.

A/Prof Gopal’s research interests are diverse, encompassing infections in kidney transplant recipients, transplant immunology, monitoring in kidney transplantation, ABO-incompatible transplantation, acute kidney injury, GFR measurement, Glomerular diseases, and Onconephrology. He is a passionate educator in nephrology and is actively engaged in teaching.

He has been an active member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and has served in several capacities, including the young nephrologist committee, Education working group, and as a founder member of the Social Media Education team. He was a subject editor of ISN Academy and currently serves on the South Asia regional board as an advisor and the Oceania regional board as a member. He has previously served on the APSN CME Committee. He has delivered over 95 invited lectures, talks, and seminars on various nephrology topics. He is currently an active member of both ANZSN and TSANZ and has been a faculty member of Glomcon (Podocin) for several years.

A/Prof Gopal has received numerous awards, including the distinguished educator award from The Transplantation Society (2013), the Emerging Economies Young Investigator Award at the XXIII International Transplantation Congress of The Transplantation Society (2010), and the Dr. Muthoot M. George Memorial TANKER Foundation and Kerala Kidney Foundation Research Award (2009). He has numerous publications and research presentations to his credit and is a reviewer for several international nephrology journals. He also serves on the editorial advisory board of the Indian Journal of Transplantation.

For his active contributions to clinical service, research, and education in the field of medicine, he has been honoured with a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians (London). Similarly, for his significant contributions to education, research, clinical care and service to society in the field of Nephrology, he has been recognised as a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (2013) and a Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology (2024). A/Prof Gopal has been recognized for his contributions to the development and consolidation of Nephrology services in Tanzania, earning him an honorary membership of the Nephrology Society of Tanzania. He was also awarded honorary membership of ANZSN from 2017-2020 for his contributions.

At The Alfred, he has been instrumental in developing and leading the kidney transplant program, supporting clinical care in high-risk transplantation and multiorgan transplantation involving combined heart-kidney and lung-kidney transplantations.

A/Prof Gopal continues to teach medical students and basic and advanced trainees in Nephrology at the Monash University Central Clinical School and The Alfred.

You can follow him on X (Twitter) at @BasuNephro.