Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni

Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni is a world-renowned specialist in reconstructive urology, in particular, the treatment of urethral stricture disease. Dr. Kulkarni is a multi-organ transplant surgeon and the Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital. The clinical program has been one of the largest programs in New England since 2008, in terms of new patients listed, the number of living donor transplants, and the total number of kidney transplants performed.
Dr. Kulkarni is the principal investigator on numerous clinical research trials and projects. His research has focused on the use of anti-complement therapies to improve kidney graft survival and novel approaches to improving living donor outcomes through surgical innovations, including low-pressure laparoscopy. Ongoing research initiatives include the ethics and implementation of patient-centered care in the care of living donors through shared-decision making, identifying reasons why individuals opt out of donation, and fostering the development of local donor communities using a social capital framework.
Appointed to the role of Physician Executive Director, Clinical Continuity & Integration for Yale-New Haven Hospital, Dr. Kulkarni aims to improve the patient experience by identifying areas of fractured care within the health system and implementing novel interventions to improve care coordination within the domain networks.
Dr. Kulkarni’s list of achievements is lengthy including being awarded a “Urology Gold Medal” from The Urology Society of India for his outstanding contribution to Urology in India. He also has co-authored a book with DR.Guido Barbagli “Art Of Urethral Reconstruction.”