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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | AIIMS, New Delhi (MBBS, MS) |
Occupation(s) | Thoracic, Thoracoscopic and Robotic surgeon |
Awards | Dr. B. C. Roy Award : Eminent Medical Person of the year 2014 |
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Arvind Kumar is an Indian surgeon and the chairman of Institute of Chest Surgery, Chest Onco Surgery and Lung Transplantation at Medanta Hospital, [1] Gurugram and founder and managing trustee, Lung Care Foundation. He is the former chairman of the Center for Chest Surgery [2] and director of the Institute of Robotic Surgery [3] [4] [5] at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) New Delhi (2012 - November 2020). He is a former professor of surgery and head of the Thoracic & Robotic Surgery Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (1988-2012). He was president of the Association of Surgeons of India in 2019. [6]
Dr. Arvind Kumar has performed over 11,000 thoracic surgeries, including over 5000 surgeries using the minimally Invasive [7] (key-hole i.e. VATS) [8] and robotic method. He has also performed 2000 complex (high-risk) chest surgeries and over 600 surgeries for thymoma. Surgery in patients with thymoma and myasthenia gravis is one of his areas of expertise. In 2014, he received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. [9] Dr. Kumar is one of the executive board members for Asian Thoracoscopic Education Platform (ATEP). [10]
In addition to his role as a thoracic surgeon, Dr. Kumar works to combat some of the issues caused by air pollution and climate change. He and his three colleagues have set up the “Lung Care Foundation”, a social impact trust to improve the lung health of the 1.3 billion Indians by increasing awareness and supporting research and healthcare. [11] [12]
Dr. Arvind Kumar was born in Bijnore and did his schooling from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Kumar completed his MBBS from AIIMS New Delhi in 1981 and Masters in Surgery (M.S.) at AIIMS (1984). During the course of his medical education at AIIMS, he was nominated as the "Best Undergraduate Student" (1981) and "Best Postgraduate of the Year" in Surgery (1984).
Dr. Arvind Kumar leads the Center for Chest Surgery at SGRH, which is focused on thoracic and thoracoscopic surgery. The center employs eight thoracic surgeons supported by a nursing team and has an ICU, as well as physiotherapy and other support services. The center's motto is "World’s Best Chest Care with a Humane Touch."
Some of the rare cases operated by team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Kumar are:
Apart from being a renowned Thoracic Surgeon, Prof. Kumar has also moved into primary and secondary prevention of Chest diseases through Lung Care Foundation (LCF) a social impact trust dedicated to work for dissemination of information about pollution and lung diseases to the masses, basic and clinical research in the field of chest diseases and provision of state of the art chest care to one and all.
During last 5 years, LCF has covered a wide range of activities, including several awareness and clinical programs like:
As a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi (1988-2012), Dr. Kumar travelled extensively across the country and lectured to medical students, postgraduates and surgeons on contemporary topics in surgery. Post-graduate medical teaching was always his focus of attention. Since 2013, he has been a national coordinator (along with Dr. Santhosh Abraham) for the post-graduate teaching program of the Association of Surgeons of India and has conducted successful CMEs for thousands of surgery postgraduates across the country.
International Fellowships
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Arvind Kumar | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | AIIMS, New Delhi (MBBS, MS) |
Occupation(s) | Thoracic, Thoracoscopic and Robotic surgeon |
Awards | Dr. B. C. Roy Award : Eminent Medical Person of the year 2014 |
Website |
www |
Arvind Kumar is an Indian surgeon and the chairman of Institute of Chest Surgery, Chest Onco Surgery and Lung Transplantation at Medanta Hospital, [1] Gurugram and founder and managing trustee, Lung Care Foundation. He is the former chairman of the Center for Chest Surgery [2] and director of the Institute of Robotic Surgery [3] [4] [5] at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) New Delhi (2012 - November 2020). He is a former professor of surgery and head of the Thoracic & Robotic Surgery Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (1988-2012). He was president of the Association of Surgeons of India in 2019. [6]
Dr. Arvind Kumar has performed over 11,000 thoracic surgeries, including over 5000 surgeries using the minimally Invasive [7] (key-hole i.e. VATS) [8] and robotic method. He has also performed 2000 complex (high-risk) chest surgeries and over 600 surgeries for thymoma. Surgery in patients with thymoma and myasthenia gravis is one of his areas of expertise. In 2014, he received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. [9] Dr. Kumar is one of the executive board members for Asian Thoracoscopic Education Platform (ATEP). [10]
In addition to his role as a thoracic surgeon, Dr. Kumar works to combat some of the issues caused by air pollution and climate change. He and his three colleagues have set up the “Lung Care Foundation”, a social impact trust to improve the lung health of the 1.3 billion Indians by increasing awareness and supporting research and healthcare. [11] [12]
Dr. Arvind Kumar was born in Bijnore and did his schooling from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Kumar completed his MBBS from AIIMS New Delhi in 1981 and Masters in Surgery (M.S.) at AIIMS (1984). During the course of his medical education at AIIMS, he was nominated as the "Best Undergraduate Student" (1981) and "Best Postgraduate of the Year" in Surgery (1984).
Dr. Arvind Kumar leads the Center for Chest Surgery at SGRH, which is focused on thoracic and thoracoscopic surgery. The center employs eight thoracic surgeons supported by a nursing team and has an ICU, as well as physiotherapy and other support services. The center's motto is "World’s Best Chest Care with a Humane Touch."
Some of the rare cases operated by team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Kumar are:
Apart from being a renowned Thoracic Surgeon, Prof. Kumar has also moved into primary and secondary prevention of Chest diseases through Lung Care Foundation (LCF) a social impact trust dedicated to work for dissemination of information about pollution and lung diseases to the masses, basic and clinical research in the field of chest diseases and provision of state of the art chest care to one and all.
During last 5 years, LCF has covered a wide range of activities, including several awareness and clinical programs like:
As a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi (1988-2012), Dr. Kumar travelled extensively across the country and lectured to medical students, postgraduates and surgeons on contemporary topics in surgery. Post-graduate medical teaching was always his focus of attention. Since 2013, he has been a national coordinator (along with Dr. Santhosh Abraham) for the post-graduate teaching program of the Association of Surgeons of India and has conducted successful CMEs for thousands of surgery postgraduates across the country.
International Fellowships