Prof. Dr. Kumud K. Dhital | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Citizenship | Nepal |
Occupation(s) | Surgeon, Associate Professor |
Employer(s) | Yashoda Hospitals, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute |
Notable work | Dead Heart Transplantation |
Spouse | Jane Dhital |
Children | 2 |
Kumud Dhital ( Nepali: कुमुद धिताल) is a Nepalese cardiothoracic specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India. [1]
Dhital's prior work experience was at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and, Australia. [2] [3]
In fall 2014, Dhital was head of the surgical team who completed the world's first “dead heart” transplant. A “dead heart” is a heart donated after circulatory death (DCD), where the heart has stopped beating. [4] As of 24 October 2014 [update], 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants. [5] It helps to buy certain time(3 to 6 hrs) for the dead heart to transplant in a receiver.
Dhital was also an associate professor and senior lecturer in surgery at the University of New South Wales. [3] [5] As a faculty member at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Dhital worked closely with Professor Peter MacDonald, the medical director of the St Vincent's Heart Transplant Unit. [3] St Vincent's Hospital and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute collaborated to develop their successful DCD transplant technique. [6]
Prof. Dr. Kumud K. Dhital | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Citizenship | Nepal |
Occupation(s) | Surgeon, Associate Professor |
Employer(s) | Yashoda Hospitals, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute |
Notable work | Dead Heart Transplantation |
Spouse | Jane Dhital |
Children | 2 |
Kumud Dhital ( Nepali: कुमुद धिताल) is a Nepalese cardiothoracic specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India. [1]
Dhital's prior work experience was at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and, Australia. [2] [3]
In fall 2014, Dhital was head of the surgical team who completed the world's first “dead heart” transplant. A “dead heart” is a heart donated after circulatory death (DCD), where the heart has stopped beating. [4] As of 24 October 2014 [update], 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants. [5] It helps to buy certain time(3 to 6 hrs) for the dead heart to transplant in a receiver.
Dhital was also an associate professor and senior lecturer in surgery at the University of New South Wales. [3] [5] As a faculty member at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Dhital worked closely with Professor Peter MacDonald, the medical director of the St Vincent's Heart Transplant Unit. [3] St Vincent's Hospital and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute collaborated to develop their successful DCD transplant technique. [6]