Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar belongs to the group of leading Robotic and Thoracic Surgeon all over the world. He has been contributing to the field of medical sciences for almost 30 years.
Dr. Arvind Kumar is the first surgeon to start Robotic Chest Surgery in India - at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in June 2008. He has embodied a benchmark in the history of Medical Sciences by delivering 36 years of ordained service to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar is presently the Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery and the Chairman of Centre for Chest Surgery & Lung Transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. It's under his aegis and efforts that Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has become Asia's first hospital to deliver successful Robotic Vascular Surgery.
He joined MBBS at AIIMS, New Delhi in 1976, and completed it with the coveted best undergraduate of the year (Department of Community Medicine) award in 1980.
He continued at AIIMS as post-graduate student in Surgery and completed Masters in Surgery in 1984. Due to his excellent performance, he was immediately appointed as Senior Resident in the Department which he completed with flying colours in 1988.
The journey of becoming a faculty in 1988 and the Professor of Surgery in 2003 and beyond at AIIMS has been full of Professional upliftment, pride and satisfaction.
Since early 90s, Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar had chosen General Thoracic Surgery as his area of special interest and started doing open thoracic surgery regularly for lung as well as esophageal diseases.
He became the man who introduced Thoracoscopic Surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in mid 90's. Over the decade, his forte has made him experience more than 650-700 cases per year including all kinds of basic and advanced Thoracoscopic procedures.
He was the first Thoracic Surgeon in the country to start Robotic program at AIIMS in 2008. For this, he underwent Robotic Surgery training in Italy and performed India's first Robotic Thymectomy Surgery in June 2008 at AIIMS.
Under his leadership only, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has started the state-of-the-art Institute of Robotic Surgery and the Centre for Chest Surgery & Lung Transplantation.
Education
MBBS From AIIMS, Delhi
MS General Surgery From AIIMS, Delhi
Experience
'8 Years 11 Month 2 Weaks 2 Days ' worked as 'Professor Surgery' at AIIMS,Delhi.
'5 Years 10 Month 3 Weaks 3 Days ' worked as 'Director, Robotic SUrgery' at Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi.
'' worked as 'Chairman, Chest Surgery & Lung Transplant' at Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi.
Fellowship/Membership
FUICC (1997) of International Union Against Cancer, Geneva.
FACS (2000) of American College of Surgeons, Chicago.
FICS (2000) of International College of Surgeons, USA.
FIAGES (2011) of Indian Association of Gastro-Intestinal Endo-Surgeons .
Lung Transplant Fellow of University of Florida, Gainesville (USA), 1995.
ICRETT (Cancer) Fellow of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (USA), 1997.
WHO Fellow of University of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1999.
WHO Fellow of St. Peter's Hospital, New Jersey, USA, 1999.
WHO Fellow of Liverpool Hospital, Sydney (Australia), 2006.
Robotic Surgery Training of International School of Robotic Surgery, Grosseto- Italy, 2007.
Robotic Chest Surgery Training of European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Bern, Switzerland, 2008.
Robotic Surgery Training of I.R.C.A.D., Strasbourg, France, 2012.
Robotic Vascular Surgery Training of Na- Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 2012.
Robotic Thyroid Surgery Training of YONSEI University Health System, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
Member of American College of Surgeons.
Member of Association of Surgeons of India.
Member of Association of UICC fellows (Geneva).
Member of Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA).
Member of Delhi State Chapter, Association of Surgeons of India.
Member of Indian Association of Gastro-Intestinal Endo-Surgeons.
Member of Indian Association of Surgical Gastro-enterology.
Member of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology.
Member of Indian Society of Oncology.
Member of International College of Surgeons.
Awards
Dr. V. Ramalingaswamy prize From 'AIIMS' (1980-01-01).
Khandelwal junior Oncology award for Scientific Excellence From 'Indian Society of Oncology at Chennai, India' (1992-01-01).
Dr. B.C. Roy Award From 'Government of India' (2014-01-01).
