Arvind Kumar is an Indian

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and the chairman of the Institute of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology Surgery, and Lung Transplantation at

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, in

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. In 2014, Dr. Kumar was awarded the Dr. B. C. Roy Award by the

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Career

Dr. Kumar was a professor of surgery and head of the Thoracic and Robotic Surgery Unit at the

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(AIIMS) from 1988 to 2012. From 2012 to 2020, he was the Centre for Chest Surgery's chairman and director of the Institute of Robotic Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,

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. Dr. Kumar utilizes minimally invasive thoracic surgical techniques, including

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(VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic procedures. He is a co-founder of the Lung Care Foundation, along with three colleagues. This organization aims to improve lung health for patients in India through research and public education.

Contributions

Thoracic surgery

*Dr. Kumar introduced video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in India at AIIMS. * He performed the first VATS thymectomy for

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and

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at AIIMS, New Delhi in 2000.

Training and fellowships

* In 1999, he received a WHO Fellowship for training in advanced tracheobronchial surgery at Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, under Dr. Joel Cooper and Dr. Patterson, and at St. Peter's Hospital, New Jersey, under Dr. Ralph J. Lewis. * In 2007, he received robotic surgery training at the International School of Robotic Surgery in

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. *In 2019, he was awarded the ICRETT Fellowship by the

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(UICC), Geneva, for training in minimal access and advanced chest surgical procedures under Robert J. Ginsberg at

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, New York.

National awards

* 1984 - Awarded the Khandelwal Junior Oncology Award for Scientific Excellence for a paper on oesophageal cancer * 1992 - Awarded the Dr. A.K. Sen Sarma Endowment Lecture by the Association of Surgeons of India * 1999 - Awarded the Raj Nanda Fellowship by the Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Research Trust in association with the

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* 2013 - Awarded the Dr. PK Sen Memorial Oration by the Association of Surgeons of India * 2014 - Received the Dr. B.C. Roy Award from the Government of India in the category "Eminent Medical Person of the Year 2014" *2019 - Received the ASI Betadine Lifetime Achievement Award and the ASI Social Services Award 2019 from the Association of Surgeons of India

References

External links

About Dr. (Prof) Arvind Kumar Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
* Living people Indian thoracic surgeons Medical doctors from Delhi Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-med-bio-stub