Arvind Kumar (surgeon) explained

Arvind Kumar
Birth Date:1958 12, df=yes
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:AIIMS, New Delhi (MBBS, MS)
Awards:Dr. B. C. Roy Award : Eminent Medical Person of the year 2014
Birth Place:Najibabad
Occupation:Thoracic, Thoracoscopic and Robotic surgeon

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]

Early life and education

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).

Unique cases performed

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:

  1. 21 years old NRI boy studying in New Zealand, had large tumor in left bronchus and was advised Pneumonectomy (removal of lung). He came to us and underwent successful removal of tumor with reimplantation of the Lung, thus saving his precious lung.
  2. 23 years old boy with serious road traffic accident and complete transection of his wind pipe (trachea) was refused to be entertained by all major hospitals in Delhi. He was air-lifted to SGRH and in an extremely complex 8 hours operation, his broken wind pipe was rejoined[13] successfully. He has returned to normal life.
  3. A 55 years old man with a huge watermelon size tumor in his chest underwent successful Robotic Surgical Resection, the first of its kind in India and has returned to normal life.
  4. 53 years old lady with Thymoma and multiple tumors in the chest underwent a 12-hour long complex operation using HIPEC, first time in India.
  5. A 48 years old gentleman with a large tumor in his wind pipe, who was almost choking to death had successful removal of the tumour under ECMO support, first time in India.
  6. 50 years old gentleman who had undergone removal of left lung in another hospital and had developed massive air-leak from the stump had key-hole repair of the left main bronchus through mediastinoscopic approach, first time in Asia.
  7. 52 years old gentleman with artificial denture swallowed half of his denture with 8 teeth in it. It got stuck in lower part of his food pipe. In a breakthrough surgery, Dr. Arvind removed it with Robotic assistance through 3 small holes in the chest and patient was discharged on 3rd day.
  8. 8 years old child came with a large magnet lying in his right side windpipe (accidentally aspirated). Bronchoscopic removal was unsuccessful at another hospital and child was turning very sick. He was referred to us and the large magnet was removed by VATS i.e. Key-Hole approach and the torn windpipe was sutured, saving the life of this child. He was discharged 48 hours after this breakthrough surgery.
  9. 40 years old gentleman had front of his neck transected by an electric wire with transection of his wind pipe and food pipe. Both the pipes were successfully repaired using complex plastic surgical technique with successful outcome.
  10. 56 years old gentleman had lung cancer on left side. On routine evaluation he has found to have blockage of blood supply to the heart. So both lung removal (for lung cancer) and Cardiac Bypass Surgery (for blockage of heart vessels) were performed in a single sitting with successful outcome. It is first of its kind in India.
  11. 23 years old young man presented with severe breathlessness and on evaluation found to have bilateral pneumothorax (air accumulation in the chest leading to both lungs collapse). A prolonged (7hours) successful Key-Hole (VATS) surgery was performed on both sides in the same sittings. He was discharged after 72 hours and has returned to his normal life.
  12. A 28 years young lady, a complex case of bilateral chylothorax (accumulation of chylux fluid in both the chest leading to lung collapse) due to a rare developmental anomaly referred to us from Mumbai. Two complex surgeries were performed on both sides to cure the disease. She was discharged after these major surgeries with excellent outcomes.
  13. Stenosis of Bronchus (Shrinkage of airway due to Tuberculosis infection) is a very rare and debilitating situation. Dr. Kumar has largest experience in managing such cases with excellent outcome.
  14. Traumatic Bronchus transection (transection of airway due to massive blow during accident) is a very rare and life threatening condition often mistreated and misdiagnosed. Such similar case was referred to us after 5 months of the injury with completely collapsed left lung due to transection of airway. This young lady underwent a 9 hours marathon surgery and the airway to the left lung was reestablished. After this unique kind of surgery she attained her normal life. Not only this case, more than 10 such rarest of the rare cases were diagnosed, operated and successfully managed by Dr. Kumar and his team.
  15. Dr. Kumar probably has one of the highest experiences in the Surgery for carinal tumours. This surgery is one of the most complex procedures in Thoracic Surgery and requires vast experience in reconstruction.

Contribution to the field of thoracic surgery

Contribution to the society

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:

Contribution to medical teaching in India

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.

Training and fellowships

International Fellowships

National awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2 December 2020. Renowned robotic thoracic surgeon, Dr. Arvind Kumar, joins Medanta. Healthcare Radius. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203091622/https://www.healthcareradius.in/people/27252-renowned-robotic-thoracic-surgeon-dr-arvind-kumar-joins-medanta . 3 December 2020 .
  2. Web site: Center for Chest Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130120202018/http://sgrh.com/supercat.aspx?id=50 . 20 January 2013 .
  3. News: A giant leap in heart surgery. Staff Reporter. The Hindu. 17 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Delhi hospital conducts life-saving robotic surgeries. Deccan Herald. 17 January 2017.
  5. Web site: Robotic surgery becoming popular in the country: Dr Arvind Kumar. news.webindia123.com. 17 January 2017. 16 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516123838/https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20130201/2148314.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India. 2020-11-17. en-US.
  7. Web site: 'Robotic surgery minimally invasive solution for ailments' Orissa Post. www.orissapost.com. 6 December 2015 . 12 January 2017.
  8. News: Key hole surgeries remove chest tumour - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2017.
  9. News: Staff Reporter . 2017-03-28 . B. C. Roy honour for doctors . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-10-17 . 0971-751X.
  10. News: MCI names doctors for honour . 26 October 2016 . The Times of India . 10 May 2018 .
  11. Web site: Care & Cure of 2.6 Billion Lungs of India - Lung Care Foundation . 2022-10-17 . Lung Care Foundation . en-US.
  12. Web site: Arvind Kumar . 2022-10-17 . World Economic Forum . en.
  13. News: Docs reconnect windpipe, one stitch at a time - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2017.
  14. News: Robotic surgery at AIIMS for rare neuro disorder - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2017.
  15. News: Robotic relief for Lucknow woman - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2017.
  16. News: Lung cancer not of men or smokers alone, warn doctors - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2017.
  17. Web site: Asia's first vascular robotic surgery. Deccan Herald. 12 January 2017.
  18. Web site: You are being redirected.... www.dqindia.com. 12 January 2017.
  19. News: Respiratory problems on the rise. PTI. The Hindu. 12 January 2017.
  20. Web site: Lung Care Foundation Makes World Record Against Air Pollution - YouTube. 2020-11-18. www.youtube.com.
  21. News: ANI. 2017-12-23. Lung Care Foundation, Petronet in Guinness for largest human image of lung. Business Standard India. 2020-11-18.
  22. Web site: Breathe Easy Stay Tough. 2020-11-18. Lung Care Foundation. en-US.
  23. Web site: Asthma Manual For Schools Asthma Awareness Programs by LCF. 2020-11-18. Lung Care Foundation. en-US.
  24. Web site: Doctors for Clean Air A Public Health Emergency. 2020-11-18. doctorsforcleanair.org.
  25. Web site: 'Surgical Robot' Access the Inaccessible Latest Health Technology, Healthcare News. Team. H. T.. 12 January 2017.
  26. News: 8th Meerut Oncocon: Docs dwell on symptoms, prevention of esophageal cancer - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-01-12.
  27. News: B. C. Roy Award for two docs. The Hindu. 12 January 2017.
  28. News: AIIMS, Ganga Ram doctors chosen for Dr B C Roy award. Press Trust of India. 23 October 2016. Business Standard India. 12 January 2017.

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