Dr. Vinay Kumaran
MBBS, MS – General Surgery, MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/GI Surgery
Consultant & Head – Hepatobilliary Surgery & Liver Transplant
Liver Transplant Specialist, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist- 26 Years of Experience
Doctor Profile
Dr. Vinay Kumaran is is a Consultant and Head, Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery. He completed MBBS from G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1992, MS – General Surgery from G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1996. In 1998 joined the prestigious M Ch Gastrointestinal Surgery post-doctoral fellowship at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He worked with Dr. TK Chattopadhyay, Dr. GK Pande and Dr. Peush Sahni and acquired skills in advanced gastrointestinal surgery. After completing his MCh, he was selected for the Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Marion Bessin Liver Research Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. In New York, Dr. Kumaran committed himself to two years of work in the lab working on Hepatocyte Transplantation with Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, one of the pioneers in the field.
Education
- MBBS – G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 1992
- MS – General Surgery – G B Pant Hospital / Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 1996
- MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2002
- Fellowship Transplant Surgery, – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, 2007
Experience
- 2002 – 2004 Research Associate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2004 – 2007 Transplant Fellow at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- 2007 – 2010 Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- 2010 – 2012 Director, Liver Transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- 2013 – 2016 Head, Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Memberships
- Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
- Indian National Association for Study of the Liver
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- International Liver Transplantation Society
Awards and Achievements
- American Federation of Medical Research Travel Award