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Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital [BSc, BMBCh (Oxon), FRCS (Eng), FRCS-CTh (UK), PhD, FRACS]
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+91-8860606766 | +91-9910655125About Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital [BSc, BMBCh (Oxon), FRCS (Eng), FRCS-CTh (UK), PhD, FRACS]
Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital is Cardiothoracic and Heart-Lung Transplant Surgeon and Currently Working as Program & Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS in the Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS Department at Apollo Hospitals, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India.
He is having more than 25 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Thoracic Transplantation.
He has completed his BSc, PhD from the University of London, BMBCh from the University of Oxford, FRCS (England), FRCS-CTh in specialist cardiothoracic surgery in the UK, and FRACS from Australia.
Profile Highlights :
- Dr. Dhital, of Nepali origin and educated in the United Kingdom, leads the Institutes of Heart-Lung Transplant and MCS at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, and with his team provides thoracic transplant services across the Apollo network, including Mumbai. He is internationally recognised as the surgical pioneer of the first series of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplants, carried out with his team at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.
- His international career includes roles as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Cardio-Pulmonary Transplantation at IsMeTT, Palermo, Italy (affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh), Consultant Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon and Director of Lung Transplantation at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, Consultant at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney (2009-2018), and Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation at the Alfred Hospital with a professorship at Monash University, Melbourne. In India he has directed heart and lung transplant programmes at Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, SPARSH Hospitals Bangalore, Marengo Asia Healthcare and Kauvery Hospital Chennai.
- His special interests are advanced heart and lung failure management, heart and lung transplantation, pulmonary endarterectomy, ECMO and mechanical circulatory support devices. He also performs coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair and replacement, aortic dissection and aneurysm repair, redo cardiac surgery and VATS and open lung resection.
- Dr. Dhital has published widely in leading journals and received the Terry Connolly Award for Healthcare Leadership and Innovation (2015) and Researcher of the Year at St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW (2014), among other honours. He is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and The Transplantation Society, and speaks English, Nepali and Italian with working Hindi and French.
Areas of Expertise :
- Heart Transplantation
- Lung Transplantation
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVAD) and ECMO
- Pulmonary Endarterectomy
- Advanced Heart and Lung Failure
- Complex and Redo Cardiac Surgery
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- DCD Heart Transplantation
- LVAD and Mechanical Circulatory Support
- ECMO
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair
- Heart Valve Replacement
- Aortic Dissection Repair
List of Treatments
- Heart Transplantation
- Lung Transplantation
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- DCD Heart Transplantation
- LVAD and Mechanical Circulatory Support
- ECMO
- Pulmonary Endarterectomy
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair
- Heart Valve Replacement
- Aortic Dissection Repair
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
- VATS Lung Resection
- Advanced Heart Failure
- End-Stage Lung Disease
Work Experience
Currently Working as Program & Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS in the Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS Department at Apollo Hospitals, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India.
Past Experience :
- Visiting Senior Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon - Apollo Hospital Seshadripuram, Bangalore (2022-2025)
- Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation - Kauvery Hospital, Chennai (2021-2024)
- Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation - Marengo Asia Healthcare, Faridabad & Gurgaon (2022-2023)
- Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation - SPARSH Hospitals, Bangalore (2021-2022)
- Program & Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS - Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad (2020-2021)
- Director Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation; Professor of CT Surgery & Transplantation - Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne (2019-2020)
- Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon - St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney (2009-2018)
- Consultant Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon and Director of Lung Transplantation - Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge (2006-2009)
- Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Cardio-Pulmonary Transplantation - IsMeTT, Palermo, Italy (2003-2005)
Education & Training
- BSc
- PhD - University of London
- BMBCh - University of Oxford
- FRCS - England
- FRCS-CTh - UK
- FRACS - Australia
Awards & Recognition
- Terry Connolly Award for Healthcare Leadership & Innovation (2015)
- Researcher of the Year - St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney (2014)
- Award for Public Service - St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney (2012)
- Clinical Tutor of the Year - St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney (2010, 2011)
- Foulkes Foundation Fellowship, UK (1987-1990)
- Francis Dudley Memorial Prize in Anatomy, Bristol University (1988)
- Member - International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Member - The Transplantation Society; Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Member - Society for Heart Failure and Transplantation (India); Indian Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
Associated Hospitals
🏨 Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai
Location
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Apollo Hospitals, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital practice?
Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital consults at Apollo Hospitals, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai as Program & Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS, and also at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.
What does Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital specialise in?
He specialises in heart and lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support and ECMO, pulmonary endarterectomy and complex cardiothoracic surgery.
How much experience does Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital have?
Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital has more than 25 years of experience in cardiothoracic and transplant surgery across the UK, Italy, Australia and India.
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