Dedicated to Heal

Dedicated
to Heal

Mohali
Mohali

Dr. Sunil Kumar

Director - Kidney Transplant Surgery

Kidney Transplant

Language

English, Hindi, Punjabi

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Qualifications

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), Fellowship - Multiorgan Transplant, Oxford, UK

Past Experience

    - Senior Consultant – Department of Transplant Surgery, Fortis Hospital, Mohali (2016–Dec 2024) 

    - Assistant Professor – Department of Transplant Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh (2014–2016) 

    - Transplant Surgery Fellow – Pancreas and Multiorgan Transplant, Oxford Transplant Centre, UK (2014) 

    - Senior Research Associate / Pool Officer – Department of Transplant Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh (2012–2014) 

    - Senior Resident (Registrar) – Department of Transplant Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh (2008–2011)  

Areas of Expertise

- Living and Deceased Donor (Cadaver) Kidney Transplants 

- Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy 

- ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplants 

- Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplants 

- Multiorgan Retrieval from Deceased Donors (Liver, Pancreas, Kidneys) 

- Dialysis Access Procedures (AV Fistulas) 

- Kidney Transplants in Neurogenic Bladder and Allosensitized Patients  

Awards & Publications

Awards and Recognitions:

- Best Paper Presentation, ISOT Conference, Hyderabad (2010). 

- Best Paper Presentation, ISN-CON, Thiruvananthapuram (2010). 

- Second Prize in Poster Presentation, ISOT Conference, Bhubaneswar (2013). 

- Astellas International Transplant Fellowship Award (2014). 

 

Publications:

Authored 12 publications in national and international journals. 

 


Key Achievements:

- Expanded the Deceased Donor Transplant Program at PGIMER (2008–2016). 

- Pioneered the Pancreas Transplant Program at PGIMER in 2014, with over 50 procedures completed. 

- Established the Kidney Transplant Program at Fortis Hospital Mohali and Ludhiana. 

- Successfully performed the first Deceased Donor Multi-organ Retrieval and Transplants at Fortis Mohali (2023). 

- Over 1500 kidney transplants, including 50 ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplants, with a 95% success rate and 100% patient survival in the last three years. 

- Managed complex cases, including a 9-year-old girl undergoing a kidney transplant with Augmentation Ileocystoplasty and Mitrofanoff Diversion.  

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