Dr. SUNIL KUMAR

Dr. Sunil Kumar is a distinguished transplant surgeon with over 17 years of experience and more than 1,500 successful kidney transplants to his credit. He is known for pioneering advanced transplant programs across leading institutions in North India and holds special expertise in ABO-incompatible transplants, robot-assisted donor nephrectomy, and deceased donor multiorgan retrievals. Dr. Kumar is also credited with initiating the Pancreas Transplant Program at PGIMER Chandigarh and has led several landmark transplant procedures, including performing dual kidney transplants and complex reconstructions in pediatric patients.

Clinical Expertise:

• Living and deceased donor kidney transplants
• Dual kidney ( deceased donor) and ABO-incompatible kidney transplants
• Robot-assisted and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy ( both right and left)
• Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation
• Deceased and living donor liver transplants
• Multiorgan (liver, pancreas, kidney) retrievals
• Transplants in allosensitized patients ( positive crossmatch) and neurogenic bladder cases
• Dialysis access procedures (AV fistulas)

Key Milestones:

• Played a pivotal role in expanding cadaveric transplant programs at PGIMER (2008–2016)
• Initiated pancreas transplant program at PGIMER in 2014
• Launched successful transplant programs at Fortis and Park Hospitals
• Performed landmark surgeries including pediatric transplant with bladder reconstruction
• Achieved 100% patient survival in kidney transplants over the last 3 years
• Consistently maintained a >98% success rate in kidney transplants

Professional Memberships:

• Life Member, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
• Life Member, Indian Society of Transplant Surgeons (ISTS)
• Life Member, Vascular Access Society (VAS)

Awards & Recognition:

• Best Paper, ISOT Conference, Hyderabad (2010)
• Best Paper, ISN Conference, Thiruvananthapuram (2010)
• Poster Presentation Award, ISOT, Bhubaneswar (2013)
• Astellas International Transplant Fellowship Award (2014)

Research & Publications:

•  Author of 12+ publications in reputed national and international journals