Dr. Prof. Arvind Kumar , M.B.B.S., M.S., Robotic Surgery
Thoracic Surgeon

New Delhi, New Delhi, India   View Clinic 

1981 

M.B.B.S. 

All India Institute for Medical Sciences 

 

1984

M.S.

All India Institute for Medical Sciences 

 

2007

Robotic Surgery

International School of Robotic Surgery, Grosseto- Italy 

•ICRETT (Cancer) Fellow: Chest Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (USA).

•Lung Transplant Fellow: Chest Service, University of Florida, Gainesville (USA)

•WHO Fellow: Chest Service, University of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
&
•Thoracic Chest Service, St. Peter’s Hospital, New Jersey, USA

•WHO Fellow: Chest Trauma Unit, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney (Australia).

•Robotic Surgery Training: International School of Robotic Surgery, Grosseto- Italy.

• Robotic Chest Surgery Training: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Bern, Switzerland

•Robotic Vascular Surgery Training: Na- Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.

•Robotic Thyroid Surgery Training: YONSEI University Health System, Seoul, Korea.

• Association of Surgeons of India
• Delhi State Chapter, Association of Surgeons of India
• Indian Society of Oncology
• Indian Association of Gastro-Intestinal Endo-Surgeons
• Indian Association of Surgical Oncology
• Indian Association of Surgical Gastro-enterology
• Association of UICC fellows (Geneva)
• American College of Surgeons
• International College of Surgeons
 

MNAMS (1990) : National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
FUICC (1997) : International Union Against Cancer, Geneva
FACS (2000) : American College of Surgeons, Chicago


FICS (2000) : International College of Surgeons, USA
FIAGES (2011) : Indian Association of Gastro-Intestinal Endo-Surgeons
 

Chapter in Books:

1.     Kumar Arvind. Thoracoscopy : Diagnostic and Therapeutic. In: Misra MC, Hemal AK, Misra R. (Eds.) Recent Advances in Diagnostic and Interventional laparoscopy. New Delhi. Professional Design Caravan Pvt. Ltd. (1993).

2.     Kumar Arvind . Conservative management of blunt and penetrating abdominal Injuries In: Misra MC, Hemal AK, Misra R (Eds). Trauma – Management and prevention Strategies. New Delhi. Professional Design Caravan Pvt. Ltd. (1993).

3.     Kumar Arvind. Recurrent Colorectal Cancer. In: Chattopadhyay TK (Ed). G.I. Surgery Annual, Vol III. p 36 – 49. (1996).

4.     Kumar Arvind. Lung Transplantation - An overview. In: Sharma SK, Behera D, Mohan A. (Eds). Frontiers in Pulmonary Medicine. New Delhi, Jay Pee Brothers Publishers. 250 – 285 ; 1997.

5.     Kumar Arvind. Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery. In : Sharma S.K., Behera D, Mohan A. ( Eds ). Frontiers in Pulmonary Medicine , New Delhi , Jaypee Brothers Publishers. 17 – 51 ; 1997 .

6.     Kumar Arvind. Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis . In : Sharma SK, Mohan A . (Eds) .Textbook of Tuberculosis .New Delhi , Jaypee Brothers Publishers .273 - 284 ; 2001

7.     Kumar Arvind. Surgery for Pleuro-pulmonary Tuberculosis . In : Sharma SK, Mohan A . (Eds) .Textbook of Tuberculosis .New Delhi , Jaypee Brothers Publishers.514 – 529 ; 2001.

8.     Kumar Arvind, Aggarwal Sandeep . Pleura , Lungs ,Chest wall .In : Chumber S (Ed) .
a.     Textbook of Surgery. New Delhi, Jaypee Brothers Publishers.

Journal Articles:
(Published)

9.     Kapoor VK, Kumar Arvind, Sharma LK, . Trucut needle biopsy v/s FNAC for diagnosing breast cancer. Annals of Surgery.. 204 ; 616. 1986
10.     Chattopadhyaya TK, Kumar Arvind, Kapoor VK, et al. Carcinoma of the Gall bladder -Can we do anything? Post Graduate Medical Journal. 64 ; 593 – 595 , 1988.
11.     Kumar Arvind, Bhuyan U.N., Nundy S. Glomerulo-Nephritis complicating Non-Cirrhotic Portal Fibrosis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology . 4(1); 271-275. 1989.
12.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Singh MK, et al. Angiosarcoma of the Gall Bladder – A case report . American Journal of Gastroenterology..84(11) ; 1431-1433. 1989.
13.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Kapoor BML. Surgery in the elderly. South Indian Surgical Clinics. 3(2-4) ; 89-93. 1989.
14.     Kumar Arvind, Gupta S., Chopra P. et al. Bilateral Angiosarcoma of the breast – An overview. The Australia and New Zealand Journal of surgery..60 ; 341-345. 1990.
15.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Singh MK, et al. Adult Wilm’s Tumor –Case report and an overview. The Japanese Journal of Surgery..20 ; 585-589. 1990
16.     Kumar Arvind, Kapoor VK, Sharma LK. Amoebic paracolic abcess - managed conservatively: A case report. The Indian Practitioner.; 251-252. March 1990
17.     Kumar Arvind et al. Clinico-pathological conference. The National Medical Journal of India..3(3).45. 1990
18.     Chattopadhyaya TK, Kapoor VK, Kumar Arvind et al. Total Esophagectomy and Esophago-gastric anastomosis in the neck for carcinoma esophagus. The Journal of Vivekanand Institute of Medical Sciences .12 -14;115-117. 1992.
19.     Kumar Arvind, Chattopadhyaya TK,. The management of Hydatid disease of the liver (LEADING ARTICLE). Postgraduate Medical Journal.. 68 ; 853-856. 1992.
20.     Singh BP, Kumar Arvind, Chattopahdyaya TK. Intussuscepting ileal hemangioma with perforation. Indian journal of Gastroenterology. 11(2) ; 94 – 95 . 1992.
21.     Kumar Arvind, Katariya R., Chattopadhyay TK, et al. Biliary peritonitis due to CBD perforation – an unusual presentation of non-gall stone chronic calcific pancreatitis. Postgraduate Medical journal . 68 ; 837-839. 1992
22.     Chattopadhyaya TK, Kumar Arvind, Kapoor VK. Perioperative cholangiogram-routine or selective – results of a prospective study. Tropical Gastroenterology. 13(2) ; 75-77. 1992.
23.      Kumar Arvind, Shukla NK, Mishra MC et al. Primary Esophageal carcinoma in teens. Journal of Surgical Oncology.. 50 (4) ; 254-257. 1992.
24.     Kumar Arvind , Lal BK, Chattopadhyay TK, Radiological diagnosis of the Hydatid disease of the liver. Tropical Gastroenterology . 13 (2) ; 52-55. 1992.
25.     Goel AK, Sinha S, Kumar Arvind. Total Gastrectomy in Zollinger Ellison Syndrome-Does it have no role today? Journal of Association of Physicians of India.. 40 (4); 286-287. 1992.
26.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Chattopadhyaya TK, Hydatid disease of the liver- Surgical Options. Tropical Gastroenterology.. 13 (3); 102-105. 1992.
27.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Vashist S.et al. Hydatid jaundice-Report of a case and review of literature. The Indian Practitioner.. XLV (4) ; 321-324. 1992.
28.     Kumar Arvind, Jain R, Sawhney S. et. al. Intravenous administration of metallic mercury with homicidal intent. Journal of Association of Physicians of India. 40(9) ; 640-641. 1992.
29.     Sinha S, Goel AK, Kumar Arvind et al. Priapism in Malaria. Journal of Association of Physicians of India.40 (10) ; 10-15. 1992.
30.     Sinha S, Goel AK, Kumar Arvind, et al. Tetanus caused by pelvic abcess- secondary to a rectal perforation. The Indian Practitioner..XLV (6) ; 1047-1050. 1992.
31.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK., Kapoor BML. Hydatid Jaundice-An overview. Tropical Gastroenterology. 14(1);10-15. 1993.
32.     Chattopadhyaya TK, Shad SK, Kumar Arvind. Intragastric bile acid and symptoms in patients with an intra-thoracic stomach after esophagectomy. British Journal of Surgery.. 80 ; 371-373. 1993
33.     Goel AK, Sinha S, Kumar Arvind et al. Spontaneous hemoperitoneum due to rupture of Hepatocellular carcinoma. Tropical Gastroenterology. 14(4) ; 152-155. 1993
34.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Chattopadhyaya TK. Hydatid disease of the Liver-Non surgical options. Journal of Association of Physicians of India. 41 (7) ; 437-439. 1993.
35.     Goel AK, Sinha S, Kumar Arvind, et al. Slit mesh for hernia repair. Americal Journal of Surgery.. 167(4); 459. 1994.
36.     Kumar Arvind, Lal BK, Singh MK, et al. Synchronous Double Malignant Neoplasms of the Gall Bladder. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 20(1); 63-67. 1994.
37.     Goel AK, Sinha S, Kumar Arvind et al. Liposarcoma of the Mesocolon-Case Report of a rare lesion. Surgery Today. 24 ; 1003-1006. 1994.
38.     Kumar Arvind, Sharma SK, Chattopadhyaya TK, Pande JN. Lung Transplantation. Indian Journal of Chest Disease and Allied Sciences.. 37 (3); 127-166. 1995
39.     Aggarwal P, Handa R, Wali JP, Wig N, Kumar Arvind. Abnormal chest x-ray in a patient with carcinoma of the cervix: Postgraduate Medical Journal.. 73 : 671-73. 1997
40.     Kumar Arvind, Seenu V. Non Biliary laparoscopic Surgery – An overview. Gastroenterology Today .1(3); 178 – 180. 1997.
41.      Sharma SK, Kumar Arvind . Lung Volume Reduction surgery. (Editorial). Indian Journal of Chest disease and Allied Sciences. 39:207-211, 1997.
42.     Kumar Arvind. Clinical Guidelines & Integrated Care Pathways: Time to Take the Plunge. (Editorial). Surgical News and Views. 1(1) : 4 - 5, 1998.
43.     Kumar Arvind, Malik VK. HIV Threat to Surgeons: Universal Testing or Precautions? Surgical News & Views (Editorial). 1(2): 4 - 5, 1998.
44.     Kumar Arvind . Laparoscopy In Abdominal Emergencies. Surgery Update 1998
45.     Kumar Manoj, Parshad Rajinder, Kumar Arvind et al. Relative merits of ultrasonography, computed tomography and Cholangiography in patients of surgical obstructive jaundice. Hepatogastroenterology. 45(24); 2027-32.1998.
46.     Kumar Arvind, Seenu V, Mohan N, Kaul A et al. Initial experience with day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a tertiary care hospital in India. National Medical Journal of India. 12(3): 103-07. 1999.
47.     Kumar Arvind, Mohan A, Sharma S. K., et al. Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of intra thoracic pathology: initial experience. Indian Journal of Chest disease and Allied Sciences.41; 5-13.1999.
48.     Parshad R, Singh R, Kumar Arvind et al .Adenocarcinoma of the Gastro-esophageal junction- Experience with 120 cases at an Indian University Hospital . World Journal of Surgery. 23; 277-83.1999.
49.     Seenu V, Kumar Arvind. 2 port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy- How I do it .Tropical Gastroenterology; 21(1): 44-45, 2000.
50.     Singh KK, Murlidhar M, Kumar Arvind et al .Comparison of an in house Polymerase Chain Reaction with conventional techniques for the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in granulomatous lymphadenopathy . Journal of Clinical Pathology , 53:355-61, 2000 -mediastinal lymph nodes (to be made)
51.     Aggarwal S, Kumar Arvind ,Roy S,Bandhu S. Massive dilatation of the common bile duct due to stone mimicking a choledochal cyst. Tropical Gastroenterology,: 22(4),219-220. 2001
52.     Kumar Arvind, Kumar Subodh, Aggarwal Sandeep et al. Thoracoscopy: The Preferred method for excision of mediastinal parathyroid. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous techniques, 12(4),295-300, 2002. – ANT mass
53.     Kumar Arvind, Kumar Subodh, Aggarwal Sandeep et al. Thoracoscopy: The Preferred method for excision of Select Posterior Mediastinal Tumours. J Laparoendosc Surg., 12(5); 345-353. 2002.
54.      Kumar Arvind, Kumar Subodh, Aggarwal Sandeep et al. Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis. Indian Pediatrics, 39(12):1131-1137, 2002.
55.     Parshad R, Kapoor S, Gupta SD, Kumar Arvind, Chattopadhyaya TK. Does Famotidine enhance tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer ? Results of a randomized prospective pilot study . Acta Oncologica, 41(4) : 362-5. 2002.
56.     Kumar Arvind , Khilnani GC, Aggarwal S, Kumar S, Banerjee U, Xess I.. Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis in an immuno-compromised host: Report of a case. Surgery Today .33(4):319-322, 2003.
57.     Khilnani GC, Kumar Arvind , Malhotra OP, Dattagupta S ,Bhatta N. Primary pulmonary lymphoma presenting as lung mass. Indian J Chest Dis & Allied Sciences, 45:63-66. 2003.
58.     Kumar Arvind, Aggarwal S, Halder S etal. Thoracoscopic excision of Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst. Indian Journal of Chest disease and Allied Sciences, 45:199-201.2003.
59.     Khilnani GC, Kumar A, Dattagupta S, Surendranath A, Sharma S. Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma presenting with dysphagia. Journal of Association of Surgeons of India.51:519-521, 2003.
60.     Aggarwal Sandeep , Kumar Subodh, Kumar Arvind et al. Extrahepatic bile duct adenoma in a patient with choledochal cyst. Journal of Gastroenteroly & Hepatology ,18(3):351-2,2003.
61.     Aggarwal Sandeep, Kumar Subodh, Kumar Arvind et al. Primary malignant Fibrous histiocytoma of the Greater Omentum.Tropical Gastroenterology ,24:193-194.2002
62.     Iqbal M, Aggarwal Sandeep , Kumar Subodh, Kumar R, Kumar Arvind et al . The role of 99mTc mebrofenin hepatobiliary scanning in predicting common bile duct stones in patients with gallstone disease. Nucl Med Commun. , 25(3):285-9. 2004
63.     Kumar Subodh, Kumar Arvind, Pawar DK .Thoracoscopic management of Thoracic Duct injury: Is there a place for conservatism ? J Postgrad Med. 50(1):57-9. 2004 –chylothorax to me made
64.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Choudhary S K, Kaushal S, Kumar S. A case of carinal schwannoma resected under cardiopulmonary bypass. Indian J Cancer. – trachea bronchial tree
65.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Dutta R, Kumar R. Combination of 18F-FDG and 68Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT to differentiate endobronchial carcinoids and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors. J Postgrad Med. 2009; 55: 272-274.
66.     Madhusudhan KS, Das CJ, Dutta R, Kumar A, Bhalla AS. Endovascular Embolization of Pulmonary Sequestration in an Adult. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009; 20:1640-2.
67.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Jindal T, Tanveer N. Concurrent benign schwannoma of oesophagus and posterior mediastinum. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.2009; 9:1032-1034.
68.     Kumar A, Jindal T, Dutta R, Kumar R. Functional imaging in differentiating bronchial masses: an initial experience with a combination of 18F-FDG PET-CT scan and 68Ga DOTA-TOC PET-CT scan. Ann Nucl Med. 2009; 23:745-51. – trachea bronchial tree
69.     Kumar A, Dutta R, Jindal T, Biswas B, Dewan RK. Safe insertion of a Chest Tube. Natl Med J India.2009; 22:192-198.
70.     Kumar R, Jindal T, Kumar A, Dutta R. (68) Ga-DOTA-TOC/NOC in bronchial carcinoids. Nucl Med Commun. 2009; 30:822.
71.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Dutta R, Gupta R, Kumar R. Molecular imaging of carcinoid. Hell J Nucl Med. 2009; 12:168-9.
72.     Kumar A, Regmi SK, Dutta R, Kumar R, Gupta SD, Das P, Halanaik D, Jindal T. Characterization of thymic masses using (18)F-FDG PET-CT. Ann Nucl Med. 2009 ;23:569-77.
73.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Handa KK, Dinda AK. Large pedunculated fibrovascular polyp of oesophagus in a young woman. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009; 9:352-3.
74.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Jindal T, Mathur SR. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thymus gland with sternal invasion. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009; 8:694-6.
75.     Abbey P, Das CJ, Pangtey GS, Seith A, Dutta R, Kumar A. Imaging in bronchopulmonary sequestration. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2009; 53:22-31.
76.     Kumar A, Kale SS, Dutta R, Kumar A. Post-thoracotomy paraplegia due to epidural migration of bone wax. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009; 35:734-6.
77.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Venkitaraman B, Dutta R, Kumar R. Role of 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in the Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Carcinoids. Korean J Intern Med 2010; 25:386-391.
78.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Julka PK, Mathur SR, Kaushal S, Kumar R, Jindal T, Suri V Thymic neuroendocrine tumour (carcinoid): clinicopathological features of four patients with different presentation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010; 11:732-6.
79.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Kumar R, Dutta R, Meena M. Role of positron emission tomography-computed tomography in bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinomas: a case series and review of the literature. J Med Case Reports. 2010;4:277
80.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Kumar R, Dutta R. Functional Imaging to Differentiate Pulmonary Carcinoids. J Nucl Med. 2010;51:1488
81.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Tanveer N, Jindal T. Endobronchial Fibroleiomyomatous hamartoma: a diagnostic pitfall. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 58:352-5. – trachea bronchial tree
82.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Das CJ, Jindal T. Emergency Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Foreign body removal and Decortication of lung in chest trauma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 58:155–158. – chest foreign body
83.     Dutta R, Pangtey GS, Gupta R, Kumar A. Endobronchial mass in an elderly smoker. Ann Thorac Med. 2010; 5:52-54. – trachea bronchial tree
84.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Kumar R, Dutta R. Role of 68 Ga DOTATOC PET/ CT scan in carcinoids. Pathol Int.2010; 60:143-144.
85.     Kumar A, Dutta R, Kannan U, Julka P K, Choudhary S K, Makhija N. Resection and reconstruction of mediastinal great vessels in invasive thymoma. Indian J Cancer. 2010 Oct-Dec; 47:400-5.
86.     Jindal T, Kumar A, Venkitaraman B, Meena M, Kumar R, Malhotra A, Dutta R. Evaluation of the role of [18F]FDG-PET/CT and [68Ga]DOTATOC-PET/CT in differentiating typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids. Cancer Imaging. 2011 Jun 15; 11:70-5.
87.     Jindal T, Dutta R, Kumar A, Kumar R, Kumar N, Choudhary SK. Primary pulmonary synovial cell sarcoma: radiological findings and management. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2011; 19:72-5.
88.     Jindal T, Chaudhary R, Sharma N, Meena M, Dutta R, Kumar A. Primary mediastinal chondrosarcoma with Horner's syndrome. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011; 59:145-7.
89.     Dutta R, Kumar A, Kannan U, Bhalla A P, Kaushal S, Julka P K. A case of surgically treated aggressive mediastinal sarcoma, a tumor of the possible thymic origin. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011; 59:65-7.
90.     Kumar A, Dutta R, Kannan U, Kumar R, Gupta SD, Khilnani GC. Evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes using 18F-FDG PET-CT scan and its histopathological correlation. Ann Thorac Med. 2011; 6: 11-16. – mediastinal lymph nodes
91.     Kumar Arvind. Robotic Surgery: Scientific progress or marketing hype? The Ganga Ram Journal. 2012; Vol.2 (1), 3-6.
92.      Arvind Kumar, Belal Bin Asaf, Roman Dutta. Robotic Adrenalectomy for a large right adrenal tumor. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2012 (e-pub med)
93.     Karthik Panchanatheeswaran, Roman Dutta, Khumallambam Ibomcha Singh and Arvind Kumar
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2012;20:570-574