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Dr. Arvind Kumar

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Lung Transplant

MBBS , MS Surgery , MNAMS , FUICC , FACS , FICS , FIAGES

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Medanta Gurugram

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About Dr. Arvind Kumar

Performed over 15,000 Thoracic (Chest) Surgeries including over 8000 surgeries by Minimally Invasive (Key-hole or VATS) and Robotic methods.

Leads India's largest and most Comprehensive “Chest Surgery Program” offering State of the art surgical care for different Chest ailments.

Country’s Largest Experience in surgical management of Thymic diseases like Myasthenia Gravis & Thymoma including country’s largest experience in performing Robotic Thymectomy with an exceptional success rate.

Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar is a Thoracic (Chest) Surgeon who specialises in the treatment of surgical diseases of the chest involving the lungs, pleura mediastinum, trachea (windpipe), esophagus (food pipe), chest wall and diaphragm including Chest Trauma. He leads the country’s largest and most comprehensive Chest (Thoracic) Surgery, Chest Oncosurgery and Robotic Chest Surgery program offering the entire range of chest surgical services including Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) and the State of art Robotic Chest Surgery. Dr Arvind Kumar is credited with performing most of the VATS and Robotic Chest Surgeries in India, for the first time at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi where he delivered 36 years of ordained service. He has one of the Asia’s largest experience in Robotic Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma. Under the leadership of Prof. Arvind, the “Team Thoracic Surgery” at Medanta offers cutting edge surgical treatment for Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Thymoma, Carcinoid Tumours, Posterior Mediastinal Tumours & Tracheal Tumours, as well as various non-tumour chest ailments like Bronchiectasis , Aspergilloma, Pneumothorax, Empyema etc as well as all cases of Chest Trauma. The dedicated team specialises in offering Open, Key-hole (VATS) as well as Robotic approach for various surgical ailments of the chest including removal of Lung Cancer and other cancers of the chest.

Performed over 15,000 Thoracic (Chest) Surgeries including over 8000 surgeries by Minimally Invasive (Key-hole or VATS) and Robotic methods.

Leads India's largest and most Comprehensive “Chest Surgery Program” offering State of the art surgical care for different Chest ailments.

Specialization And Expertise

Robotic Thymectomy

Key-Hole (VATS) Surgery of the Chest

VATS (Key-Hole) Surgery for Lung Cancer

Tracheal Resections for stenosis and tumours

Lung Esophageal Cancers

Thymoma, Cracinoid, Mediastilal & Tracheal Tumours

2019

Awarded “ASI Social Services Award 2019” by the Association of Surgeons of India

Awarded "Dr. V. Ramalingaswamy prize" for being the "Best undergraduate of the year" at AIIMS, New Delhi

1980

Nominated for "Sir Hiralal Gold medal" for being the "Best Postgraduate of the Year" at AIIMS, New Delhi

1984

Awarded Khandelwal junior Oncology award for Scientific Excellence

1992

Awarded “Dr. A.K. Sen Sarma Endowment Lecture” by the Association of Surgeons of India

2008

Awarded "Dr. N Mohan Das Memorial Oration" by the Association of Surgeons of India

2010

Awarded "Dr. Das Mohapatra Oration" by the Association of Surgeons of India

2013

Awarded "Dr. PK Sen Memorial Oration" by the Association of Surgeons of India

2017

Awarded “Presidential Oration-2019” by the Association of Surgeons of India

2014

The most prestigious "Dr. B.C. Roy National Award" by the Government of India in the category "Eminent Medical Person of the year

2019

Awarded “ASI Betadine Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Association of Surgeons of India

2019

Honored with the prestigious ICRETT (Cancer) Fellowship by International Union against Cancer (UICC- Geneva) and got trained in Minimal Access and Advanced Chest Surgical Procedures under Prof. Robert J. Ginsberg, Chief of Thoracic Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA.

Awarded the coveted WHO Fellowship, got trained in Advanced Tracheo-Bronchial Surgery under Dr. Joel Cooper and Dr. Patterson at Thoracic Service, Barnes Hospital, University of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (USA), & Dr. Ralph J Lewis at Thoracic Service, St. Peter's Hospital, New Jersey (USA)

1999

Awarded "Raj Nanda Fellowship" by the Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Research Trust in association with the British Thoracic Society

2006

Honoured with "Fakhr-e-Hind" (Pride of Nation) award.

2009

National Honorary Secretary, The Association of Surgeons of India

2019

National President: The Association of Surgeons of India

Everything You Need to Know About Lung Cancer

By Dr. Arvind Kumar

29.07.2025

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By Dr. Arvind Kumar

21.07.2025

फेफड़ों के कैंसर का निदान कैसे होता है?

By Dr. Arvind Kumar

18.07.2025

एस्परजिलोमा (फेफड़ों में फंगस बॉल) क्या है?

By Dr. Arvind Kumar

11.07.2025

10 मिथक जो फेफड़ों के कैंसर के बारे में गलत धारणाएं फैलाते हैं

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Mansi Khupchandani, 19, from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, was diagnosed with Multi-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) a year ago and has been having problems eating, drinking, and so on. She could not eat or drink water as she desired. She vomits every time she eats. She visited numerous doctors and underwent.....