Medaviate

Dr. Arvind Kumar

Experience: 36+ years

Education: MBBS, MS

Department: Organ Transplant

Specialization: Lung Transplant

Hospital:  Medanta Hospital Gurgaon, India

INTRODUCTION:

Specialist in treating surgical illnesses of the chest affecting the lungs, pleura mediastinum, trachea (windpipe), esophagus (food pipe), chest wall, and diaphragm, including chest trauma, is Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar. He is in charge of the biggest and most extensive program in the nation for robotic chest surgery, chest onco surgery, and chest surgery (thoracic surgery). It provides the whole spectrum of surgical treatments for the chest, including state-of-the-art robotic chest surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). The majority of VATS and robotic chest surgeries in India are due to him, who began his 36-year tenure at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. His experience with robotic thymectomy for thymoma and myasthenia gravis is among the greatest in Asia. 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 committed group specializes in providing Open, Key-hole (VATS), and Robotic approaches for a range of surgical conditions affecting the chest, such as the excision of lung cancer and other chest malignancies.

Experience

  • Performed over 15,000 Thoracic (Chest) Surgeries including over 8000 surgeries by Minimally Invasive (Key-hole or VATS) and Robotic methods.
  • oversees the most extensive and largest “chest surgery program” in India, providing cutting-edge surgical treatment for a range of chest conditions.
  • The largest experience in the nation for performing robotic thymectomy with an outstanding success rate, as well as the largest experience for surgically managing thymic disorders such as myasthenia gravis and thymoma.

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