Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital

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About Doctor

Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital is an internationally acclaimed Cardiothoracic, Heart and Lung Surgeon with more than 25 years of experience.
He has performed more than 6,000 pediatric cardiac surgeries, including some of the most complex procedures, and is widely respected for his precision and compassionate approach.
He is globally recognized as the surgical pioneer of the first series of DCD (Donation after Circulatory Death) heart transplants, performed with his team at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Dhital is a science graduate (BSc) with a research degree (PhD) from the University of London and obtained his medical degree (BMBCh) from the University of Oxford.
His postgraduate qualifications include the FRCS in General Surgery and FRCS-CTh in Specialist Cardiothoracic Surgical training in the UK, as well as the FRACS from Australia.
Dr. Dhital is an active member of several leading international and national medical societies, including the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Transplantation Society, the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Society for Heart Failure and Transplantation (India), and the Indian Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation.

Qualifications

BSc (Science) | University of London, UK
PhD (Research Degree) | University of London, UK
BMBCh (Medicine) | University of Oxford, UK
FRCS (General Surgery) | United Kingdom
FRCS (CTh – Cardiothoracic Surgery) | United Kingdom
FRACS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) | Australia

Work Experience of Dr. Kumud Kumar Dhital

Visiting Senior Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon | Apollo Hospital, Seshadripuram, Bangalore, Karnataka | 2025
Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation – Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS | Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2024
Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation | Marengo Asia Healthcare, Faridabad & Gurgaon, Haryana | 2023
Program and Surgical Director, CTVS & Thoracic Transplantation | SPARSH Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka | 2022
Program & Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplantation and MCS | Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana | 2021
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation; Program Director – Alfred Heart & Lung | Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia | 2020
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation | Monash University, Melbourne, Australia | 2020
Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon (VMO) | St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 2018
Consultant Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon; Director of Lung Transplantation | Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK | 2009
Honorary Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon | Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK | 2006
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh; Director of Cardio-Pulmonary Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance | IsMeTT – Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Therapies, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (affiliated with UPMC, USA) | 2005
Locum Consultant Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon | Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK | 2003