Aman Kumar, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Kumar is a transplant surgeon at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Kumar received his medical degree from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India, and completed residency at the affiliated Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals. In 2022, he completed his post-doctoral training as a transplant surgery fellow at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. Prior to joining Boston Medical Center, he was an attending surgeon at UNC, where he performed liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants; laparoscopic donor nephrectomies; and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeries. He has a special interest in total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplant (TPAIT). Active in research, Dr. Kumar has participated in clinical trials looking at everything from vascular staples in donor surgeries to the use of social media in organ donor referrals. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed articles, he has presented his research at multiple national and international meetings.

Publications

  • Published 11/1/2023

    Kumar A, Singh SK, Singh N, Chen M, Watkins R, Kapoor S, Desai CS. Impact and Consequences of Recipient Gastroduodenal Artery Ligation Before Hepatic Artery Anastomosis During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Exp Clin Transplant. 2023 Nov; 21(11):879-882. PMID: 38140931.

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  • Published 3/18/2023

    Szempruch KR, Lachiewicz AM, Williams BM, Kumar A, Baldwin X, Desai CS. Microbiological cultures and antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2023 Aug; 22(4):426-429. PMID: 36990838.

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  • Published 2/24/2023

    Kumar A, Abbas D, Barritt AS, Lachiewicz A, Fix OK, Desai CS. Liver transplantation from a SARS-COV-2-positive donor: A road ahead or not. J Liver Transpl. 2023 May; 10:100146. PMID: 38013674.

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  • Published 1/1/2023

    Kumar A, Kapoor S, Desai CS. Early AMR in a ABOi - A2 to O liver transplantation: A reason for caution. Journal of Liver Transplantation. 2023; 10.

  • Published 12/20/2022

    Kumar A, Naso C, Bacon D, Agala CB, Gerber DA. Impact of kidney transplant on post-operative morbidity and mortality in patients with pre-operative cardiac dysfunction. Clin Transplant. 2023 Mar; 37(3):e14878. PMID: 36507574.

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