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Dr. Anant Kumar

Specialization - Urologist

Department - Urology

Designation - Chairman - Urology & Kidney Transplant

Works at - Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket

New Delhi, India

Career Profile

Dr. Anant Kumar is a renowned Urologist and Kidney Transplant Surgeon in India. He is well-known for his expertise in Uro-Oncology and Robotic & Kidney Transplantation.

Dr. Anant Kumar, a leading robotic and laparoscopic surgeon in India, is widely regarded as the best kidney specialist in Delhi and North India. In his 38-year medical career, he and his team have performed over 3500 kidney transplants and over 500 robotic surgeries in the last five years.

He has participated in numerous endourological procedures for kidney stone treatment as a highly skilled kidney stone specialist. Dr. Anant Kumar also treats benign prostate hyperplasia with a green light laser and a Holmium laser (HOLEP).

He has also performed reconstructive urology procedures on the bladder, urethra, and kidney, and has performed over 700 urethral stricture surgeries. Dr. Anant is a well-known name in laparoscopic urology, specializing in cystectomy, radical prostatectomy, and partial nephrectomy. He is regarded as a pioneer in the development of robotic assisted urological surgery for the treatment of kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and bladder cancer. He also employs these methods for urological reconstructions such as pyeloplasty and bladder augmentation.

Education & Training

  • M.B.B.S King George Medical University, Lucknow, India.
  • M.S (General Surgery), PGIMER, Chandigarh India.
  • M.Ch. (Urology),PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
  • DNB (Urology),PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.

Work & Experience

  • Professor and Head, Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
  • Director , Department of Urology, Robotic and Kidney Transplantation, Fortis Group of Hospitals, Delhi and NCR.
  • Senior Consultant, Urology and Transplantation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. 
  • Consultant Urologist, Addenbrooke's NHS foundation, Cambridge, UK .
Clinical Focus
  • Bladder Augmentation.
  • Kidney Transplant.
  • Robotic Urology.
  • Ureteroneocystostomy.
  • Urethral Structure Surgery.
  • Vesicovaginal And Ureterovaginal Fistula.
Awards
  • 4000 Kidney Transplantations in the last 35 years and over 2500 lap donors nephrectomy.
  • Most of the cancer surgeries of Kidney/prostate & bladder are done by Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery.
  • Delivered many prestigious rations and guest lectures at various meetings and institutes.
  • Over 180 papers published in national & international journals.
  • Written several book chapters and invited reviews.
  • Won many awards and distinctions during medical education and training.
Memberships
  • American Urological Association.
  • British Association of Urological Surgeon Societe Internatinale D'Urologie.
  • International Transplant Society.
  • International Society of Nephrology.
  • European Association of Urology.
  • Asian society of Transplantation.
  • Association of Surgeons of India.
  • Urological Society of India.
  • Indian Society of Organ Transplantation.
  • Urological Society of India (Northern Chapter) Indian Society of Peritoneal Dialysis.
  • Indian Science Congress Society.

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