Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Hahnemann University Hospital
230 N. Broad Street, 7th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-762-1857
Fax: 215-762-1621
Email: anil.kumar@drexelmed.edu

Currently Anil Mysore Kumar, M.D. is chief for the Division of Transplantation at Hahnemann University Hospital, professor of surgery for the Department of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine, and surgical director for the Division of Transplantation at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Administrative Experience in Kuwait:

Anil Mysore Kumar, M.D. was involved in organizing the work in the Department of Organ Transplantation, under the chairmanship of Dr. G. M. Abouna. He was the acting chairman on many occasions. In December 1987, when the Clinical Service of Department of Organ Transplantation was relocated in Hamed Al-Essa Kidney and Organ Transplant Centre, Dr. Kumar was involved as acting chairman in transferring the department from Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, re‑establishment of the transplant service and teaching in the new Transplant Center.

Clinical Research Projects:

Anil Mysore Kumar, M.D. is actively involved in clinical research in transplant patients. Since January, 1980, he has actively participated and completed the following projects:

1.   The effect of random and donor specific transfusion on the graft survival in kidney recipients.
2.   Preservation and transplantation of imported cadaveric kidneys.
3. Correlation of ATP levels in cadaver kidneys to the renal function.
4.   Developing different protocols of immunosuppression.
5.   The use of living unrelated donors.
6.   Effect of HLA typing on graft survival.
7.   Effect of Cyclosporine in transplanted kidneys.
8.   Septicemia in renal transplant recipients.
9.   Tuberculosis in renal transplant recipients.
10. Effect of renal transplantation on uraemic cardiomyopathy.
11. Renal transplantation in pediatric patients.
12. Initiation of cadaver liver transplantation in Kuwait University
13. Transplantation of single cadaveric pediatric kidneys into adult recipients.
14. B-2 Macro globulin in renal transplant recipients.
15. Combined kidney and pancreas transplantation in Type 1 diabetes patient.
16. Induction immunosuppression in renal transplant recipients.
17. Myocardial dysfunction in end stage renal disease patients and the effects of renal transplantation.
18. Use of elderly donor kidneys for transplantation.
19. Early infection in transplant recipients and its outcome.
20. Use of pediatric pancreas for transplantation.
21. Graft survival of kidneys from elderly donors in young and older recipients.
22. Use of ATGAM in cadaver renal transplantation and dose adjustment.
23. Use of Mofetil in refractory acute rejection in kidney transplantation.
24. ATG vs. OKT3 for induction therapy in cadaver renal transplantation.
25. A randomized open label base ranging study to assess the safety and efficacy of FK506 and MMF when used in combination with renal transplant recipients.
26. Randomized double blind study using Rapamycin in kidney transplantation.
27. Rapid steroid withdrawal in kidney transplant recipients –a controlled study.
28. Kidney transplantation in HIV sero positive ESRD patients.
29. Use of RAD in kidney transplant recipients.
30. Surveillance biopsies in kidney transplantation.