MBBS (AIIMS), MS (Surgery, AIIMS), MNAMS, FACS (USA), FICS (USA), FUICC (Geneva)
Chairman, Institute of Chest Surgery, Chest Onco-Surgery and Lung Transplantation Co-Chairman, Medanta Robotic Institute Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon
Honored to receive the prestigious "Dr.B.C.Roy Award" for "Eminent Medical Person" from His Excellency The President of India.

Awards & Certificates to Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar
• Elected as President - 2019 for The Association of Surgeons of India. The Association of Surgeons of India was established in 1938 for the purpose of sharing experiences and enhancing surgical skills among the Indian Surgeons. ASI has a strong membership base counting 20,000 + membership and is increasing.
• Prof. (Dr). Arvind Kumar honoured with "Fakhr-e-Hind" (Pride of Nation) award in an International event "Jashn-e-Bharat" organised by Indian Heritage and Health Care Centre and Husanara Trust on 27th January 2019 at India International Centre, Delhi.
• Awarded the most prestigious "Dr. B.C. Roy Award" by the Government of India in the category "Eminent Medical Person of the year 2014.
• In 2006, he was again awarded the WHO Fellowship and underwent training in Management of Chest Trauma at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney (Australia).
• In 2006, he was awarded "Raj Nanda Fellowship" by the Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Research Trust in association with the British Thoracic Society for training in Thoracoscopic Surgery in UK for 6 months period.
• In 1997, he was awarded the prestigious ICRETT (Cancer) Fellowship by International Union against Cancer (UICC- Geneva) and got trained in Minimal Access and Advanced Chest Surgical Proceduresunder Prof. Robert J. Ginsberg, Chief of Thoracic Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA
• Awarded "Khandelwal junior Oncology award for Scientific Excellence" for the paper entitled "Esophageal Carcinoma - How much to resect _ Is it a Non Issue" at the Fifth biennial conference of the Indian Society of Oncology at Chennai, India. (1992).
• Nominated for "Sir Hiralal Gold medal" for being the "Best Postgraduate of the Year" in the Deptt, of Surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi. (1984).
• warded "Dr. V. Ramalingaswamy prize" for being the "Best undergraduate of the year" in the Department of Community Medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi (1980).

Various Achievements of Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar
Robotic Surgery :-
Prof. Arvind Kumar is the Pioneer in Robotic and Chest Surgery who has numerous firsts to his credits in this field in India/ Asia.
• FIRST ROBOTIC THYMECTOMY in India using da Vinci Robotic Surgical System for Myasthenia Gravis at AIIMS, New Delhi in June, 2008.
• FIRST ROBOTIC THYMECTOMY in India using da Vinci Robotic Surgical System for Thymoma at AIIMS, New Delhi in July, 2008.
• FIRST ROBOTIC VASCULAR SURGERY in Asia for Athe sclerotic aortic obstruction , at SGRH, New Delhi in April, 2012
• FIRST ROBOTIC ESOPHAGECTOMY in North India for esophageal(food-pipe) cancer at SGRH, New Delhi in May, 2012
• FIRST ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY i.e.scarlesss surgery for the removal of Thyroid gland, in North India for Goiter at SGRH, New Delhi in May, 2013
• ROBOTIC LOBECTOMY for Lung cancer at SGRH, New Delhi in June, 2012
• ROBOTIC EXCISION OF POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM TUMOUR
• Robotic Adrenalectomy (Pheochromocytoma) at SGRH.
• We offer the cutting edge Robotic Surgery for various chest, abdominal, vascular & endocrine (Thyroid) diseases routinely at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon
Chest Surgery :-
• Prof. Kumar has been performing Chest surgery for various diseases for over two decades at the AIIMS, New Delhi by Open, Key-hole (VATS) as well as Robotic methods.
• In his first 6 months at SGRH, over 200 such procedures have already been performed with excellent results.
• In first 18 months at SGRH, over 500 procedures have been performed with excellent outcomes and better cosmesis.
General Surgery :-
• As a Consultant, in surgery at AIIMS since 1988, Prof. Arvind Kumar had performed entire range of General Surgery from Thyroid, Breast, Adernal to entire range of abdominal surgery.