Dr. Anant Kumar

Dr. Anant Kumar

Brief Profile:

Dr. Anant Kumar possesses 35 years of expertise in urology and kidney transplantation. He currently serves as the Chairman of Uro-Oncology, Robotic Surgery, and Kidney Transplantation at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, as well as at Max Hospital in Vaishali. He is recognized as one of the leading robotic and laparoscopic surgeons in India. Previously, he held the position of Director of the Department of Urology, Renal Transplantation, and Robotics at Fortis Hospital and Apollo Hospital in Delhi and the NCR region. Before that, he was the Professor and Head of Urology and Kidney Transplantation at SGPGIMS in Lucknow. Additionally, he worked as a consultant urologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK.

Dr. Anant Kumar, regarded as the top urologist in the NCR, is also recognized as the premier robotic surgeon in Delhi and a highly skilled kidney stone specialist in the city. As a leading urologist in Delhi, he specializes in Kidney Transplantation, Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Urology, Renovascular Hypertension, Laparoscopic Urology, Urological Oncology, Laser Urological Surgery, and Reconstructive Urology. He is currently acknowledged as one of the most prominent urologists in India.

Commonly referred to as the best urologist in Delhi and a specialist in Uro-oncology, Dr. Anant Kumar has 35 years of experience in Urology and Renal Transplantation, both as an educator and a clinician. A distinguished urologist in Delhi and the NCR, he has rightfully earned the title of the best robotic surgeon in Delhi by performing over 500 robotic surgeries in the past five years. Furthermore, he has conducted over 3,500 kidney transplants in the last 30 years and has been retrieving all kidneys laparoscopically for the past 20 years, completing over 2,200 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies. He possesses extensive experience in Renovascular Hypertension. As a highly skilled and experienced robotic surgeon in Delhi, he has performed several hundred endourological procedures, including PCNL, URS, flexible ureteroscopy, endopyelotomy, TURP, TUBT, and optical urethrotomy, among others. Dr. Anant Kumar has been utilizing laser technology for prostate gland removal for the past 10 years, employing Thulium, green light, and Holmium lasers. Currently, he is performing HOLEP using the Lumenis machine.

Work Experience:

• Consultant Urologist, Addenbrooke's NHS foundation, Cambridge, UK
• Senior Consultant, Urology and Transplantation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
• Director , Department of Urology, Robotic and Kidney Transplantation, Fortis Group of Hospitals, Delhi and NCR
• Professor and Head, Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

Education:

• MBBS - University of Lucknow, 1980
• MS - General Surgery - POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 1983
• MCh - Urology/Genito-Urinary Surgery - POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, 1987

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Hewett Gold Medal
• K.L. Gold Medal for first position in Surgery
• Selby Gold Medal for first position in Clinical Surgery
• Silver Medal for first Position in M.S. Gen. Surgery

MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS

• American Urological Association
• British Association of Urological Surgeon
• Societe Internationale 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