Kumud Dhital (
Nepali
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: कुमुद धिताल) is a Nepalese
cardiothoracic
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal struct ...
specialist and
Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon at
Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India.
Dhital's prior work experience was at
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and, Australia.
In fall 2014, Dhital was head of the surgical team who completed the world's first “dead heart” transplant. A “dead heart” is a heart donated after circulatory death (DCD), where the heart has stopped beating.
, 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants.
It helps to buy certain time(3 to 6 hrs) for the dead heart to transplant in a receiver.
Dhital was also an associate professor and senior lecturer in surgery at the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...
.
As a faculty member at the
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) is an Australian non-profit medical research facility that is dedicated to finding cures for cardiovascular disease. With headquarters located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, the research hub ...
, Dhital worked closely with Professor Peter MacDonald, the medical director of the St Vincent's Heart Transplant Unit.
St Vincent's Hospital and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute collaborated to develop their successful DCD transplant technique.
References
Living people
Nepalese surgeons
Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
Year of birth missing (living people)
Nepalese cardiac surgeons
Nepalese expatriates in Australia
Nepalese expatriates in India
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