Overview :

• With over 35 years of experience in Armed Forces Medical Services, including 22 years in Cardiac Surgery, Dr (Brig)Sameer Kumar has performed approximately 2,000 heart surgeries, including complex heart transplants.
• He has established two heart transplant programs at Delhi & Pune, for which he was awarded a presidential award in 2023: Sena Medal (Distinguished)
• Professor & Head, CTVS Department – AICTS, AFMC Pune (2022-2025)
• Commandant (Director) – Military COVID Hospital, Agra (2020-2022)
• Professor & Head, CTVS Department–Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi (2016-2020)
• Professor & Senior Adviser, CTVS–Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi (2015-2016)
• Senior Adviser, CTVS–INHS Asvini, Mumbai (2013-2015)
• Senior Adviser & Associate Professor, CTVS–Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi (2008-2013)
• Assistant Professor, CTVS– AICTS, AFMC Pune (2006-2008)

• MBBS (1985-1990): Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, University of Pune
• MS General Surgery (1995-1998): Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, University of Pune
• MCh Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (2003-2006): Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, University of Pune (First Rank Holder)
• Reev H Betts Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery (2009): AIIMS, New Delhi (Awarded by Indian Association of Cardio- vascular Thoracic Surgeons - IACTS)
• Clinical Fellow in Heart & Lung Transplant (2012): University Hospital Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK

• Adult & Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
• Valve Replacement & Repair Surgeries
• Aortic Surgery (Elective & Emergency)
• Heart Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic PTE
• Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

• Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)- Life Member
• Indian Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (INSHLT)- Life Member
• Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Govt. of India)- Committee for Hospital Empanelment for Heart Transplantation (2015-2020)
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)- Technical Committee for Hospital Equipment & Surgical Disposals
• Diplomate National Board (DNB)- Member, Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist Board (2019)
• Section Editor- Indian Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart Transplant & Extracorporeal Life Support)