T.K. Susheel Kumar
· MDNew York University · Transplant
Active 2022–2024
About
T.K. Susheel Kumar, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the surgical director of NYU Langone’s Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Program. He specializes in providing surgical care for individuals with congenital heart disease, beginning in infancy and continuing into adulthood, where patients often require additional surgical interventions. His expertise includes treatment for heart defects and heart failure resulting from these defects, utilizing procedures such as structural heart defect correction, implantable devices to support failing hearts, and heart transplants. Dr. Kumar oversees surgical care for children with heart failure unresponsive to standard medical therapy and provides heart transplants for children when deemed the best option. Through the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, he offers surgical treatment for adults diagnosed with congenital heart defects in childhood, supporting their growth into adulthood and helping them manage their condition confidently. He emphasizes patient education, addressing concerns about future heart health for both children and adults, and strives to ensure his patients can lead normal, healthy lives. His work is characterized by a dedication to advancing surgical options for congenital heart disease and providing attentive, compassionate care to his patients and their families.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Demography
- Intensive care medicine
- Emergency medicine
Frequent coauthors
- 7 shared
Kacie Dragan
Harvard University
- 6 shared
Joyce Woo
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 6 shared
Andrew B. Goldstone
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- 5 shared
Sarah Crook
Columbia University
- 5 shared
Marshall L. Jacobs
Johns Hopkins University
- 4 shared
George M. Alfieris
- 3 shared
Kathleen Walsh-Spoonhower
Stony Brook Children's Hospital
- 3 shared
Katherine A. Nash
Awards & honors
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Su…
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