Prof. Dr. Kumud K. Dhital | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Citizenship | Nepal |
| Occupation(s) | Surgeon, Associate Professor |
| Employer(s) | Yashoda Hospitals, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute |
| Notable work | Dead Heart Transplantation |
| Spouse | Jane Dhital |
| Children | 2 |
Kumud Dhital (Nepali: कुमुद धिताल) is a Nepalese cardiothoracic specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India.[1]
Dhital's prior work experience was at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and, Australia.[2][3]
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.[4] As of 24 October 2014[update], 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants.[5] 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.[3][5] As a faculty member at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Dhital worked closely with Professor Peter MacDonald, the medical director of the St Vincent's Heart Transplant Unit.[3] St Vincent's Hospital and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute collaborated to develop their successful DCD transplant technique.[6]