Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar 
MBBS, MD, Diploma
General Surgeon
Associate Consultant
28 Years Years of Experience
Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada
About Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar
- Renowned intensivist with over 28 years of clinical and academic excellence in critical care medicine.
- Has successfully managed more than 45,000 critically ill patients, including 17,000+ on mechanical ventilation.
- Pioneer in establishing higher specialty training programs (DM Critical Care Medicine) in India, contributing to academic growth in this field.
- Expertise spans multi-organ support, ECMO, CRRT, trauma care, and infection control, ensuring advanced patient care.
- Widely recognized with multiple national and international awards for research and contributions to critical care medicine.
Qualifications of Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar
- MBBS – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
- MD (Anesthesiology) – Kasturba Medical College (MAHE), Mangalore
- EDIC – European Diploma in Intensive Care, Belgium
Special Area of Interest Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Prone Ventilation
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Perioperative Critical Care
- Obstetric Critical Care
- Sepsis & Septic Shock
- Critical Care Nutrition
- Polytrauma Management
- Infection Control
- Quality Systems in Critical Care
Past Experience of Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar
- Clinical Lead – Intensive Care Unit, Chennai: Leading multidisciplinary ICUs, managing complex critical patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, and advanced ventilation.
- Academic Leadership: Founder of one of the first two DM Critical Care Medicine programs in India (2012), expanding advanced training in Tamil Nadu.
- Consultant Intensivist: Over three decades of practice in high-volume tertiary care hospitals, with expertise in trauma and perioperative critical care.
- Mentor & Educator: Actively involved in training intensivists, postgraduate students, and healthcare professionals.
Awards
- Hansraj Nayyar Best Paper Award – International Critical Care Congress (twice, Kochi & Nagpur).
- Top 10 Posters – 4th SG-ANZICS Intensive Care Forum, Singapore.
- Dr. T. Dhinakaran Gold Medal Award – Best Poster, API TN State Chapter.
- KOPS Best Paper Award – Indian Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, Jaipur.
- Best Paper Award – APICON, Kochi.
- Best Paper Award – 2nd Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence on Critical Care Interventions, Hyderabad.
Associations/Membership
- Member – Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
- Member – Indian Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA)
- Member – European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
- Member – Academic forums in advanced critical care medicine
Paper Published By Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar
- Multiple award-winning research papers presented and published at international and national critical care forums.
- Research covers mechanical ventilation strategies, sepsis management, obstetric critical care, and infection control systems.
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