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Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar

Prof. Dr. A S Arunkumar

MBBS, MD, Diploma General Surgeon Associate Consultant 

28 Years Years of Experience

Kauvery Hospital, Chennai

Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada

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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

  • 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

Work 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 & Recognitions

  • 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.

Memberships

  • 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

Research & Papers 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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