Abhishek Kumar, MBBS, FASN, FAST
Nephrology
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Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
Not Applicable
Titles
- Associate Professor (Nephrology)
- Medical Director, Living Kidney Donor Program
Education & Training
- FellowUniversity of Iowa
- FellowUniversity of Iowa
- ResidentUniversity of Illinois
- MBBSJIPMER
Languages Spoken
- English
- हिन्दी (Hindi)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Fellow of American Society of Transplantation: (2022)
- Fellow of American Society of Nephrology: (2018)
- Junior Resident of the Year: University of Illinois (2010)
Professional Service
- Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) Public Policy Workgroup (2022 - Present): Chair
- Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) Education Commettee (2021 - Present): Member
- CJASN, Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation Kidney360 (2021 - Present): Reviewer
- Vermont Kidney Association (2018 - 2021): Member
- Organ and Tissue Donation Workgroup with Vermont Department of Health (2018 - 2021): Advisor
- American Society of Transplantation (2015 - Present): Member
- American Society of Nephrology (2013 - Present): Member
- American College of Physicians (2008 - Present): Member
Publications
- Kumar A, Nishio Lucar AG, Doshi MD. Pushing the Boundaries of Living Donation Through Kidney Paired Donation. Am J Kidney Dis 2024 PMID: 39706246, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.10.007.
- Kumar A, Wadei HM. Kidney after Liver Transplantation for All: Are You Kidneying Me? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2024 PMID: 38265809, DOI: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000409.
- Yi Z, Xi C, Menon M, Cravedi P, Tedla F, Soto A, Sun Z, Liu K, Zhang J, Wei C, Chen M, Wang W, Veremis B, Garcia-Barros M, Kumar A, Haakinson D, Brody R, Azeloglu E, Gallon L, O'Connell P, Naesens M, Shapiro R, Colvin R, Ward S, Salem F, Zhang W. A large-scale retrospective study enabled deep-learning based pathological assessment of frozen procurement kidney biopsies to predict graft loss and guide organ utilization. Kidney International 2023, 105: 281-292. PMID: 37923131, PMCID: PMC10892475, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.09.031.
- Virmani S, Kumar A. The Transplant Kidney Biopsy: In Whose Hands? Kidney360 2022, 3: 1662-1663. PMID: 36514728, PMCID: PMC9717671, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0005382022.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Thomas CP. Severely Reduced Kidney Function Assessed by a Single eGFR Determination at the Time of an Isolated Heart Transplant Does Not Predict Inevitable Posttransplant ESKD. Transplantation 2022 PMID: 36223634, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004350.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Eberlein M, Thomas CP. The U-shaped association of post-lung transplant mortality with pretransplant eGFR underscores possible limitations of creatinine-based estimation equations for risk stratification. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication Of The International Society For Heart Transplantation 2022, 41: 1277-1284. PMID: 35778259, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.05.018.
- Emelianova D, Prikis M, Morris CS, Gibson PC, Solomon R, Scriver G, Smith ZT, Bhave A, Shields J, DeSarno M, Kumar A. The evolution of performing a kidney biopsy: a single center experience comparing native and transplant kidney biopsies performed by interventional radiologists and nephrologists. BMC Nephrology 2022, 23: 226. PMID: 35752759, PMCID: PMC9233823, DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-02860-1.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Thomas CP. Impact of changing renal function, while waiting for a heart transplant, on post-transplant mortality and development of end stage kidney disease. Transplant International : Official Journal Of The European Society For Organ Transplantation 2021 PMID: 33884675, DOI: 10.1111/tri.13889.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Prikis M, Solomon R. Impact of age mismatch between donor and recipient on heart transplant mortality. Clinical Transplantation 2021, 35: e14194. PMID: 33336373, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14194.
- Kumar A, Howard A, Thomas CP. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at Transplant Listing and Other Predictors of Post-Heart Transplant Mortality and the Development of ESRD. Transplantation 2020, 104: 2444-2452. PMID: 32028343, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003159.
- Kumar A, Akselrod D, Prikis M. Caroli Disease Revisited: A Case of a Kidney Transplant Patient With Autosomal Polycystic Kidney Disease and Recurrent Episodes of Cholangitis. Transplantation Proceedings 2019, 51: 541-544. PMID: 30879585, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.025.
- Mendelson NL, Fitzgerald A, Kumar A, Pineda JA, MacDougall J, Solomon RJ, Gibson PC, Prikis M, Marroquin CE. Impact of Ethylene Glycol Toxicity on Donor Organ Viability: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings 2017, 49: 2411-2414. PMID: 29198693, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.004.
- Lodhi A, Kumar A, Saqlain MU, Suneja M. Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with proteasome inhibitors. Clinical Kidney Journal 2015, 8: 632-6. PMID: 26413293, PMCID: PMC4581378, DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv059.
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Associate Professor (Nephrology)
- Medical Director, Living Kidney Donor Program
Education & Training
- FellowUniversity of Iowa
- FellowUniversity of Iowa
- ResidentUniversity of Illinois
- MBBSJIPMER
Languages Spoken
- English
- हिन्दी (Hindi)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Fellow of American Society of Transplantation: (2022)
- Fellow of American Society of Nephrology: (2018)
- Junior Resident of the Year: University of Illinois (2010)
Professional Service
- Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) Public Policy Workgroup (2022 - Present): Chair
- Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP) Education Commettee (2021 - Present): Member
- CJASN, Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation Kidney360 (2021 - Present): Reviewer
- Vermont Kidney Association (2018 - 2021): Member
- Organ and Tissue Donation Workgroup with Vermont Department of Health (2018 - 2021): Advisor
- American Society of Transplantation (2015 - Present): Member
- American Society of Nephrology (2013 - Present): Member
- American College of Physicians (2008 - Present): Member
Publications
- Kumar A, Nishio Lucar AG, Doshi MD. Pushing the Boundaries of Living Donation Through Kidney Paired Donation. Am J Kidney Dis 2024 PMID: 39706246, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.10.007.
- Kumar A, Wadei HM. Kidney after Liver Transplantation for All: Are You Kidneying Me? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2024 PMID: 38265809, DOI: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000409.
- Yi Z, Xi C, Menon M, Cravedi P, Tedla F, Soto A, Sun Z, Liu K, Zhang J, Wei C, Chen M, Wang W, Veremis B, Garcia-Barros M, Kumar A, Haakinson D, Brody R, Azeloglu E, Gallon L, O'Connell P, Naesens M, Shapiro R, Colvin R, Ward S, Salem F, Zhang W. A large-scale retrospective study enabled deep-learning based pathological assessment of frozen procurement kidney biopsies to predict graft loss and guide organ utilization. Kidney International 2023, 105: 281-292. PMID: 37923131, PMCID: PMC10892475, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.09.031.
- Virmani S, Kumar A. The Transplant Kidney Biopsy: In Whose Hands? Kidney360 2022, 3: 1662-1663. PMID: 36514728, PMCID: PMC9717671, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0005382022.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Thomas CP. Severely Reduced Kidney Function Assessed by a Single eGFR Determination at the Time of an Isolated Heart Transplant Does Not Predict Inevitable Posttransplant ESKD. Transplantation 2022 PMID: 36223634, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004350.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Eberlein M, Thomas CP. The U-shaped association of post-lung transplant mortality with pretransplant eGFR underscores possible limitations of creatinine-based estimation equations for risk stratification. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication Of The International Society For Heart Transplantation 2022, 41: 1277-1284. PMID: 35778259, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.05.018.
- Emelianova D, Prikis M, Morris CS, Gibson PC, Solomon R, Scriver G, Smith ZT, Bhave A, Shields J, DeSarno M, Kumar A. The evolution of performing a kidney biopsy: a single center experience comparing native and transplant kidney biopsies performed by interventional radiologists and nephrologists. BMC Nephrology 2022, 23: 226. PMID: 35752759, PMCID: PMC9233823, DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-02860-1.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Thomas CP. Impact of changing renal function, while waiting for a heart transplant, on post-transplant mortality and development of end stage kidney disease. Transplant International : Official Journal Of The European Society For Organ Transplantation 2021 PMID: 33884675, DOI: 10.1111/tri.13889.
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Prikis M, Solomon R. Impact of age mismatch between donor and recipient on heart transplant mortality. Clinical Transplantation 2021, 35: e14194. PMID: 33336373, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14194.
- Kumar A, Howard A, Thomas CP. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at Transplant Listing and Other Predictors of Post-Heart Transplant Mortality and the Development of ESRD. Transplantation 2020, 104: 2444-2452. PMID: 32028343, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003159.
- Kumar A, Akselrod D, Prikis M. Caroli Disease Revisited: A Case of a Kidney Transplant Patient With Autosomal Polycystic Kidney Disease and Recurrent Episodes of Cholangitis. Transplantation Proceedings 2019, 51: 541-544. PMID: 30879585, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.025.
- Mendelson NL, Fitzgerald A, Kumar A, Pineda JA, MacDougall J, Solomon RJ, Gibson PC, Prikis M, Marroquin CE. Impact of Ethylene Glycol Toxicity on Donor Organ Viability: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings 2017, 49: 2411-2414. PMID: 29198693, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.004.
- Lodhi A, Kumar A, Saqlain MU, Suneja M. Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with proteasome inhibitors. Clinical Kidney Journal 2015, 8: 632-6. PMID: 26413293, PMCID: PMC4581378, DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv059.
Departments and Programs