Nationality Nepalese Name Kumud Dhital | Children Bal Dhital, Uma Dhital Spouse(s) Jane Dhital | |
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Occupation Surgeon, Associate Professor Notable work Dead Heart Transplantation | ||
Dr kumud dhital cardiothorasic transplant surgeon st vincent s hospital
Kumud Dhital (Nepali: कुमुद िधताल), FRCS, PhD is a cardiothoracic specialist and transplant surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. In fall 2014, Dhital was part 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. As of 24 October 2014, 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants. It helps to buy certain time(3 to 6 hrs) for the dead heart to transplant in a receiver.
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- Dr kumud dhital cardiothorasic transplant surgeon st vincent s hospital
- Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery An Interview With Kumud Dhital
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Dhital is also an associate professor and senior lecturer in surgery at the University of New South Wales. As a faculty member at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Dhital works closely with Professor Peter MacDonald, the medical director of the St Vincent’s Heart Transplant Unit. St Vincent’s Hospital and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute collaborated to develop their successful DCD transplant technique.
Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Kumud Dhital
