Abhishek Kumar, MBBS, FASN, FAST
Nephrology
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Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
Not Applicable
Board Certified in
Internal Medicine and Nephrology
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)
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Nephrology (2015)
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
- Chandler T, Guo M, Su Y, Chen J, Wu Y, Liu J, Agashe A, Fischer R, Mehta S, Kumar A, Baskin T, Jaumouillé V, Liu H, Swaminathan V, Nain A, Oldenbourg R, La Riviere P, Shroff H. Volumetric imaging of the 3D orientation of cellular structures with a polarized fluorescence light-sheet microscope. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2406679122. PMID: 39982748, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406679122.
- 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)
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Nephrology (2015)
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
- Chandler T, Guo M, Su Y, Chen J, Wu Y, Liu J, Agashe A, Fischer R, Mehta S, Kumar A, Baskin T, Jaumouillé V, Liu H, Swaminathan V, Nain A, Oldenbourg R, La Riviere P, Shroff H. Volumetric imaging of the 3D orientation of cellular structures with a polarized fluorescence light-sheet microscope. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2406679122. PMID: 39982748, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406679122.
- 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