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Dr Vimal Kumar G

Senior Consultant

Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation

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  • Name

    Dr Vimal Kumar G
  • Postion

    Senior Consultant
  • Mail

    drgvimal@gmail.com
About Me

Biography

Dr. Vimal Kumar is a compassionate and distinguished Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist with more than 12 years of expertise in India and the UK, dedicated to providing exceptional care to children and adolescents with various types of cancers and blood disorders. He received specialized training at St Mary’s Hospital, London, one of the pioneer centres in performing haploidentical BMTs and Gene therapy in UK. He has performed more than 500 Bone Marrow Transplantations till date.

His areas of expertise include comprehensive management of Childhood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, solid tumours like brain tumors, hepatoblastoma, neuroblastoma etc.), Blood disorders, Immune deficiencies, BMT including complex T cell deplete haploidentical transplants and Cellular therapies. Dr. Vimal has numerous publications in indexed national & international journals and has won accolades in presentations at various international forums. He is also a certified examiner for MRCPCH Clinical Examinations in India.

Qualifications

Areas of Expertise

  • M.B.B.S

    Madras Medical College, Chennai
    2000 – 2006

  • MD (Paediatrics)

    SMS Medical College, Jaipur
    2007 - 2010

  • FNB Fellowship in Paediatric Haematology Oncology

    National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
    2012 - 2014

  • Fellowship in Paediatric BMT

    Imperial College Healthcare NHS, London, UK
    2015 - 2016

  • MRCPCH

    Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK
    2019

Awards

Achievements and Recognitions

  • imageWon Late Dr. Puneet Sharma GOLD MEDAL issued by the India Health Trust for the Best Outgoing Student of the year 2010 in MD Pediatrics
  • imageWon Silver medal in RajPedicon 2009 held on 24-25 October at Jaipur for oral paper presentation
  • imageCame first in the NNF PG Quiz in Neonatology in the Divisional Round held at Government Medical College, Kota on 25-08-2009

Appointment

Works

Publications

  • ‘A Single Centre Experience of Effective Desensitization Strategy for Children with High Anti-HLA Donor-Specific Antibodies Undergoing Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation’

    Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2023).
  • ‘Clinical Profile of Hepatitis Associated Aplastic Anemia (HAAA) in Six Children’

    Indian Pediatrics volume 60, pages410–411 (2023)
  • ‘Outcomes of liver transplantation in children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Experience from a quaternary care center’

    Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023; 70: e30024
  • ‘Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant’

    Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 Dec; 20(12):1137-1140
  • ‘CARMIL2 Immunodeficiency with Epstein Barr Virus Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor (EBV-SMT). Report of a Case with Comprehensive Review of Literature. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology’

    2022 Dec;41(6):1023-1034
  • ‘Hereditary Non-Spherocytic Hemolytic Anemia (HNSHA): Case reports of Rare Hereditary Red Cell Enzymopathies’

    Indian Pediatr 2021;58: 993-994
  • Indian Pediatrics 2021 Mar 15;58(3):285-286

    ‘Varied Clinical Manifestations of LRBA Deficiency (Immune Dysregulation Disorder)’
  • ‘Non-Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Children: A case series’ – Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion,

    2021 Jan; 37(1):152-156.
  • ‘Diagnostic spectrum and clinical profile of Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders at a tertiary care children hospital in South India’

    Indian Pediatrics 2021 Mar 15;58(3):246-249
  • ‘Outcomes for high-risk hepatoblastoma in a resource-challenged setting’

    BJS open 2020; 4: 630–636
  • ‘Multidisciplinary management of hepatoblastoma in children: Experience from a developing country’ ’

    Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 2017; 64: e26249
  • ‘Extensive nail changes in a toddler with multisystemic Langerhans cell histiocytosis

    Pediatric Dermatology, 2017;34:732-734
Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • imageRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), UK
  • imageInternational Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)
  • imageEuropean Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
  • imageIndian Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ISBMT)
  • imageIndian Academy of Pediatrics (PHO subchapter)

Courses & Conferences Attended

  • 1. Participated as faculty in the 1st meeting of ‘Society of Pediatric Cellular Therapy and Transplantation’

    GoaFeb 2024
  • 2. Participated as faculty in the 2nd Emirates Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Congress (EPBMTC) held at Abu Dhabi

    , UAE Oct 2023
  • 3. Participated as faculty in panel discussion on ‘Current Practices in Donor selection’ in the DKMS Symposium

    BangaloreSept 2023
  • 4. Participated as faculty (Posters Judge) in ‘4th Annual Meeting of the Indian Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Conference’

    Bangalore May 2023
  • 5. Participated as faculty in ‘TAMPOS – Tamil Nadu Medical and Pediatric Oncologist Society Conference’

    Madurai Feb 2023
  • 6. Participated as faculty in ‘2nd Annual Highlights of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation’

    New Delhi May 2019
  • 8. Participated as faculty in ‘SIOP PODC nutrition workshop program’

    Chennai January 2019
  • 13. Participated as faculty in TPPOG (Tamil Nadu Puducherry Paediatric Oncology Group) meet held in JIPMER

    Puducherry Jan 27, 2018
  • 14. Participated as International Faculty in Haem Icon 2017, annual conference of Sri Lanka College of Haematologists, and gave a talk on ‘Treatment approaches in childhood acute leukemia – an update’, held at Hikkaduwa

    Sri Lanka Sept 28-29, 2017
  • 15. Participated as Faculty in Paediatric Oncology Nursing Workshop in IAP-PHO chapter – Pediatric Oncology in developing countries (CCLG) on 4-5 Feb, 2017 at Sri Ramachandra Medical College,

    Chennai, India4-5 Feb, 2017
  • 17. Participated in “PHOCON 2016”, 20th National Annual Paediatric Hematology Oncology Conference PHO Chapter of IAP

    Mumbai, India5-6 Nov 2016