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Dr. Samir Madhukar Kumta

Department of Plastic Surgery

MBBS, MS General Surgery, MCh. Plastic Surgery.

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Profile

Dr. Samir Kumta has been associated with Lilavati Hospital since 1998. He is a reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon with a special interest in Reconstructive Microsurgery.

He has overall experience of 31 years post MCh. He has handled over 5000 Plastic Surgeries & over 2500 microsurgical procedures.

Overseas Fellowship and Training:

AOCMF Fellowship in Maxillofacial Fixation

Fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Bernard O’Brien Memorial Microsurgery Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Indian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
Brachial Plexus Society of India
Indian Society for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies

Editorial Duties:

Reviewer for Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Editorial Board of Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Editorial Board of Journal of Hand and Microsurgery

Dr. Kumta has considerable specialized experience in microsurgery for all areas of the body and in all fields of surgery, such as emergency finger and limb replantations, free tissue transfers for complex head and neck reconstruction following tumour surgery, and limb reconstruction, and other such complex microvascular surgical procedures. Dr. Kumta has a large experience in the field of mandibular reconstruction using vascularised bone grafts like the fibula and iliac crest.

Dr. Kumta has conducted several workshops and lectured extensively on microvascular surgery in various parts of the country and has presented his work both in India and abroad. He is a prominent faculty member for the Microsurgery courses conducted by Ethicon at the Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education in Mumbai.

He is a Past President of the Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.

He was the Scientific Chairman for the prestigious 8^th Biennial Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery to be held in Mumbai from 19^th to 22^nd March.

Teaching Assignments:

Mentor for MUHS Fellowship in Microsurgery
International Faculty for AOCMF teaching courses
Faculty for Ethicon Courses in Microsurgery

Book Chapters:

Chapter on Microsurgery in Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma (4 volumes) by G S Kulkarni; 3^rd Edition, Jaypee Brothers 2016
Chapter on Microsurgery in Textbook of Plastic Surgery Volume 2; Ed. Karoon Agarwal
Forthcoming chapter on Microvascular femoral Condyle Grafts in The Broken Scaphoid edited by Amit Gupta et al.

Area Of Interest

Male genital reconstruction for gender reassignment, cancer or trauma
Facial Reanimation for facial nerve palsy
Complex limb reconstruction
Head and neck reconstruction

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Kumta’s position as a prominent has been recognised by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences which has granted a One Year Fellowship in Microsurgery under him at the Lilavati Hospital.
Ethicon Visiting Professorship Awarded by the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Research Publications

Kumta SM, Nehete R, Jain L. Challenges Posed by Delayed Presentation of Mutilating Hand Injuries. Hand Clin. 2016 Nov;32(4):569-583
Jain L, Kumta SM, Purohit SK, Menezes M, Bhansali M. The pivotal role ofpedicled perforator flaps amidst irradiation. Indian J Plast Surg. 2015
Kumta S, Kumta M, Jain L, Purohit S, Ummul R. A novel 3D template for mandible and maxilla reconstruction: Rapid prototyping using stereolithography. Indian J Plast Surg. 2015 Sep-Dec;48(3):263-73. \
Jain L, Kumta SM, Purohit SK, Raut R. Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap: Indeed a versatile flap. Indian J Plast Surg. 2015 May-Aug;48(2):153-8.
Jain L, Kumta S, Purohit S. One on one free: two free flaps from a single donor site. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2015 Jan;68(1):140-2.
Kumta SM. Unfavourable results in thumb reconstruction. Indian J Plast Surg. 2013 May;46(2):294-302.
Gangurde BA, Thatte MR, Mokal N, Kumta S. Stockinette sling: 'A simple method and patient friendly method of immobilisation of elbow and shoulder after a free functioning muscle transfer in global brachial plexus palsy'. Indian J Plast Surg. 2013 Sep;46(3):599-600.
Nambi GI, Kumta SM, Mokal NJ, Thatte MR. A simple and effective way of maintaining the microvascular field clean and dry during anastomosis. Indian J Plast Surg. 2013 Jan;46(1):147-8.
Kumta SM. Plastic surgical audit: The need of the hour. Indian J Plast Surg. 2012 Sep;45(3):546.
Kumta SM, Morrison WA. Revascularization of the testis following inadvertent division of the testicular vessels during hernia repair. Aust N Z J Surg. 1997 Feb-Mar;67(2-3):140-1.
Morrison WA, Penington AJ, Kumta SK, Callan P. Clinical applications and technical limitations of prefabricated flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Feb;99(2):378-85.
Morrison WA, Webster HR, Kumta S. Urethral reconstruction using the radial artery forearm free flap: conventional and prefabricated. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996 Feb;97(2):413-9.
Kumta S, Ritz M, Hurley JV, Crowe D, Romeo R, O'Brien BM. Acute inflammation in foetal and adult sheep: the response to subcutaneous injection of turpentine and carrageenan. Br J Plast Surg. 1994 Jul;47(5):360-8. PubMed PMID: 8087375.
Knight KR, Horne RS, Lepore DA, Kumta S, Ritz M, Hurley JV, O'Brien BM. Glycosaminoglycan composition of uninjured skin and of scar tissue in fetal, newborn and adult sheep. Res Exp Med (Berl). 1994;194(2):119-27.
Wilson YT, Kumta S, Hickey MJ, Hurley JV, Morrison WA. Use of free interpositional vein grafts as pedicles for prefabrication of skin flaps. Microsurgery. 1994;15(10):717-21.
Knight KR, Lepore DA, Horne RS, Ritz M, Hurley JV, Kumta S, O'Brien BM. Collagen content of uninjured skin and scar tissue in foetal and adult sheep. Int J Exp Pathol. 1993 Dec;74(6):583-91.
Purohit SK, Kumta SM, Rao PP, Thatte RL. An interesting case of aglossia-adactyly syndrome. Br J Plast Surg. 1989 Mar;42(2):228-9.
Thatte MR, Kumta SM, Purohit SK, Deshpande SN, Thatte RL. Cephalic venous flap: a series of 8 cases and a preliminary report on the use of 99mTc labelled RBCs to study the saphenous venous flap in dogs. Br J Plast Surg. 1989 Mar;42(2):193-8.