Salil Kumar, MD, FACC
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
About Salil Kumar
Salil Kumar, MD, Assistant Professor, specializes in advanced heart failure and transplantation; his clinical interests include amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction, remote pulmonary pressure monitoring and triaging patients for cardiac replacement therapies. His research interests include amyloidosis surveillance and referral for heart or multi-organ transplantation, identifying and treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in cancer patients, and using artificial intelligence for early detection of cardiac toxicities from cancer therapies.
Dr. Kumar received his medical degree at Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center. He then completed his clinical fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Dr. Kumar's research interests include amyloidosis surveillance and referral for heart or multi-organ transplantation, identifying and treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in cancer patients, and using artificial intelligence for early detection of cardiac toxicities from cancer therapies.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Kumar's clinical interests include amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction, remote pulmonary pressure monitoring and triaging patients for cardiac replacement therapies.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2016 | The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 2012 | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, BS, Biomedical Engineering |
Postgraduate Training
| 2022-2023 | Clinical Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
| 2022-2022 | Participant; Clinical Educator Pathway, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
| 2021-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Chief Cardiology Fellow, Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
| 2019-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, General Cardiology Fellow, Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
| 2016-2019 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY |
Board Certifications
| 2022 | Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2021 | National Board of Echocardiography |
| 2019 | Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kumar S, Li D, Joseph D, Trachtenberg B. State-of-the-art review on management of end-stage heart failure in amyloidosis: transplant and beyond. Heart Fail Rev 27(5):1567-1578, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35112265.
- Sims DB, Kim Y, Kalininskiy A, Yanamandala M, Josephs J, Rivas-Lasarte M, Ahmed N, Assa A, Jahufar F, Kumar S, Sun E, Rahgozar K, Ali SZ, Zhang M, Patel S, Edwards P, Saeed O, Shin JJ, Murthy S, Patel S, Shah A, Jorde UP. Full-Time Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Staffing by Heart Failure Specialists and its Association with Mortality Rates. J Card Fail 28(3):394-402, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34634449.
- Vejpongsa P, Torre-Amione G, Marcos-Abdala HG, Kumar S, Youker K, Bhimaraj A, Nagueh SF. Long term development of diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction in heart transplant recipients. Sci Rep 12(1):3834, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35264640.
- Kumar S, Derbala MH, Nguyen DT, Ferrall J, Cefalu M, Rivas-Lasarte M, Rashid SMI, Joseph DT, Graviss EA, Goldstein D, Jorde UP, Bhimaraj A, Suarez EE, Smith SA, Sims DB, Guha A. A multi-institutional retrospective analysis on impact of RV acute mechanical support timing after LVAD implantation on 1-year mortality and predictors of RV acute mechanical support weaning. J Heart Lung Transplant 41(2):244-254, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34802875.
- Kumar S, Aoun J, Bhimaraj A. New Onset Coronary Obstruction in Established Nonischemic Heart Failure: A Late Consequence of Radiation. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 18(2):108-110, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35414847.
- Rivas-Lasarte M, Kumar S, Derbala MH, Ferrall J, Cefalu M, Rashid SMI, Joseph DT, Goldstein DJ, Jorde UP, Guha A, Bhimaraj A, Suarez EE, Smith SA, Sims DB. Prediction of right heart failure after left ventricular assist implantation: external validation of the EUROMACS right-sided heart failure risk score. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 10(7):723-732, 2021. PMID: 34050652.
- Mitra S, Khandelwal P, Roberts K, Kumar S, Vadivelu N. Pain relief in laparoscopic cholecystectomy--a review of the current options. Pain Pract 12(6):485-96, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22008277.
- Hanna JA, Wimberly H, Kumar S, Slack F, Agarwal S, Rimm DL. Quantitative analysis of microRNAs in tissue microarrays by in situ hybridization. Biotechniques 52(4):235-45, 2012. PMID: 22482439.