Dr. Krishna Kumar passed his MBBS & MCh (Plastic Surgery) from Trivandrum Medical College & MS from KMC Mangalore. He then proceeded to UK for further training and passed PLAB & FRCS from both Edinburgh & Glasgow colleges. He completed 6 years of specialist Plastic surgery training obtaining the degree FRCS (Plastic Surgery). He was awarded the CCT and entry into the UK Specialist Register in Plastic Surgery. He completed the Hand & Microsurgery fellowship from the world-renowned Christine M Kleinert Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and then returned back to India

He set up the first modern Plastic surgery unit in Malabar. Within a short span of time developed it into one of the better-known units, providing cutting-edge service in the entire sub-speciality spectrum of Plastic surgery with a caseload of 125–150/month, which includes micro vascular surgery and replant, reconstructions utilizing micro vascular and regional flaps to reconstruct head & neck & breast cancers and Limb Sarcomas, upper limb service to ensure near-normal functional recovery for major hand injuries. He started health tourism in a big way hosting patients requiring cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. He also started the burns service utilizing the latest “early excision & grafting” technique through which we were able to save the lives of numerous badly burnt patients.

Dr Krishna Kumar has been a training faculty in the National Microsurgery training programme, National Hand Surgery Training Scheme and National flap course and was the President of the Kerala Plastic Surgeons Association.

Dr Krishna Kumar was selected as an Examiner for the MRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh & Glasgow and has been examined in numerous exams in India and abroad. He has been responsible for bringing this exam and the training courses to Kerala (DNB). He has been selected as an associate fellow of the faculty of surgical trainers of RCSEd.

Dr Krishna Kumar is the FIRST Plastic surgeon from India to be invited to lecture in PAKISTAN for their national conference. He has attended two of their national conferences – In Multan & Bahawalpur, and has been an invited International faculty in quite a few countries – Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Oman, Lebanon, Middle East, UK, and USA etc and is a part of the International charity – “Operation Smile” and have conducted free surgeries in various countries. He was instrumental in setting up the upper limb Unit – at Kenyatta National Hospital and has been the faculty since then and an examiner for Plastic Surgery at Nairobi University, Kenya.

He has been awarded numerous awards in the local & international scene – Best Paper in the New Zealand national conference, Best Paper in the British Aesthetic conference, Best candidate in the British microsurgical training course etc. His work has been published in major journals around the world and has 10 publications in his name. Dr Krishna Kumar has penned a chapter about Clefts in the “Bailey & Love Companion Guide” .He is a member of the editorial board of two major journals – Pakistan Journal of Plastic Surgery & Journal of Surgical Wound Care & Research.

Qualifications :
MBBS: University of Kerala – 1988
M.S. (Gen. Surgery): University of Mangalore – 1991
MCh. (Plastic Surgery): University of Kerala – 1995
FRCS Ed (Gen. Surgery): Edinburgh – 1996 (Oct)
FRCS Glasg (Gen. Surgery): Glasgow – 1996 (Nov)
Diploma in Plastic Surgery: British Association of Plastic Surgeons – 2000 (June)
FRCS (Plastic Surgery) – 2001 (Sept)

Experience :
1) Cluster HOD and Senior Consultant Plastic Surgery – Aster group of Hospitals, Kerala, India
2) Consultant Plastic & Microvascular Surgeon – Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut, Kerala, India
3) Fellow in Microsurgery & Hand surgery – Christine M Kleinert Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
4) Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery – Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
5) Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery – Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester
6) Senior SHO in Plastic Surgery – Whiston Hospital, Prescot
7) SHO in Plastic Surgery – St. John’s Hospital, Livingston
8) Observer in Plastic Surgery – Whiston Hospital, Prescot
9) Senior Registrar in Plastic Surgery – Trauma unit, Medical College, Trivandrum
10) Registrar in Plastic Surgery – Medical College, Trivandrum
11) Senior Registrar in Surgical Gastroenterology – Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam
12) Registrar in General Surgery – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
13) SHO in General Surgery – Medical College, Trivandrum
14) JHO in Medicine / Surgery – Medical College, Trivandrum

Publications & Research

1. Research and Publications: Authored numerous articles in major journals globally, with topics spanning cleft palate surgery, free flap neovascularization, microsurgery, and others.
2. Awards: Received awards for Best Paper at conferences in New Zealand and the UK, and for excellence in microsurgical training.

Notable Affiliations

1. Leadership Roles: Served as President of the Kerala Plastic Surgeons Association.
2. Editorial Board: Member of editorial boards for Pakistan Journal of Plastic Surgery and Journal of Surgical Wound Care & Research.
3. Contributions to Medical Literature: Authored a chapter on cleft surgeries in the Bailey & Love Companion Guide.