His areas of special interest are, all types of adult heart surgery, robot-assisted heart surgery, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease, aortic aneurysm repair, surgery for cardiac failure, heart and lung transplant and ventricular assist device.
R Ravi Kumar graduated from Stanley Medical College and obtained the FRCS from Edinburgh.
He worked at the Harefield Hospital, UK, under Sir Magdi Yacoub involving himself with adult cardiac surgery including heart and lung transplant and aortic homografts.
Dr Ravi Kumar then underwent surgical residency in Boston, MA, United States.
He continued at the same institution as an advanced fellow in Heart & Lung Transplant and is UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing), certifiable for Heart & Lung Transplant.