Komal Kumar, MPH

@SocietyofBAS @TomVargheseJr @SAGES_Updates @YewandeAlimiMD 👏👏👏👏congrats @YewandeAlimiMD

Congratulations to Dr. Yewande Alimi on her recognition by @SAGES_Updates as a recipient of the Barbara Berci Award. This award is given for her leadership and commitment to advancing surgical care! She is SO deserving of this honor! We are so proud! #SBASProud #SAGES2026✊🏾

The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, M.D., Ph.D., as director for the Division of Transplantation and co-director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute. Join us in celebrating her arrival to UAB! 🎉 bit.ly/49R0CTl

This Thursday, we're delighted to welcome Babak J. Orandi, MD, PhD, MSc, from NYU Langone Health for the final Grand Rounds of 2025! Don't miss out on Dr. Orandi's talk, Weight Management in Transplantation and Implications for General Surgery. Location: Ford Auditorium

Happy HOPE Act enactment anniversary, @BarackObama. #ThanksObama obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/11/2…

Higher mortality rates among surgeons vs non-surgeon physicians may reflect differences related to work environment, professional demands, and lifestyle. ja.ma/3IN1UmD @AnupamBJena

In @bmj_latest: bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Thanks to the tireless advocacy of @marganina and others working on the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), people who are HIV+ can now donate organs to other HIV+ people, expanding the US organ supply. 11alive.com/video/news/loc…

It's 12:30am on June 26, 2025 and kidney and liver transplants from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV are now standard of clinical care in the United States. optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/professionals/…

A group of clinicians said that's wrong. They put together a protocol. They changed the law. They conducted a research study. The research study worked. And we just made it part of a national allocation policy.” #hopetransplants #ScienceOverStigma #thehopeact #ChangeIsHere

“I want everyone to realize the significance of what just occurred,” said Richard Formica, M.D., OPTN Board President. “This was an idea that started when nobody would use an HIV positive organ to be transplanted. It was illegal in federal law … to use HIV positive organs.”

Change is coming: June 26, 2025 #thehopeact #hopetransplants #donatelife #scienceoverstigma optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/news/optn-boar…

HIV-positive organ rules updated nationwide #thehopeact #donatelife #scienceoverstigma #hopetransplants 11alive.com/video/news/loc…

Very brave of me to agree to a Monday 9am live spot the day after my bday. Here I am on @11AliveNews' streaming app program "The Take" w Chesley McNeil talking about the forthcoming OPTN policy changes coming Thursday, June 26. #HOPEtransplants #DonateLife optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/professionals/…

This analysis of national Medicare claims data shows that female surgeons had better long-term post-operative outcomes compared to male surgeons, particularly for female patients. ja.ma/43ZRnLX

New interns - This video on your impending student loan decisions took longer than 2 minutes. But it's definitely worth watching!

@WashU_CT @washusurgres @hopkinssurgery Congratulations Dr. Ruck!

Meet our 2026 Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Class! We can't wait to see all the amazing things they'll accomplish! Congrats Drs. McGilvray and Shepherd from @washusurgres and Dr. Ruck from @hopkinssurgery #WashUMedicine #WashUSurgery #MatchDay

We were so overdue on updating y'all on our film progress. It's a minor snag in a world full of, quite frankly, major ones. Particularly bc of that, I remain a believer of keeping focused and changing the things we can. Join us in changing the world. gofund.me/97a5d4b8