EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Undergraduate: Magadh University
• Internal Medicine Internship & Residency: Yale University affiliated Bridgeport Hospital
• Fellowship: Hepatology-Emory University
• Fellowship: Gastroenterology-Emory University

1. Provocation of Bleeding during endoscopy in patients with recurrent acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Kumar A, Gandolfo F, Halwan B. Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Vol. 3, Issue 9, August 2007.
2. Artifon ELA, Rodrigues AZ, Marques S, Sakai P, Halwan B, Kumar A. A feasibility trial of laparoscopic deployment of metal bile-duct stent as one-step palliation in 23 patients with obstructive pancreatico-biliary tumor. J GI Surgery. Accepted August 2007.
3. M Petruska, Maluf-Filho F, Kumar A, Matuguma SE, Sakai P, Ishioka S. Treatment of acute gastric variceal bleeding with Cyanoacrylate: A long term follow-up study of outcomes in 48 patients. Digestive Diseases Science. Accepted May 2007.
4. Artifon E, Sakai P, Halwan B, Ishioka S, Kumar A. Guide wire cannulation facilitates cannulation and reduces risk of post ERCP pancreatitis-A prospective randomized control trial in 300 patients. American Journal of Gastroenterology.
5. Kumar A, Mark A, Singh R, Dong L. The jury is still out on ERCP related volumeoutcomes!
   Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages 739-739, April 2007.