Komal Kumar, MPH

| Aspiring surgeon | Tweets my own | Director of @iaoefilm| @FulbrightPrgrm🇺🇸🇿🇦| @JohnsHopkins| @JohnsHopkinsSPH|

[Nina Martínez @marganina]

🥹😭 Welcome to the standard of clinical care in transplantation club for people with HIV, @UNC_Health_Care #HOPEtransplants
https://t.co/wDztsCX57O

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

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

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN

[UAB Surgery @UABSurgery]

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! 🎉 https://t.co/vDD3xwlwUG

[Michigan Surgery @UMichSurgery]

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

[Nina Martínez @marganina]

Happy HOPE Act enactment anniversary, @BarackObama. #ThanksObama https://t.co/R2LBZrRLG7

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

Higher mortality rates among surgeons vs non-surgeon physicians may reflect differences related to work environment, professional demands, and lifestyle. https://t.co/zTaN01v0bw @AnupamBJena

[Nina Martínez @marganina]

In @bmj_latest: https://t.co/zSa1niEzp4

[Abigail Marsh @aa_marsh]

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. https://t.co/q3Xkx93hIl

[Nina Martínez @marganina]

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. https://t.co/bNfHxYXMjC

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

https://t.co/GU3E7R4Gph

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

“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.”

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

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

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

Change is coming: June 26, 2025

#thehopeact #hopetransplants #donatelife #scienceoverstigma

https://t.co/5zTAWAhwhP

[In Absence of Evidence Film @iaoefilm]

HIV-positive organ rules updated nationwide

#thehopeact #donatelife #scienceoverstigma #hopetransplants

https://t.co/3lqO09wPPh

[Nina Martínez @marganina]

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 https://t.co/bNfHxYXMjC

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

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.

https://t.co/2oAi4qmYyS

[Tyler Olson, EA @olsonplanner]

New interns -

This video on your impending student loan decisions took longer than 2 minutes.

But it's definitely worth watching!

[Komal Kumar, MPH @_komalkumar]

@WashU_CT @washusurgres @hopkinssurgery Congratulations Dr. Ruck!

[WashU Medicine Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery @WashU_CT]

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