Dr. Kumaran. N

• Dr. Naga Kumaran graduated from Thanjavur Medical College in 1991. He received postgraduate training in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery respectively from Stanley Medical College and Institute of Child Health, Madras. After achieving FRCS (Glasgow) in 1998, he underwent extensive training in various centers in UK in special aspects of Pediatric surgery including Urology, Neonatal Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery.
• He has attended Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), European Pediatric Life Support (EPLS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support Courses. He has also attended specialised Paediatric Surgical courses like the Leeds Advanced Pediatric Laparoscopic course and the prestigious Pena course in Treatment of Anorectal Malformation, Delegate in Vesicoureteric reflux masterclass held by Dr. Ramnath Subramanian , St. James University Hospital 2007.

• NEONATAL SURGERY - eg. Oesophageal atresia, Hirschsprung's disease , intestinal atresias , anorectal malformations, biliary atresia , neonatal oncology.
• PEDIATRIC LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 
• PEDIATRIC UROLOGICAL SURGERY
• PEDIATRIC THORACOSCOPY Eg. VATS for Empyema
• ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY eg: Pyeloplasty, Reimplant
• ANTENATAL COUNSELLING FOR CONGENITAL DEFECTS

• 1. TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP - for Poster on 'Selective‘ ERCP in Jaundiced Infants’ ” - From King's College Hospital, London. Co-author Mr. Mark Davenport. Single topic conference on Biliary atresia . Organised by American Association of Study of Liver Diseases, Atlanta USA Dec 2002
• 2. Chairperson - Biliary atresia section - Masterclass in Liver Disease Series -3 - Organised by Global Hospital. 
• 3. National IAP Conference , Coimbatore , CODISSIA 2018 - for Thoracoscopy Surgery section
• 4. Fetal medicine conference, KMCH , 2019 Coimbatore
• 5. Online TPPS conference- Pediatric Urology medal session 2021 (judge)

SPEAKER:

• 1. GUEST SPEAKER: Coimbatore IAP- Obstructive urinary tract lesions in children 2011
• 2. SPEAKER: Robotic Surgery conference - KMCH - 2017 - Robotic Paediatric Surgery - Current role

PUBILICATIONS:

TEXT BOOK CHAPTER

* Kumaran N, Wheeler RA

Vascular Injuries in Children

In ‘Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology’ by Devendra Gupta Ed., All India Institute of MedicalSciences, New Delhi. December 2001

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

• 1. Prabakaran S, Kumaran N, Regunanthan SR, Prasad N, Sridharan S; Spontaneous biliary perforation in a child with features of Ivemark syndrome Pediatric Surgery International – Feb 2000; 16(1-2): 109-10.
• 2. Kumaran N, Shankar KR, Lloyd DA, Losty PD Trends in the management and outcome of neonates with jejuno-ileal atresia European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Jun 2002; 12: 163-167.
• 3. Bosma JJD, Kumaran N, May PL Cerebral oedema following EVD insertion for delayed hydrocephalus after foramen magnum decompression in Chiari I malformation. Child’s Nervous System 2002 Oct; 18(9-10): 474-7. Published as a case for discussion with critique by multiple authors in the same issue.
• 4. Kumaran N, Kirby CP, Cusick E Anorectal malformation with recto-perineal fistula: Case report and clues to diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Sep 2003 38 (9): E35; pages E 4 -5. [Online-only article]
• 5. Kumaran N, Azmy AA, Carachi R, Raine PAM, Macfarlane JH, Howatson AG Pilomatrixoma – accuracy of clinical diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2006 Oct; 41(10):1755-8
• 6. Steven M, Kumaran N, Carachi R, Desai A, Bennet G. Haemangiomas and vascular malformations of the limb in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2007 Jun;23(6):565-9. doi:10.1007/s00383-007-1905-y. Epub 2007 Mar 28. PMID: 17390139.
• 7. Duraiswamy, A., Abiramalatha, T., Govindaraju, G. et al. Sequential Presentation of Bilateral Congenital Lobar Emphysema. Indian J Pediatr 90, 834 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-023-04643-4
• 8. Rajesh SP, Arunachalam VK, et al. Retroperitoneal homunculus lesion in a newborn male. Case Rep Clin Radiol. 2025;3:43-5. doi: 10.25259/CRCR_115_2023

• INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC SURGEONS
• SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC UROLOGY - IAPS
• SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY - SUBSECTION IAPS
• TAMILNADU AND PONDICHERRY PEDIATRIC SURGEONS
• IMA COIMBATORE