Dr. R. V. Kumar is a famous Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Professor, HOD at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, Telangana. Heart Transplant Surgery which is affordable only to a few on account of its astronomical costs and is mostly performed in the Corporate Hospitals. Dr. Kumar through his tireless efforts and coordination with agencies like Govt., Arogyadaan, and other agencies makes it possible to the poor and needy.
Apart from performing several hundreds of complicated surgeries during his course of working, Dr. Kumar is also instrumental in imparting most modern technology in CT Surgery to the next generation Doctors through his teaching in NIMS, participation in several seminars, workshops and also through his motivational speeches in various forums. The selfless service of Dr. Kumar deserves many appreciations in recognition of his good work and thus he was felicitated by many prestigious National Level awards both from the Govt., and Medical Fraternity.