Kumar G. Belani, M.D.

Contact Information Phone: 612-624-0180 Fax: 612-626-2363 Email: belan001@umn.edu Address: MMC 294 Mayo 8294 420 Delaware Minneapolis, MN 55455

Professor

Educational Background

• 1974: M.B.B.S., Bangalore University, India
• 1983: M.S., University of Minnesota

Post-doctoral Training

• 1975: Intern, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India
• 1976-1978: Resident (Anesthesia), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 1978-1979: Research Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 1983-1984: Fellow (Pediatric Anesthesia/Critical Care), University of Pennsylvania

Professional Appointments

• 1982-1989 Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
• 1989-1994 Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
• 1991-1998 Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
• 1998-present Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
• 1994-present Professor, University of Minnesota
• 2000-2005 Interim Head, University of Minnesota

Certification

• 1978 American College of Anesthesiologists
• 1981 American Board of Anesthesiology (Renewed, 1993)
• 1986 American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care

Licensures

Minnesota, California, Pennsylvania

Professional Activities/Committees

• Director, Continuing Medical Education
• Co-Director, Difficult Airway Workshop
• Co-Director, Operating Room Committee
• Chair, Sub-Committee on Procedural Skills for Medical Students
• Council of clinical chiefs representative to University of Minnesota Medical Center
• Executive committee member, advisory council, International Medical Education and Research
• ASA committees (pediatric anesthesia, outreach education, overseas programs)
• SAMBA Publications Committee
• Co-Director, MH Service
• Editor, Practical Reviews in Anesthesiology

Role in residency training program

Co-Program Director, clinical and didactic instructor.
Subspecialties: pediatric anesthesia, transplantation anesthesia.