Kumar G. Belani, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

Professor
B-515 Mayo
Phone: 612-624-0180
e-mail: belan001@umn.edu

Education
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

Licensure(s)
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.