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Biography
Dr. Shekhar Kubal’s area of clinical practice is adult and pediatric liver and intestine/multivisceral transplantation. He is the surgical director of the IU Health adult liver transplant program. Under Dr. Kubal’s leadership, this program has expanded the donor pool through surgical innovation and consistently ranks in the top 10 in the country for liver transplant volume. IU Health ranked No. 3 for liver transplant volume in 2018.
His clinical interests include living donor liver transplantation, which has taken him to the most experienced centers in the world for training. His research interests include fatty liver disease, ischemic reperfusion injury in liver transplantation and liver regeneration.
Dr. Kubal received his MD degree and residency training at Mumbai University in India. He completed a PhD in transplant research at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, after earning membership to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He joined the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he is an associate professor of surgery, upon completion of his abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at IU School of Medicine in 2011.
He is the Region 10 representative for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Liver Intestine Transplant Committee. He also is a member of the Indiana Donor Network advisory board and editorial board member of transplant journals, including Clinical Transplantation and Liver Transplantation.
Insurance
Insurance plans accepted by this provider are below.
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Healthy Indiana Plan
- Anthem Hoosier Care Connect
- Anthem Hoosier Healthwise
- Anthem Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Medicare HMO
- Anthem Medicare PPO
- Anthem Pathway Essentials Network
- Care Source Healthy Indiana Plan
- Care Source Hoosier Healthwise
Cigna
Cofinity
Community Health Alliance
- Community Health Network - Employee Plan
- ProHealth/Community Health System
- CorVel/Corecare - Workers Compensation
Coventry/First Health
Deaconess OneCare
- Encore Workers Compensation
- Health Alliance Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Indiana Health Network - Workers Compensation
- Indiana University Health - Workers Compensation
- IU Health Plans Medicare Advantage
Lutheran Preferred
- Managed Health Services Healthy Indiana Plan
- Managed Health Services Hoosier Care Connect
- Managed Health Services Hoosier Healthwise
- Managed Health Services Medicare Advantage
- MDWise Excel Healthy Indiana Plan
- MDWise Excel Hoosier Healthwise
MultiPlan/PHCS
NaphCare
- Parkview Health Plan Signature Care PPO
- Point Comfort - Refugee Medical Assistance Program
- Point Comfort - Unaccompanied Children Program
Sagamore
Select Health Network
SIHO
Suburban Health Organization
- The Healthcare Group Encircle
- The Healthcare Group Encore
- TriCare Select
- United DSNP
- United HMO
- United HealthCare
- United HealthCare Hoosier Care Connect
- United Medicare Advantage
- United PPO
- VA - CCN via United Healthcare
Note: Although this listing was accurate at the time of posting, insurances change regularly, and insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider. Please confirm with your insurance company that this provider is covered by your plan before your appointment.
Locations
Specialties & Details
Specialties:
Transplant Surgery
Conditions & Treatments:
Adult & Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Adult & Pediatric Intestine/Multivisceral Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, Intestine Transplant, Multivisceral Transplant
Hospitals & Affiliations
Hospital Privileges:
IU Health Methodist/IU Health University
Physician Group:
IU Health Physicians
Research
Research Publications
* Information provided by PubMed
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