Kumar Alagappan MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FIFEM

Dr. Kumar Alagappan is now Chair of Emergency Medicine (EM) and Professor at MD Anderson, at the University of Texas. Previously he was a Professor in Emergency Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

He graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has been practicing Emergency Medicine for almost 30 years. He was an attending in New York City at LIJ and started as an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and worked his way up to Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He started the Combined EM/IM Residency and served as the Director for over 15 years. He also founded the International EM Fellowship at NS-LIJ, he has co-chaired over 20 International meetings and has been involved with the development of Emergency Medicine in several countries, most notably in India. He has numerous awards in his career.

Dr. Alagappan was one of the Co-founders of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine in India (AAEMI) and also the Global Academy of Emergency Medicine (GAEM). Both organizations have been involved with the development and promotion of Emergency Medicine in India with their sister organizations (Society of EM, India) and also with several hospitals.