Rate My Professor Kalindu Muthucumarana

Kalindu Muthucumarana is a Consultant Nephrologist at St John of God Healthcare, Australia, based in Warrnambool. He maintains an affiliation with Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, as indicated in peer-reviewed publications. His professional expertise lies in clinical nephrology, with listed research interests including hemodialysis, chronic renal failure, dialysis, acute kidney injury, renal failure, and hypertension. Muthucumarana has made contributions to the medical field through authorship on multiple peer-reviewed articles addressing critical topics in nephrology and general medicine, such as outcomes in peritoneal dialysis peritonitis, anemia in hospitalized patients, and referral patterns for chronic kidney disease in geriatric populations. His work demonstrates a consistent focus on improving clinical outcomes in renal and related disorders.

Key publications authored by Kalindu Muthucumarana include 'Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and intravascular large B-cell lymphoma: hidden partners in crime' published in Pathology in 2023, where he is affiliated with the Department of General Medicine at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital and Curtin Medical School; 'The effect of radiological imaging on treatment delay and hospitalisation in patients with peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: A secondary analysis of the PROMPT study' in Peritoneal Dialysis International in 2022; 'Anemia in hospitalized patients: an overlooked risk in medical care' in Transfusion in 2018, associated with the Department of General Medicine at Royal Perth Hospital; 'The Relationship Between Presentation and the Time of Initial Administration of Antibiotics With Outcomes of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The PROMPT Study' in Kidney International Reports in 2016; and 'Limited referral to nephrologists from a tertiary geriatric outpatient clinic despite a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease and anaemia' in BMC Geriatrics in 2012. These publications have accumulated 84 citations, underscoring his influence in nephrology research. Additional associations include St John of God Midland Public Hospital and involvement in studies on peritoneal dialysis complications.