Sean C. Kumer, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.

Professional Background

Dr. Sean Kumer, MD, PhD, FACS, is a McConnell Family Endowed Professor of Surgery and Medicine and the Interim-Chair of Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Kumer is the Program Director of the Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Kumer received his surgical training at the University of Michigan and his fellowship training in transplant and hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgery at the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia, where he continued his clinical, academic, and research interests in abdominal transplantation as well as benign and malignant HPB surgical diseases and conditions.
Dr. Kumer joined our faculty in 2011. He remains active as an academic transplant and HPB surgeon. He also serves as the Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation. He maintains an active interest in HPB diseases and conditions.
Dr. Kumer was promoted to Vice President of UKHS for Perioperative & Procedural Services for the Health System in 2018. He is responsible for the oversight of all operative and procedural areas within the Kansas City division, which includes all inpatient and outpatient facilities and operations.

• BS, Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
• PhD, Pharmacology and Physiology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
• MD, Doctorate in Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
• Residency, General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 2013 - Present

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