Dr. Kapur is Chief of Transplantation Surgery, Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, and is an Associate Attending Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Kapur is an Associate Professor of Surgery (Transplantation) at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Kapur earned his Medical Degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1990. He completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and was a research fellow in Transplant Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College and The Rogosin Institute from 1993-1994. Dr. Kapur went on to complete a fellowship in Organ Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He joined the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College in 1998 as an Assistant Professor of Surgery, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Kapur is a member of many professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, The Transplantation Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the New York Surgical Society. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, and plays a strong leadership role in surgical education, serving as Associate Director for student clerkships in surgery since 2005. He is a Preceptor for medical student surgical clerkships and has served as a Faculty Mentor for surgical house staff since 1998. He also serves as the Surgical Director of the Weill Cornell Physicians Assistant Program since 2003.