Dr. Sampthkumar is a senior nephrologist of the country with great interest in acadamics and clinical nephrology. He has grown to become one of the prominent teachers in Nephrology besides taking active leading roles in various national and international nephrology forums.  His keen interest and contribution to interventional nephrology is going to be a great strength for this INFORM forum.

Now, he is the  Senior Consultant Nephrologist, heading the  Department of Nephrology, Meenakshi Mission hospital, Madurai.

Formerly  Secretary of ISNSC and PD society of India.

Presently

• Secretary of NATPU- Nephrology Association of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
• Vice President of Indian Society of Nephrology- Southern Chapter
• Executive committee member of Asia Pacific chapter of DAS ( Dialysis Access Society )

• 2013-2019- Member of Interventional Nephrology committee of International Society of Nephrology.

Conducted 15  Live workshops on CAPD Catheter insertion and Tunneled central vein catheter insertion since  2010.

DRONACHARYA AWARD FOR NEPHROLOGY, IHW COUNCIL- CNN IBN , 2019

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH LEADER AWARD- 25,NOVEMBER,2020

Academic Journals

1. Deputy Editor of Indian Journal of Peritoneal Dialysis
2. Editorial Board of International Urology and Nephrology Journal
3. Peer reviewer for Indian J of Nephrology, Indian J of critical care , American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

Published more than 50 articles, Reviews, book chapters, original studies and case reports in various national and international journal