Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D., FADLM
Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D., FADLM is a Clinical Immunologist and the Laboratory Co-Director of the BC Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Kumar has wide-ranging expertise in Clinical and Diagnostics Immunology, Neuroimmunology and Virology. Dr. Kumar’s research interests include the development, validation and implementation of the most state of the art, precise, and accurate diagnostic tools for neuroimmunological disorders. He received speciality trainings in Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome antibody testing with Prof Josep Dalmau at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain and with Professor Jérôme Honnorat at Hôpital neurologique, Lyon, France. He also received specialized trainings for CIDP antibody detection at Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona and AQP4 and MOG-IgG at French National Reference Lab, Lyon. Dr. Kumar is the author of more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, reviews and conference proceedings.