He is also a surgeon-scientist who is affiliated with the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. At the University of Toronto, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, as well as in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Education. Dr. Kulkarni's primary research interests revolve around the epidemiology of genitourinary malignancies, particularly prostate and bladder cancer. His investigations are dedicated towards the understanding of population-level quality of care from urologic malignancies, quality of life and the health economics associated with urologic malignancies, as well as determining the efficacy of clinical evaluation and treatment towards prostate and bladder cancer.