Biography
Dr. Kumar completed her B.S.E. at Princeton University in 2004, majoring in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. She then attended medical school at the University of Kentucky followed by residency at the University of California Los Angeles. She then transferred to UCSF and completed her residency in General Surgery in 2015. From 2015 - 2017 she was a Clinical Instructor on the Acute Care Surgery Service at Parnassus. She then completed her fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics also at UCSF. At ZSFG she will focus on expanding the General Surgery practice. Her research focuses on surgical outcomes and bariatrics.
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Education
Princeton University - B.S.E. 2004
University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008
Intern - University of California Los Angeles 2008 - 2009
Resident - University of California Los Angeles 2009 - 2010
Resident - University of California San Francisco 2012 - 2014
Chief Resident - University of California San Francisco 2014 - 2015
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery- University of California San Francisco 2017 - 201
T32 Training Grant GI Lab 2010 - 2011
Advancing Training in Clinical Research Certificate 2016 - 2017
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Clinical Expertise
General Surgery
Foregut Surgery
Bariatrics
Clinical Interests
Outcomes in Obesity
Foregut Surgery
In the News
Research Interests
Surgical outcomes
Bariatrics
Sleeve Gastrectomy
Reflux
Research Pathways
Publications
- To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study.| | PubMed
- Looking Across the Drape: A Novel Quality Improvement Approach to Understanding Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Burnout.| | PubMed
- Extended-duration thromboprophylaxis after ventral hernia repair: a risk model to predict venous thrombotic events after hospital discharge.| | PubMed
- Patient Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Low-acuity Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.| | PubMed
- Is laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass? a comparison of 30-day complications using the MBSAQIP data registry.| | PubMed