Professor, Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Disclosure: Gilead Sciences Inc. (Scientific Research Study Investigator)
Dr Kumar is the Chief of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Professor of Medicine in Microbiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine where she also serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Students. She has served as both the Program Director and the Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship.
Dr. Kumar has been the Chair of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology since 1998 and has worked to ensure that MGUH provides a safe environment for patients, their families, and healthcare professionals.
Dr. Kumar has also excelled in clinical research. She is the Director of the Clinical Population Sciences Core for the DC CFAR (Washington, DC Center for Aids Research) and in this role has worked tirelessly to decrease the incidence of new HIV infections within the District of Columbia. She is the Principal Investigator for the DC Cohort, which is a unique NIH-funded, city-wide longitudinal cohort for outpatients with HIV who receive care in Washington, D.C. She has over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals.
Dr Kumar’s public service includes serving as the Medical Director and volunteer at Gift of Peace, a Missionaries of Charity home that was founded by Mother Teresa and provides care to the uninsured and homeless in D.C. She also received a certificate of appreciation from the Peace Corps for her service in advising the Peace Corps on medical issues and the teaching she has provided to the Peace Corps Medical officers.
Dr. Kumar was awarded the 2016 Mastership in the American College of Physicians. In 2019, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation named Dr. Kumar a Women of ID to recognize her profound impact on the field of infectious diseases and the lives of those around her.
