Professor of Medicine
Robert and Cutessa Bourge Endowed Professor in Transplant Nephrology
Medical Director, UAB Incompatible Renal Transplant Program
Major Research Interests
Dr. Kumar is a kidney transplant nephrologist that specializes in medical evaluation of living kidney donors and care of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients as well as the transplantation of incompatible organs both HLA and ABO and in the care of highly sensitized transplant recipients. Her research interests include access to living kidney donation and solid organ transplants, outcomes in donors after living kidney donation and in recipients of kidney transplant.
Education
MD
1994, Medical School, M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India
Postdoctoral Training
1997 –2000 Internal Medicine Residency, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas
2000–2001 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health
2004 –2006 Fellow, Nephrology Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle
2005 –2006 Fellow, North West Kidney Center Basic Science Research, University of Washington, Seattle
2006 –2007 Fellow, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
