2/2019 – Present Inaugural Holder of the Robert C. Bourge and Cutessa D.
Bourge Endowed Professorship in Transplant Nephrology
UAB Heersink School of Medicine
10/01/2017 – Present Professor of Medicine with Tenure
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/Transplant Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
10/2020 – Present Medical Director, UAB Incompatible Solid Organ Transplant Program
05/2014 – 6/2019 Clinical Director, Renal Module, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2013 – 04/2014 Associate Director, Renal Module, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2012- 9/30/2017 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Tenure Track
Division of Nephrology/Transplant Nephrology,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2012- Dec 2018 Fellowship Director, UAB Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program
Jan 2019- Dec 2022 Associate Director, UAB Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program
07/2011- Present Member, UAB General Nephrology Fellowship Committee, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2010 – 06/2013 Assistant Director, Renal Module, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
Division of Nephrology/Transplant Nephrology
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2009- 6/2011 Co-Director, UAB Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program
07/2008 – 01/2015 Appointed Core Clinical Faculty for the UAB Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
10/05/2007 – 07/2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/Transplant Nephrology,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
07/2001 – 06/2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Division of General Medicine, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas
07/2000 – 06/2001 Chief Resident/Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas
HONORS:
1/2023 2022 America’s Most Honored Doctors – The Best of the Best, Top 1% 2022, The American Registry
10/2022 Awarded the 2022 National Service Excellence Award by the American Nephrologist of Indian Origin (ANIO) Organization
6/2022 Appointed/Invited Ombudsperson for UAB General Surgery Residency Program
4/2022 Appointed/Invited Chair, Planning Committee, CEoT (Cutting Edge in Organ Transplantation) AST Meeting Feb 2023
7/2021 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence
6/2021 ‘The Non-Surgical UAB Faculty of the Year Award 2020-2021” from the UAB Surgery Residency Program
6/2021 Elected as a Councilor-at-Large to the AST Board
6/2021 UAB Tinsley Harrison Residency Program Annual Jeopardy Contest Faculty Winner
4/2021 Appointed CEOT (AST Cutting Edge in Transplantation) meeting Incoming Co-Chair for 2022 and CEOT Chair for 2023
1/2021 Appointed Chair, ASN COVID 19 Task Force Transplant Sub-committee
11/1/2020 Selected Member, ABIM Nephrology Item-Writing Task Force
9/2020 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence
6/2020 Elected Incoming Chair AST (American Society of Transplantation) LDCOP (Living Donor Community of Practice)
10/2019 2019 Recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for the University of Alabama School of Medicine Faculty
10/2019 Nominated for Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal” and Best MS1 Module and Module Director” by the UAB Medical school class of 2022
5/2019 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB.
5/2019 Approved by the AST Board of Directors for the designation of F.A.S.T., Fellow of American Society of Transplantation
2/2019 Appointed Member of the AST Community Education Committee
2012- 2022 Castle Connolly Peer Nominated & Physician Researched
- Top Doctors in Medicine
- Top Doctors in Nephrology
- Exceptional Women in Medicine
- Exceptional Women in Nephrology
12/2018 Recognized as Cipher Health “Exceptional Team Member”
10/2018 Chair, Education Sub-Committee, AST Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP)
9/2018 Accepted via a system wide selection process to the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy, deferred acceptance
9/2018 Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal” voted by the UAB Medical school class of 2022
9/2018 Argus Award for “Best MS1 Module and Module Director” voted by the UAB Medical school class of 2022 in the integrated UAB School of Medicine MS1-2 course.
6/2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching to a Senior Faculty at UAB
06/2018 B-Metro “Top Doctors in Medicine” List
5/2018 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB.
05/2018 Top Doctors 2018, Castle Connolly Medical
04/2018 Elected Co-Chair AST (American Society of Transplantation) Living Donor Community of Practice in a membership wide open election
02/2018 Graduated from the First UAB Vital Talk Faculty Development Course in Advanced Communication Training as a designated ACT Scholar
09/2017 Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal”, voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2021 and given to one faculty member teaching in the integrated Renal Module MS1-2 course (~ 50 faculty).
09/2017 Argus Award Nominee for Best MSI Organ Module/Module Directors, voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2021
08/2017 Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine, an award given annually to one out of 1300 fulltime UAB faculty physicians who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to providing skilled and compassionate medical care. http://www.uab.edu/medicine/news/latest/item/1625-kumar-receives-2017-brewer-heslin-endowed-award-for-professionalism-in-medicine
06/2017 Selected for the B-Metro “Top Women in Medicine” List
05/2017 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB. Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB
03/2017 Nominated for 2017 Outstanding Woman Award, on behalf of the UAB Commission on the Status on Women
2015-2017 Nominated for 2015-2016, 2016-2017, UAB Presidential Award for Excellence in Service
10/2016 Argus Award for Best MS1 Renal Module/Module Director voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2020 in the integrated Renal Module MS1-2 course.
10/2016 Argus Award Nominee for Best Educator in Renal, voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2020 and given to one faculty member teaching in the integrated Renal Module MS1-2 course (~ 50 faculty)
09/2016 Awarded for “Excellence in Action” in the UAB Core Values Campaign in a Hospital wide employee nomination process to 1 of 5 physicians at UAB
07/2016, 2017 Featured as one of three MS1 favorite faculty members in the UAB SOM newsletter by the medical students: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/news/component/k2/item/1175-three-faculty-five-questions-endless-advice
2015 - 2016 Outgoing Chair, Education Committee, American Society of Transplantation (AST)
05/2016 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB. Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB.
05/2016 Department of Medicine Faculty Honors “Unsung Hero” Award, given to one faculty in the UAB Division of Nephrology
2014-2015 Chair, Education Committee, American Society of Transplantation (AST)
10/2015 Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal”, voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2019 and given to one faculty member teaching in the integrated Renal Module MS1-2 course (~ 50 faculty)
10/2015 Argus Award Nominee for Best MSI Module and Best MSI Module Director, voted on by the UAB Medical school class of 2019
05/2015 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB. Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB.
10/2014 Argus Award for Best MS1 Module Director, Renal Module, voted on by the UAB medical school class of 2018
10/2014 Argus Award Nominee for Best MS1 Module and Best MS1 Lecturer in Renal Module
10/2014 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB. Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB.
2013-2014 Co-Chair, Education Committee, American Society of Transplantation (AST)
05/2013 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB.
Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB.
05/2012 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Medicine at UAB
Voted by faculty and given to only 10 faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine at UAB.
2012-2019 Top Doctors, US News and World Report
2011- 2019 America’s Top Physician
05/2011 Outstanding Teacher, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
voted by the Internal Medicine Residents at UAB and given to one faculty in the Division of Nephrology
2011-Present Marquis Who’s who in America
