Bharat Kumar, MD, MME
Introduction
Bharat Kumar, MD MME FACP RhMSUS, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine. After attending college at the University of Pennsylvania, he went to Saba University School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine residency at the University of Kentucky. He arrived in Iowa in 2014 and completed fellowships in both Rheumatology and Allergy/Immunology in 2017, as well as a master’s degree in medical education and certification in musculoskeletal ultrasonography. His clinical interests include the intersection of autoimmunity and immunodeficiency, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, and ocular inflammatory diseases. As the Associate Program Director for the rheumatology fellowship training program, he is also driven by a desire to improve the quality of medical education as well as the value of clinical work for both patients and practitioners. Outside of clinic, Dr. Kumar has a keen interest in medical journalism, quality improvement, and humanism, and is the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism-in-Research Associate Editor. Finalmente, él habla español también.
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Immunology
- Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
- Section Chief, Immunology & Rheumatology, Iowa City VA Healthcare System
Education
- MD, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands
- MME, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
- Fellow, Rheumatology and Allergy/Immunology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Licenses & Certifications
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- Certification, American Board of Allergy and Immunology
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Selected Publications
- Swee, M. L., Sanders, M. L., Phisitkul, K., Bailey, G., Thumann, A., Neuzil, N., Kumar, B., O'Shea AMJ & Dixon, B. S. (2020). Development and implementation of a Telenephrology dashboard for active surveillance of kidney disease: a quality improvement project. BMC nephrology 21 (1) 424. DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-02077-0. PMID: 33023489. PMCID: PMC7539521.
- Kilian, A., Chock, Y. P., Huang, I. J., Graef, E. R., Upton, L. A., Khilnani, A., Krupnikova SDS, Almaghlouth, I., Cappelli, L. C., Fernandez-Ruiz, R., Frankel, B. A., Frankovich, J., Harrison, C., Kumar, B., Monga, K., Vega JAR, Singh, N., Sparks, J. A., Sullo, E., Young, K. J., Duarte-Garcia, A., Putman, M., Johnson, S., Grainger, R., Wallace, Z. S., Liew, J. W. & Jayatilleke, A. (2020). Acute respiratory viral adverse events during use of antirheumatic disease therapies: A scoping review. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 50 (5) 1191-1201. DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.07.007. PMID: 32931985.
- Sangha, S., Lenert, P. & Kumar, B. (2020). A Patient With Back Pain and Morning Stiffness. JAMA 324 (12) 1203-1204. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.6261. PMID: 32857102.
- Kumar, B., Swee, M. L., Suneja, M. & Iyer, P. (2020). Well-Being, Burnout, and Resiliency Among Early-Career Rheumatologists: A Qualitative Study. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001485. PMID: 32658045.
- Kumar, B. (2020). Commentary on "Under Pressure". Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 95 (7) 1037. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003174. PMID: 31977342.
- Kumar, B., Swee, M. L. & Suneja, M. (2020). Leadership training programs in graduate medical education: a systematic review. BMC medical education 20 (1) 175. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02089-2. PMID: 32487056.
- Wilson, J., Swee, M., Mosher, H., Scott-Cawiezell, J., Levins, L., Fort, K. & Kumar, B. (2020). Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in a Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Clinic. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 42 (3) 166-174. DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000218. PMID: 31385855.
- Kumar, B. (2020). Commentary on "Under Pressure". Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003174. PMID: 31977342.
- Kumar, B., Swee, M. L. & Suneja, M. (2019). The ecology of program director leadership: power relationships and characteristics of effective program directors. BMC medical education 19 (1) 436. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1869-3. PMID: 31752808. PMCID: PMC6873656.
- Zembrzuska, H. & Kumar, B. (2019). Further Considerations of the Need for Integrated Mental Health Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Comment on the Review by Matcham et al. (Vols. 71). (6), pp. 1024-1025. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.). DOI: 10.1002/art.40844. PMID: 30688411.