University of California San Francisco

Kumar, Sandhya
Sandhya Kumar, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of General Surgery

Address

1001 Potrero Avenue, #3A35
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-476-3132

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

Education

Princeton University - B.S.E. 2004
University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008

Residencies

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

Fellowships

Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery- University of California San Francisco 2017 - 201

Postdoctoral Training

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

Research Interests

Surgical outcomes

Bariatrics

Sleeve Gastrectomy

Reflux

Research Pathways

Clinical Discovery & Health Services Research

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 5
  1. To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study.
    Feather CB, Rehrig S, Allen R, Barth N, Kugler EM, Cullinane DC, Falank CR, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Bass GA, Butler D, Pascual JL, Srikureja D, Winicki N, Lynde J, Nowak B, Azar F, Thompson LA, Nahmias J, Manasa M, Tesoriero R, Kumar SB, Collom M, Kincaid M, Sperwer K, Santos AP, Klune JR, Turcotte J| | PubMed
  2. Looking Across the Drape: A Novel Quality Improvement Approach to Understanding Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Burnout.
    Sinskey JL, Schwartz R, Boscardin CK, Chang JM, Kumar SB, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  3. Extended-duration thromboprophylaxis after ventral hernia repair: a risk model to predict venous thrombotic events after hospital discharge.
    Kumar SB, Mettupalli D, Carter JT| | PubMed
  4. Patient Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Low-acuity Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Johnson CL, Schwartz H, Greenberg A, Hernandez S, Nnamani Silva ON, Wong LE, Martins DB, Broering JM, Kumar SB, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC, Roman SA| | PubMed
  5. Is laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass? a comparison of 30-day complications using the MBSAQIP data registry.
    Kumar SB, Hamilton BC, Wood SG, Rogers SJ, Carter JT, Lin MY| | PubMed