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.