Overview
Dr. Kumar earned her undergraduate degree in neurobiology and physiology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She completed her medical degree at St. George’s University, where she was a member of the Iota Epsilon Alpha medical honor society. She completed her internal medicine residency at Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine and her fellowship training in rheumatology at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana.
During her fellowship, Dr. Kumar participated in a wide range of clinical and translational research projects which have been recognized by the American College of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Alliance of Louisiana, Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, and the North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum. Her work has been published in journals such as The Rheumatologist and Healio Rheumatology. She is actively involved in applications of diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology. Along with cortisone and hyaluronic acid injections, Dr. Kumar is trained in performing Iovera procedures, a cryotherapy option to treat knee pain. She believes in a comprehensive and collaborative approach to patient care.
Dr. Kumar is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. She is also a certified clinical densitometrist. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the American Medical Association, the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, and the Association of Women in Rheumatology.
Dr. Kumar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
18111 Prince Phillip Dr, Suite 323, Olney, MD 20832
2730 University Blvd West, Ste 310, Wheaton, MD 20902
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Michelle Petri, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Harvard University and fulfilled her internal medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, she completed two fellowship programs at the University of California, San Francisco in allergy and immunology and rheumatology. Dr. Petri is the Director of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort, a longitudinal study of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus, and Co-Director of the Hopkins Lupus Pregnancy Center. Dr. Petri is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), Tenotomy, and Osteotomy.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Homa Timlin is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include systemic lupus erythematosus, and lupus nephritis. Dr. Timlin serves on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Consultative Rheumatology Clinic. A member of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Timlin earned her medical degree at Romania’s Universitatea de Medicana Si Farmacie Carol Davila. Upon completion of rheumatology fellowships, Oxford in the United Kingdom and an internal medicine residency in the United States, she joined the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center in 2011. After a one-year postdoctoral lupus fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Michelle Petri, she finished her post-doctoral fellowship in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. She also holds a master’s degree in clinical immunology (London University), MRCP diploma (Member of the Royal College of Physicians), Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training (CCST). Dr. Timlin has been an active educator who works with trainees at all levels, nationally and internationally, in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Presently, Dr. Timlin has established a retrospective cohort of several hundred patients with lupus and lupus nephritis, and site lead at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Timlin is the medical chair for the local chapter of Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and the director of an IRB-approved prospective human diagnostic study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate lupus nephritis. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Timlin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).
Christopher Collins is a Rheumatologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Collins is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). His top areas of expertise are Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), and Sarcoidosis.
Areas of Expertise
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- OsteoporosisDr. Kumar isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- Postmenopausal OsteoporosisDr. Kumar isDistinguished. Learn about Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
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- FibromyalgiaDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- GoutDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Gout.
- Juvenile Primary OsteoporosisDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis.
- MelorheostosisDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Melorheostosis.
- Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis
- OsteopeniaDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Osteopenia.
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- Adult Still's DiseaseDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Adult Still's Disease.
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- ArthritisDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- BursitisDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.