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 Interstitial Keratitis. 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
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.
Inova Health Care Services
Yingxue Zhang is a Rheumatologist in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Sjogren Syndrome, and Osteoporosis. Dr. Zhang is currently accepting new patients.
Rheumatology Associates Of Baltimore LLC
Howard Hauptman is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hauptman has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. Hauptman is currently accepting new patients.
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.
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- 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.