Akshita Kumar
Experienced in Traumatic Brain Injury
Experienced in Traumatic Brain Injury

Overview

Dr. Kumar is a pediatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She sees patients at the hospital’s main campus in St. Petersburg, Florida, and at Tampa General Hospital and HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2024. She earned her medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine-Baylor Scott & White. She then completed a surgery residency at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She also completed a Glassell Foundation research fellowship in children’s regenerative medicine in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UT Houston. She went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Dr. Kumar’s clinical interests include pediatric cancer surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and neonatal thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery.

Dr. Kumar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. Her top areas of expertise are Traumatic Brain Injury and Thrombectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 16 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 8 articles in the study of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Residency
UT Health McGovern Medical School, General Surgery, 2022
Specialties
General Surgery
Licenses
Pediatric Surgery in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, 2024
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Accepted insurance plans:

Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
AvMed
  • HMO
  • POS
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cambia Health Solutions
  • EPO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Florida Blue
  • EPO
  • PPO
Health Options
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Magnolia Health
  • HMO
Managed Medicaid
  • OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
Medicaid
  • OTHER MEDICAID
  • STATE MEDICAID
Medicare
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Meridian Choice
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Simply Healthcare
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Sunshine Health
  • EPO
  • HMO
TeamCare
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
Other Locations
ACH OUTSIDE SERVICES
501 6th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33701
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Brandon
885 South Parsons Avenue, Brandon, FL 33511

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.


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