SanthiIyer(Iyer)KumarMD

Pulmonology • Los Angeles, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Assistant Professor, Medicine, USC School of Medicine

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Office
1520 San Pablo St
Ste 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone+1 323-442-5100

Fax+1 213-861-5863

Education & Training

University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2007 - 2010
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Psychological Safety: What It Is, Why Teams Need It, and How to Make It Flourish.
Santhi Kumar
Chest. 2024-04-01
7 citations
Validation of SeptiCyte RAPID to Discriminate Sepsis from Non-Infectious Systemic Inflammation.
Robert Balk, Annette M Esper, Greg S Martin, Russell R Miller 3rd, Bert K Lopansri
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024-02-20
Kolb Meets Quality: Applying Learning Theory to a Process Improvement and Safety Curriculum.
May M Lee, Santhi I Kumar
ATS Scholar. 2023-12-01

Press Mentions

While COVID Raged, Another Deadly Threat Was on the Rise in HospitalsFebruary 5th, 2023
Keck Medicine of USC Appoints Chief Quality and Patient Safety OfficerAugust 22nd, 2017