Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2015
Internship & Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2018
Fellowship: Northwestern University, Infectious Diseases, 2020
Dr. Rebecca Kumar is a clinical faculty member in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine. She earned her medical degree and completed her internal medicine residency at Georgetown. She trained in the infectious diseases at Northwestern University, where she earned a spot on the competitive T32 grant to pursue an additional year of research during her fellowship. Rebecca is excited to be back at Georgetown, working with the wonderful faculty and fellows.
Her current research interests include a wide variety of transplant infectious disease topics, including prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in immune-suppressed patients. She is also involved with medical education in Transplant Infectious Diseases and help run the Transplant Infectious Disease Early Career Network on Twitter (@TxID_Fellows). She is involved with the broader infectious disease community, serving as Early Career Representative on the Infectious Diseases Professional Community of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant.
In her free time, Rebecca enjoys exploring the DMV area, binge-watching Bob’s Burgers and Home Movies, appearing on the occasional infectious disease podcast, and subsidizing the continued existence of SoulCycle. A former pastry-industry professional, Rebecca also is constantly examining the Georgetown baked goods scene. Controversially, she also enjoys travel and spending time with her significant other.
Recent First Author Publications:
Kumar, Rebecca N., Chelsea A. Gorsline, and Courtney E. Harris. "Beginners guide to protocol writing in transplant infectious diseases." Transplant Infectious Disease 25.6 (2023): e14149.
Kumar, Rebecca, et al. "Duration of antibiotic treatment for acute graft pyelonephritis: What's the standard of care?." Transplant Infectious Disease 25.1 (2023): e13996.
Kumar, Rebecca N., and Valentina Stosor. "Advances in liver transplantation for persons with human immunodeficiency infection." Current Infectious Disease Reports 24.3 (2022): 39-50.
Other recent notable publications:
Sigler, Rachel, et al. "Donor call simulation: a novel medical education tool to evaluate trainees’ clinical decision‐making in transplant infectious disease." Transplant Infectious Disease 25.6 (2023): e14177.
Harris, Courtney E., Rebecca N. Kumar, and Chelsea A. Gorsline. "Road map to success: Advice for transplant infectious diseases job interviews, negotiation, and early career development." Transplant Infectious Disease 25.4 (2023): e14084.
Nozick, Sophia H., et al. "Phenotypes of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa hypermutator lineage that emerged during prolonged mechanical ventilation in a patient without cystic fibrosis." Msystems 9.1 (2024): e00484-23.