Vijaya Arun Kumar, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Founder and Co- Director Global Health Research Collaborative, WSU Associate Director, Global Health Section / IEMF Director of Clinical Research , Harper University Hospital, Emergency Department Dept. of Emergency Medicine,
WSU

After completing his graduation in medicine and post-graduation in public health from India, Dr. Kumar went on to complete his residency and fellowship in Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University (WSU) , followed by an MPH from University of Michigan. He has been research faculty in the department of EM at WSU since 2012 and his EM Research focus is cardiovascular diseases while his Global Health (GH) research focus is women’s health in the rural health setting and research capacity development.

Medical School

Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

 

Post-Graduation

Preventive Medicine (Diploma in Public Health: DPH), Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India & Master’s in Public Health (MPH), University of Michigan, USA

 

Residency

Family Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Forbes Campus, Monroeville, PA

 

Fellowship

Cardiovascular Research in Emergency Medicine. Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine

 

Accolades

Physician Difference Maker (Harper-Hutzel Hospital) Outstanding Medical Student Research Mentor: Wayne State University Role Model for International Emergency Medicine, PACE Conference Best Attending Award – By Medicine Residents, OGH Golden Stethoscope Award for best Clinician and Teacher, OGH Resident-Teacher Award (STFM) Nurses Choice Award for Best Resident, Western Pennsylvania Hospital

2018 2018 2016 2012 2011 2007 2007

 

Interest outside of medicine

Continue to play cricket in domestic league in Detroit (was college cricket captain in medical school). Love mathematics and tutor my son, though he is not a great fan.