Sarah Urvashi Kumar, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street, Suite 772 Dulles
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Villanova University , 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2015.
MSEd (Masters in Medical Education)
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2026.
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Selected Publications

John G. Augoustides, Sarah U. Kumar, Michael Mazzeffi: Vasoplegia in Cardiac Surgery: Progress in Definition, Etiology, and Integrated Therapy. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 39(7): 1830-1831, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.049. Epub 2025 Apr 2.

Joyce B. Kang, Kaylin Beiter, Travis Benson, Emily Hejazi, Andrew Friedman, Sofia Barrios, Sarah U. Kumar, Xiaowei Xu, Misha Rosenbach,: Late-season Vibrio vulnificus infection leading to purpura fulminans. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology June 2025.

Chen J, Kang O, Henderson A, Kumar S, Valentine E, Joseph TT, Hong Yan H, Liu H.: Oxygen Monitoring. Modern Monitoring in Perioperative Medicine. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Page: 305-320, June 2025 Notes: Chapter 19.

Aaron Henderson and Sarah Kumar, edited by Henry Liu and Alan D. Kaye: Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring. Modern Monitoring in Perioperative Medicine. Henry Liu and Alan D. Kaye (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Page: 407-440, June 2025 Notes: Chapter 26.

Sarah Urvashi Kumar, Jesse James Kiefer, Vivek Moitra, Christopher Migliore, Mustafa Rasheed, John Wallisch, Andrew Gessouroun, Brigid C Flynn : The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Highlighted Publications From 2023. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Page: 2900-2905, October 2024.

Sarah U. Kumar, John G. Augoustides, Jesse J. Kiefer: Integrating Simulation into the Learning Curriculum to Enhance Competency. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Page: 2184-2186, July 2024.

Hoffman CR, Kumar S, Weber N, Purohit M, Sinha A: Postoperative visual loss following general anesthesia for creation of an arterio-venous fistula. Ophthalmic Anaesthesia 5: 3-4, May 2015.

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