Anjali Savithri Kumar, MD FACS

Dr. Kumar serves as the Clinical Education Director of Surgery for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine of Washington State University. She also directs the Scholarly Projects curricular requirement for the MD program. Prior to this position, she had been recruited from a busy, academic hospital in Washington DC, to initiate and direct a Colon and Rectal Surgery program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in her home town of Seattle, WA. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Areas(s) of Expertise Colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, minimally invasive surgery, fecal incontinence and pelvic floor disorders, anorectal disorders Special Interest(s) Dr. Kumar specializes in surgery of the colon, rectum and anus. She offers minimally invasive techniques (laparoscopic, endoscopic and robotic surgery) Education University of Washington, Seattle, 2001 Residency General Surgery, University of California San Francisco - East Bay, Oakland, Calif., 2008 Fellowships Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 2000 Colon and Rectal Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 2009 Colon and Rectal Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 2009 Personal Information Dr. Kumar enjoys choral singing, trekking, skiing, south Indian cooking and playing with her toddler. Professional Activities and Awards Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women (University of California San Francisco) Co-Chair, Program Committee American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Research and Grants Committee, Society of American Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Surgeons

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

Attending

10/2009—07/2015

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Director

10/2015—03/2018

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Washington, DC

Assistant Professor

02/2010—10/2015

Washington State University, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Associate Professor

08/2018—Present