NUMC’S KRISHAN KUMAR, MD, FACEP, APPOINTED CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AT NYCOM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2011
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Shelley Lotenberg
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NUMC’S KRISHAN KUMAR, MD, FACEP, APPOINTED CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AT NYCOM
East Meadow, NY… Krishan Kumar, MD, FACEP, director of pediatric emergency at Nassau University Medical Center has been appointed clinical professor of pediatrics at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) of New York Institute of Technology. Dr. Kumar’s appointment began March 1, 2011 and will continue till December 21, 2013.
In a letter dated February 28, 2011, Thomas A. Scandalis, D.O., FAOASM, Dean of NYCOM welcomed Dr. Kumar as new member of the staff, “Congratulations upon your appointment. The administration, faculty and student body look forward to a successful educational relationship.”
“Dr. Kumar is to be congratulated on this well-deserved appointment. This is a testament to his expertise in the field of pediatrics. We are privileged to have Dr. Kumar as a leading member of our staff,” said Steven J. Walerstein MD, FACP, NuHealth’s executive vice president for medical affairs and medical director.
Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in India in 1977 and immigrated to the US in 1984. He joined Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, NY as a resident, and soon became associate director of emergency medicine in 1988. He joined Nassau University Medical Center in 1990 as an attending in the department of emergency medicine/pediatrics. Currently, he is serving as a director of pediatric emergency medicine. Besides mentoring young physicians in their residency training, he has become a pillar for the department in clinical excellence. Moreover, Dr. Kumar keeps busy in the academic world as an associate professor of pediatrics at State University of New York at Stony Brook. As a physician-scientist, he has published several papers in emergency medicine and chaired the prestigious conference of International Emergency Medicine “INTEM 2006,” in New Delhi, India. He works and teaches at all levels of emergency care, and is actively involved in the teaching and training of paramedic students and EMT’s. Dr. Kumar is also a director of the Fire Police Academy at Nassau University Medical Center.
“I am honored to have been appointed clinical professor for pediatrics at NYCOM, and look forward to a fruitful relationship providing educational guidance and clinical opportunities to the NYCOM students at NUMC,” said Dr. Kumar
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