Monisha A. Kumar, MD

Neurology
Sees patients age 18 and up
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Neurology
  • Director, Neuro ICU
  • Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Neurology in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

My education and training

  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English
Español
Spanish
Français
French

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kumar is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Joseph R Geraghty, MD, PhD, 1 Sabine Schneider, MD, PhD, 1 Haoer Shi, MSE, 1, 2 Sudha Yellapantula, PhD, 3 Bethany Young, PhD, RN, 1 Andrea LC Schneider, MD, PhD, 1, 4 Joshua M Levine, MD, 1 Monisha Kumar, MD1 Early signals of a late diagnosis: Clinical factors associated with non-traumatic paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity , Neurocrit Care: 2026

Ehntholt, Daly, Mulvania, Kumar, Levine A Novel Screen-Based Virtual Reality Tool for Teaching Brain Death Determination: A Pilot Study of The Virtual Reality Brain Death Determination Tool (VRBDDT) , Critical Care Explorations: 2026

Pargol Balali, Lamya Ibrahim, Monisha A Kumar, Brett Cucchiara, Steven Messe, Scott E Kasner Liberal Versus Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis , Stroke Vasc Interv Neurol , 15(5): 2025

Fischer D, Kumar MA, Levine JM, Mendlik MT, Narva AM. The miracle dilemma: demystifying a common challenge in neuroprognostication. , Brain: 2025

Smith CJ, Howard SD, Arena JD, Ghenbot YG, Ali ZS, Petrov D, Kumar MA, Schuster JM. A prediction model of adenosine diphosphate inhibition among traumatic brain injury patients. , Brain Inj, 11: 2025,1-7

Fischer D, Reyes-Estevez S, Law C, Ford A, Schwab P, Abella BS, Schneider ALC, Kumar MA. Implementation of Specialized Neuroprognostication Consultation Program and Associated Provider Attitudes: A survey-based study. , Resuscitation Plus , 23: 2025

Kumar, MA and Nobleza, COS Considerations of Health Equity in Neurocritical care: Healthcare disparities in Hypertension, Stroke and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy , CNNR: 2025

Kristen Nobles, Kyle Cunningham, Brianna Fecondo, Susan M. Closs, Kathleen Donovan & Monisha A. Kumar Mobilization in Neurocritical Care: Challenges and Opportunities , Current Neurology & Neuroscience Reports , 35(13): 2024

Monisha Kumar NCS Podcast , "PERSPECTIVES: Dr Monisha Kumar, FNCS" , neurocriticalcare.org: 2024

Schneider ALC, Ginestra J, et al. The Complete Inpatient Record Using Comprehensive Electronic Data (CIRCE) project: A team-based approach to clinically validated, research-ready electronic health record data , Learning Health Systems : 2024