Swati Kumar, MD

Titles
Pediatric infectious disease specialist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Infectious diseases

Research interests
Infectious/immunologic

Study interests
Molecular diagnostics, epidemiology of respiratory viruses.

Education
Medical degree, Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, India, 1997; internship, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, Banaras, India, 1998; medical degree, Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, India, 2000; residency, Pediatrics, State University of New York (Downstate Medical Center), Brooklyn, NY, 2004; fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 2007.

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 2004; Pediatric Infectious diseases, 2007.

Honors
Honors and Distinction, Biochemistry, 1993; MedImmune Fellowship Grant Award, 2005; Outstanding Fellow of the Year 2007 Award, Residents and Fellows Alumni Society, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2007.

Representative Publications

• Kumar S, Kutlin A, Roblin PM, Kohlhoff S, Bodetti T, Timms P, Hammerschlag MR.
  Isolation and Characterization of Chlamydia Isolates from Western Barred Bandicoots. Journal Clinical Microbiology. 2007; 45:392-394.
• Kumar S, Hammerschlag MR. Acute Respiratory Infection Due to Chlamydia Pneumoniae: Current Status of Diagnostic Methods. Clinical Infectious Disease. 2007; 44:568-576.
• Kumar S, Kohlhoff SA, Sharma R, Valencia G, Hammerschlag MR. Treatment of Vancomycin Resistant Enteroccus Faecium Ventriculitis in a Neonate. International Journal of Antimicrob Agents. 2007; 29:740-l.
• Kutlin A, Roblin PM, Kumar S, Kohlhoff S, Bodetti T, Timms P, Hammerschlag MR. Molecular Characterization of Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Isolates from Western Barred Bandicoots. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2007; 56:407-417.
• Bowser CS, Kumar S, Salcicciolo L, Kutlin A, Lazar J, Rahim I, Suss A, Kohlhoff S, Hammerschlag MR, Moallem HJ. Absence of Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Signs of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Pediatric Cardiology. 2007; Dec. 14 [Epub].
• Kumar S, Wang L, Fan J, Kraft AJ, Bose M, Tiwari S, Dyke M, Haigis R, Luo T, Ghosh M, Tang H, Haghnia M, Mather EL, Weisburg WG, Henrickson KJ. Detection of 11 Common Viral and Bacterial Pathogens Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia or Sepsis in Asymptomatic Patients Using a Multiplex RT-PCR Assay with Manual (Enzyme Hybridization) or Automated Detection (Electronic Microarray). Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008; Sep,46(9):3063-72. Epub 2008 Jul 23.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 337-7070
Fax: (414) 337-7093
E-mail: sxkumar@mcw.edu