James Sujit Kumar MD MS

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Designated Institutional Official (DIO)- GME programs

Summary

Dr. James Kumar, based in Urbana, IL, is an internal medicine specialist with a subspecialty in hospital medicine. He completed his residency at Carle Foundation Hospital and holds a medical degree from Madras Medical College as well as an MS in Molecular Physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he serves as the DIO & Medical Director for GME programs at Carle Health and the Program Director at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana. He has authored several publications on topics including vascular insights, opioid prescription communication, and pathogen detection. Dr. Kumar is recognized with honors like the Cornerstone Award from the Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2024 and was named a Laureate by the American College of Physicians in 2020.

PubMed

12 citations
A culture-free biphasic approach for sensitive and rapid detection of pathogens in dried whole-blood matrix.
Anurup Ganguli, Jongwon Lim, Ariana Mostafa, Carlos Saavedra, Archith Rayabharam
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022-10-04
11 citations
Informing Nature-based Climate Solutions for the United States with the best-available science.
Kimberly A Novick, Stefan Metzger, William R L Anderegg, Mallory Barnes, Daniela S Cala
Global Change Biology. 2022-06-01
18 citations
Microfluidic point-of-care device for detection of early strains and B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Jongwon Lim, Robert Stavins, Victoria Kindratenko, Janice Baek, Leyi Wang
Lab on a Chip. 2022-03-29

Journal Articles

False-positive dobutamine stress echocardiogram in a patient with anemia
Michael Nguyen-Truong, Kathryn Tsai, Muhammad Rana, Sanjay Mehta, James Kumar, Authorea, 4/1/2025
Journal of Vascular Insights
Jamila Hedhli, John A. Cole, Waqas Memon, MinWoo Kim, Iwona T. Dobrucki, Michael F. Insana, Juan J. Jimenez, James Kumar, Lawrence W. Dobrucki, Facing the Challenges of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Era of Emerging Technologies, 5/21/2024

Abstracts/Posters

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome associated with H pylori duodenal ulcer; A case report
Khalil Ur Rehman, Christopher Lingat, James Kumar, American College of Gastroenterology, Phoenix, 10/7/2025
(Non)accommodation in opioid prescription management communication: A thematic analysis of conversations between internal medicine residents and standardized patients.
Kelpinski, L. F., Babu, S., Pickard, A., Guntzviller, L. M., &amp; Kumar, J., National Communication Association, National Harbor, MD, 11/2023