Madan Kumar, DO
Madan Kumar, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Service
Specialties
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Locations
- Chicago - Comer Children's Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
[MUSIC PLAYING] I'm Madan Kumar. I do pediatric infectious diseases, specifically immunocompromised infectious diseases. So we get consulted on a lot of patients who are in the hospital, and sometimes out in clinic, who have other underlying immunodeficiencies or reasons for it, say, therapy for cancer or other sort of conditions like that that have infectious complications, or sometimes on the inpatient side, patients with fevers or things that might be associated with infection, and we're not sure where it's coming from.
I actually started out thinking I would be a sociologist or something in that ilk. But after a while, I found that it was sort of a job where you tended to certain fields that I didn't really want to go into. And being a physician was a nice way to practically apply some of that in a way and be able to help people en masse in a larger position in a more tangible way.
I do care for kids with special conditions. And again, that includes kids who are undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, have had solid organ transplants, bone marrow transplants, immunosuppressives for rheumatologic conditions, GI conditions, or primary immunodeficiencies. I also help see kids as part of a multidisciplinary clinic, with both the hematologist, oncologist, and immunologist to help address kids with primary immunodeficiencies, whether they're diagnosed or remain undiagnosed.
A lot of times, my focus can sometimes be on eradicating disease and doing as much therapy as necessary to do that. And that may not always be the goals of care for family in certain scenarios where that's allowable, where their goals might be, in a child, to simply be able to have a more meaningful day, be in going to the bathroom less often, able to walk and ambulate and do normal kid stuff for a little while. And so some of the experiences I've taken are learning from families just what is wellness or health to them and trying to tailor my practice around that.
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Madan Kumar, DO, specializes in pediatric infectious deseases. Dr. Kumar is part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary service targets improving drug selection, slowing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, reducing antibiotic expenditures, and improving patient outcomes at UChicago Medicine’s Comer Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Kumar’s primary clinical and academic interests focus on acute and chronic infections in immunocompromised hosts including opportunistic fungal infections. Additionally, he is dedicated to medical education and serves as the Associate Fellowship Director for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases training program.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Invasive Fungal Infections
- Immunocompromised Hosts
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- COVID-19 in Children
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Fellowship
- Children's National Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Society of Transplantation
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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