K. Ashok Kumar, MD, FRCS
Email: kumark2@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-567-0860
Faculty/Administrative Position: Professor/Clinical, Associate Director of Medical Education, Co-Director of Clerkship.
Interests: Humanism, Healthcare disparities, Procedural training, Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Cancer Screening
MD: Osmania Medical College,
Institute of Med. Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Residency: Family Medicine, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX. General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Fellowship: Faculty Development, Faculty Development Center, McLennan County Medical Education & Research Foundation, Waco, TX.
Select Awards:
05/2005 |
Exemplary Teaching Award, awarded by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians for outstanding teacher and role model in Family Medicine. |
9/2004 |
Super Doctors of Texas, awarded by Texas Monthly magazine |
6/2004 |
Clinical Instructor of the Year: Teacher of the Year Award, awarded by the residents at the Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX |
4/2004 |
Outstanding Contribution to Family Medicine, service recognition for teaching and patient care, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX. |
10/1998 |
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), elected as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Great Britain. |
Select Publications:
- Kumar, Kaparaboyna Ashok. IMGs, Are they foreign to you? Texas Family Physician 2003 Jan; 54(1):36-37.
- Kumar, KA and Kumar, E. A Pressure Sore in an Infant. Journal of Wound Care 1993 May; 2 (3): 145-146.
- Booth, B. and Kumar, KA. Surgery for Elderly Patients: A New Specialty? Nursing Times 1989 July 19; 85(29):26-30.
National Appointments or Offices held:
| 2004 to present | Parliamentarian, Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) |
| 2000 to present | Member, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) |
| 1992 to present | Member, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) |