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Nikathan Kumar, MD, MS
Nikathan grew up in Nashville, TN and Connecticut and is currently a general surgery resident at UCSF East Bay in Oakland, CA. He received his B.A. in Spanish and Music from Vanderbilt University, an M.S. in developmental biology from New York University and received his medical degree from New York Medical College. His interests include surgical infrastructure development, financial burden of surgery and global health disparity.