Vishal Kumar, MD
Associate Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

In 2009, Dr. Kumar completed one year of his Diagnostic Radiology residency program at Harbor­-UCLA in Torrance, California. In 2012, he finished the remainder of his Diagnostic Radiology residency at UCSF, followed by a Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship at UCSF, completed in 2013.

Dr. Kumar joins the faculty of UCSF with a commitment to health equity, delivering the highest level of clinical excellence, professionalism and patient safety. His interests include global health, educating medical students about the field of interventional radiology, implementing emerging technologies to assess and improve patient outcomes, and establishing a framework for health equity in the spaces of diagnostic and interventional radiology.

Expertise: Interventional Radiology

Specialty: Management of oncologic disease, including hepatic, biliary and renal malignancies. Dialysis interventions and venous access

Professional Interests: Interventional oncology, venous access, percutaneous drainage and biopsy, medical education, workflow efficiency, informatics

Education and Training:

• Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
• Internship: Olive­View UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California
• Residency: Harbor­UCLA, Torrance, California
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco – Vascular and Interventional Radiology

• Expanding the Teaching Toolbox: Characterizing Utility of a Web-Based Lecture Series in Educating Future Colleagues and Referrers about the Field of IR.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2019 Kumar V, Szeto H, Lehrman ED, Kohlbrenner RM, Kolli PK, Wilson MW, Kohi MP
• Endovascular Biopsy and Endothelial Cell Gene Expression Analysis of Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Feasibility Study.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2018 McGregor H, Sun Z, McCoy D, Kumar V, Conrad M, Wilson M, Cooke D
• Percutaneous embolization of post traumatic splenic pseudoaneurysm.
  Emergency radiology 2018 Foo ET, Kumar V, Nanavati SM, Huo E, Wilson MW, Conrad MB
• Operator Dose Reduction during Transjugular Liver Biopsy Using a Radiation-Attenuating Drape: A Prospective, Randomized Study.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2018 Kohlbrenner R, Lehrman ED, Taylor AG, Kohi MP, Fidelman N, Kumar V, Conrad M, Kolli KP
• Characterizing IR Exposure at US Medical Schools with the Highest Percentage of Enrolled Underrepresented Minority Medical Students.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2017 Kumar V, Diab N, Jefferson JM, Lehrman ED, LaBerge JM, Wilson MW
• Solitary fibrous tumor in the abdomen and pelvis: A case series with radiological findings and treatment recommendations.
  Clinical imaging 2017 Fernandez A, Conrad M, Gill RM, Choi WT, Kumar V, Behr S
• Nager acrofacial dysostosis: a rare genetic disorder causing bilateral temperomandibular joint ankylosis in a 10-year-old girl.
  BMJ case reports 2015 Kumar MH, Kumar MS, Kumar VS, Kumar SH
• Non-syndromic primary maxillary peg central incisors with multiple wormian bones in a 6-year-old boy: an unusual presentation.
  BMJ case reports 2015 Kumar MH, Kumar MS, Kumar VS, Kumar SH
• CT-detected traumatic small artery extremity injuries: surgery, embolize, or watch? A 10-year experience.
  Emergency radiology 2015 Velez E, Surman AM, Nanavati SM, Kumar V, Lehrman E, Wilson MW, Conrad MB
• Herpes-associated erythema multiforme worsened by a Siddha drug, Alpinia galanga, in an 18-year-old man.
  BMJ case reports 2015 Kumar SM, Kumar HM, Kumar VS, Kumar SH
• An adult with 3-M syndrome.
  BMJ case reports 2015 Kumar MH, Kumar MS, Kumar VS, Kumar SH