Lekshmi Kumar, MD

Dr. Kumar joined the Emory University School of Medicine faculty in 2010. She received her MD at MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India and completed her emergency medicine residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota.

Dr Lekshmi Kumar, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and emergency medicine physician for Emory Healthcare completed her fellowship training in Pre-hospital Medicine and Disaster Management (EMS) at Emory. She currently serves as the medical director providing guidance, leadership and quality assurance for fire based and ambulance 911 EMS systems that serve the metro Atlanta region. She has served as the medical director for the Publix Georgia Marathon for the past three years which hosts approximately 16,000 runners annually. Her focus is on improving education and clinical care in the prehospital arena.

To provide the highest quality of care, interpreter services may be utilized to ensure proper communication of medical information for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English speaking patients or family members.