Mutka Kumar, MD, FAAP

Education & Training:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgury, Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur University, India
• Pediatric Residency PGY 1 & 2: Forum Health, Western Reserve Care System, Tod Children's Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio
• Pediatric Residency PGY 3: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Societies:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society of Hematology
• American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications:

• Abstracts:
  • Mukta Sharma, MD, Todd Alonzo, PhD, April Sorrell, MD, Robert B. Gerbing, MA, Joanne M. Hilden, MD, Robert Arceci, MD, PhD, Gita Massey, MD, John Doyle, MD, Lisa Bayer, CPNP, John P. Perentesis, MD, Julie Ross, PhD, Franklin O. Smith, MD, Russell Brynes, MD, Jerry Hussong, MD, Lois Hathaway, CCRP, Alan Gamis, MD. “Uniform Approach Better Defines Natural history of Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder (TMD) in Down Syndrome (DS) neonates: results from Children’s Oncology Group (COG) A2971.” Being submitted for presentation in American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting 2006.
  • Mukta Sharma, MD; Emily A. Thorell, MD; Mary Anne Jackson, MD; Gerald M. Woods, MD. “Disseminated Atypical Mycobacterial Infections in Two Sickle Cell Patients.” National sickle cell symposium, Poster presentation.
  • Thorell EA, Sharma M, Jackson MA, Selvarangan R, Woods G: “Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Sickle Cell Anemia Patients.” St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Microbial Research Conference, Memphis, Feb 11-12, 2005.
  • Musharraf M, Sharma M. “Establishing Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Hypothyroidism.” American College of Physicians regional meeting, Poster presentation.
• Publications:
  • Emily A. Thorell MD, Mukta Sharma MD, Mary Anne Jackson MD, Rangaraj Selvarangan PhD, and Gerald Woods MD. “Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Sickle Cell Anemia Patients .”Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology. Accepted for publication in 2006. Manuscript Number: JPHO 04-463R1. Article Type: Original Article