Anisha Kumar
Anisha
Kumar
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460

Interests

Machine Learning in Perioperative Surgical Care, Implications of Algorithmic Bias, Surgical Education Optimization, Facial Aesthetics

Biography

Dr. Anisha R. Kumar received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Stanford University. She completed residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, followed by fellowship training in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mount Sinai. She is double board certified in Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Awards

2025, Castle Connolly Top Doctors
2018, Depuy Synthes Education Grant
2018, Weinberg Excellence in Surgical Residency
2017, Triologic Society Resident Travel Award
2015, Merritt Hougen, M.D. Scholarship from Stanford University

Research

Dr. Kumar is Assistant Professor of Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine and faculty in the Division of Otolaryngology. Her research focuses on mitigating algorithmic bias in AI-driven aesthetic facial evaluation and developing fairness frameworks for machine learning models in surgical contexts. She is investigating machine learning applications for optimizing surgical education and training outcomes.