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Varun Kumar, MD, is a neurologist in the Epilepsy Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Kumar’s expertise includes the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and seizure disorders, with a particular focus on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, tumor-related epilepsy, and epilepsy surgeries. He is experienced in electroneurodiagnostic technologies, including electroencephalography (EEG), stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG), video EEG monitoring, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.
Dr. Kumar earned his medical degree from B.J. Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, India. He completed his neurology residency at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida and an epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Kumar’s research interests include seizure disorders, stereotactic EEG, refractory epilepsy and its management through surgical and device-based therapies, tumor-related epilepsy, and the epidemiology of epilepsy-associated morbidity and mortality.
- Aetna
- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, 2023-2025
- Residency, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Neurology, 2020-2023
- Internship, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2019-2020
- MD, B.J. Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, 2012
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
- American Epilepsy Society
- Administrative Chief, Neurology Residency, University of South Florida, 2022-2023
- English
- Hindi
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Appointments with Dr. Kumar are on the 4th floor of the 240 Building in Suite 401.
Parking is available by entering the parking structure on 3rd Avenue. Valet parking is available on Muhammad Ali Way.
Enter via the 2nd floor bridge connecting the 3rd Avenue Garage, or the doors on Muhammad Ali Way. There is no entry from Thomas Road.
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
Varun Kumar, MD, is a neurologist in the Epilepsy Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Kumar’s expertise includes the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and seizure disorders, with a particular focus on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, tumor-related epilepsy, and epilepsy surgeries. He is experienced in electroneurodiagnostic technologies, including electroencephalography (EEG), stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG), video EEG monitoring, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.
Dr. Kumar earned his medical degree from B.J. Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, India. He completed his neurology residency at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida and an epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Kumar’s research interests include seizure disorders, stereotactic EEG, refractory epilepsy and its management through surgical and device-based therapies, tumor-related epilepsy, and the epidemiology of epilepsy-associated morbidity and mortality.
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Appointments with Dr. Kumar are on the 4th floor of the 240 Building in Suite 401.
Parking is available by entering the parking structure on 3rd Avenue. Valet parking is available on Muhammad Ali Way.
Enter via the 2nd floor bridge connecting the 3rd Avenue Garage, or the doors on Muhammad Ali Way. There is no entry from Thomas Road.
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
- Aetna
- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, 2023-2025
- Residency, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Neurology, 2020-2023
- Internship, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2019-2020
- MD, B.J. Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, 2012
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
- American Epilepsy Society
- Administrative Chief, Neurology Residency, University of South Florida, 2022-2023
- English
- Hindi