Wanita Kumar

Wanita Kumar, MD, currently serves as the Regional Medical Informatics Officer at Optum, supporting Northern Light Health since September 2024. Prior experience includes roles as Vice President and Corporate Medical Director of Health Informatics at AmeriHealth Caritas from 2022 to 2024, and various leadership positions at Indiana University Health from 2006 to 2022, including Executive Medical Director of Revenue Cycle Services and Director of Medical Informatics. Additionally, Wanita Kumar has academic experience as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, providing outpatient urgent care and serving as a Primary Care Provider at Wishard Hospital. Early career experience includes serving as an Instructor in Medicine and Associate Director of College Health Services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 1998 to 2004. Wanita Kumar's educational background includes a Doctor of Medicine from UMass Chan Medical School, an Internal Medicine Residency at Harvard Medical School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Fine Arts from Brandeis University.