Roya Yumul MD, PhD

Dr. Yumul has been an Anesthesiologist for 17 years. She earned both her Ph.D an Medical degree from the University of Hamburg in Germany. After completing her residency in Anesthesiology in Los Angeles, CA, she then moved on to complete a fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she has been on the staff since 2001. Dr. Yumul is also Board Certified in Anesthesiology, trained in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and recently Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

She currently holds three faculty appointments in Anesthesiology, which include Professor, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles and Professor, Charles R. Drew University. Since 2007 she held the position of Director of Academic Educational Programs for Anesthesiology Residency and Fellowship Teaching Programs at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Program Director positions in the Anesthesiology and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellowship and since 2016 the Vice-Chair of Academics and Research in the department of anesthesiology at Cedars Sinai Medical center.