Dr. Lalita Shastry M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd Suite 200 Allentown PA, 18103About
Dr. Lalita Shastry is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Allentown, PA. Dr. Shastry specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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