Dr. Shyamasundaran Kottilil M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
22 S GREENE ST BALTIMORE MD, 21201About
Dr. Shyamasundaran Kottilil is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Kottilil 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.
Education and Training
Med Coll, Univ of Calicut, Trichur, Kerala, India 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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