Dr. Anjali Dasgupta MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1000 Ochsner Blvd Covington LA, 70433About
Dr. Anjali Dasgupta is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Covington, LA. Dr. Dasgupta 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
University of Delhi / Maulana Azad Medical College 1989
Butler University in Indianapolis
Maulana Azad Medical College 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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