Dr. Shalika Basnayake Katugaha MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3289 Woodburn Rd Suite 200 Annandale VA, 22003About
Dr. Shalika Katugaha is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Annandale, VA. Dr. Katugaha 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
Georgetown University School of Medicine 2007
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