Dr. Kavitha Shashikumar M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11803 South Freeway Suite 104 Fort Worth TX, 76115About
Dr. Kavitha Shashikumar is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Shashikumar 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
Bangalore Med Coll, Bangalore Univ, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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