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Mrs. Shakuntala Swaminathan MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5901 W Olympic Blvd Suite 200 Los Angeles CA, 90036About
Dr. Shakuntala Swaminathan is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Swaminathan 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
Kasturba Med Coll- Mysore Univ- Mangalore- Karnataka- India 1990
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital 1992
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Jay E Gladstein M.D.5901 W OLYMPIC BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90036
- Dr. Peter Ruane MD5901 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles CA 90036
- Dr. Peter Rice Wolfe M.D.5901 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles CA 90036
- Dr. Masoud Rahban M.D.5901 W OLYMPIC BLVD STE 307 LOS ANGELES CA 90036
Nearest Hospitals
MIRACLE MILE MEDICAL CENTERl
6000 SAN VICENTE BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90036KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LAl
6041 CADILLAC AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90034