Dr. Shashi B Kathpalia MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1301 Copperfield Ave Suite 103 Joliet IL, 60432About
Dr. Shashi Kathpalia is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Joliet, IL. Dr. Kathpalia 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
Butler University in Indianapolis 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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