Kalpana Gupta, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Gupta is Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases at the Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System, and Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Her primary research focus over the past decade has been on optimizing treatment regimens and prevention strategies for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. She is Chair of the IDSA UTI guideline update committee. She is currently PI of a multi-site NIH-funded randomized controlled trial of cranberry juice cocktail to prevent recurrent UTI in women and just completed a randomized trial of short course nitrofurantoin for treatment of acute cystitis in women. As a natural progression of her work on antimicrobial resistance in community-acquired UTIs, she is now embarking on a new research area, namely the evaluation of the prevalence and molecular epidemiology of MRSA infections in the veteran population.

Publications

  • Published 6/5/2026

    Parmasad V, Gupta K, O'Brien WJ, Drekonja D, Lira GJB, O'Neil S, Amundson C, Sikandar S, Morgan A, Strymish J, Chan J, Brown ME, Schweizer ML. An education with audit and targeted feedback intervention to de-implement preoperative surgical urine cultures: a multi-center quasi-experimental study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2026 Jun 05; 47(7):1-4. PMID: 42244210.

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  • Published 3/17/2026

    Claeys KC, Brown CH, Pineles L, Evans CT, Cao L, Trautner BW, Crnich CJ, Balasubramanian P, Ewers T, Gupta K, Strymish JM, Cadena J, O'Neil S, Krein SL, Coffey KC, Morgan DJ. Implementation of Diagnostic Stewardship to Improve Urinary Tract Infection Antibiotic Use Across 3 Medical Centers. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 82(3):494-500. PMID: 40720743.

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  • Published 2/9/2026

    Kulkarni PA, Cortés-Penfield NW, Brehm TJ, Wagenlehner F, Gupta K, Leitner L, Trautner BW. State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 09; 82(1):1-13. PMID: 41657226.

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  • Published 12/30/2025

    Trautner BW, Cortés-Penfield NW, Gupta K, Hirsch EB, Horstman M, Moran GJ, Colgan R, O'Horo JC, Ashraf MS, Connolly S, Drekonja D, Grigoryan L, Huttner A, Lazenby GB, Nicolle L, Schaeffer A, Yawetz S, Lavergne V. Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 30. PMID: 41467387.

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  • Published 12/24/2025

    Lodise TP, Das AF, Frimodt-Møller N, Gupta K, Rodvold KA, Santerre Henriksen A, Sommer MOA, Wagenlehner F, Kaye KS. Pivmecillinam for Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection: New Efficacy Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 24; 81(5):e285-e293. PMID: 40567143.

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Education

  • Stony Brook University, MD
  • University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH
  • Stony Brook University, BA

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