Kalpana Gupta MD

Professor, Infectious Diseases

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Kalpana Gupta
Sections

Infectious Diseases

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.

Education

MD, Stony Brook University

Epidemiology, MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health

English, BA, Stony Brook University

Publications

Published on 8/11/2025

Dukes KC, Gupta K, Walhof JF, Brown ME, Strymish J, Suh D, O'Brien WJ, Chan J, Beck B, Au V, Reisinger HS, Schweizer ML. Acceptability of proposed stewardship interventions to reduce preoperative screening and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Aug 11. PMID: 40803553.

Published on 7/26/2025

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 Three Medical Centers. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 26. PMID: 40720743.

Published on 7/5/2025

Bigelow TA, Petersen AC, Chikhwaza DA, Wu H, Yu H, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Impact of low-amplitude pulse interspersed with histotripsy treatment of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms on surgical mesh. Ultrasonics. 2025 Dec; 156:107730. PMID: 40633167.

Published on 7/3/2025

Gupta K, Wagenlehner F, Wilcox M, Advani SD, Bilsen M, Bonkat G, Cantón R, Geerlings S, Grabein B, Horcajada JP, Kushner P, Narayanan N, Scheetz M. Urinary tract infection in adults: gaps in current guidelines - opinions from an international multidisciplinary panel and relevance to clinical practice. BMC Proc. 2025 Jul 03; 19(Suppl 16):18. PMID: 40604992.

Published on 6/24/2025

Puttagunta S, Aronin SI, Gupta J, Das AF, Gupta K, Dunne MW. Sulopenem versus Amoxicillin/Clavulanate for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection. NEJM Evid. 2025 Jul; 4(7):EVIDoa2400414. PMID: 40552968.

Published on 5/1/2025

Gupta K, O'Brien WJ, Strymish J, Chen A, Linsenmeyer K, Madjarov R, Charness ME. Incidence of COVID-19 Symptom Rebound After Treatment with Remdesivir. Infect Dis Rep. 2025 May 01; 17(3). PMID: 40407645.

Published on 3/19/2025

Walhof JEF, Schweizer ML, Gupta K, Brown M, Suh D, Strymish J, O'Brien WJ, Chan J, Miell K, Au V, Trautner BW, Dukes KC. Response to Mr. Babar's Letter to the Editor regarding "Healthcare worker attitudes on routine non-urological preoperative urine cultures: a qualitative assessment". Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 19; 1. PMID: 40105776.

Published on 9/19/2024

Friberg Walhof JE, Schweizer ML, Gupta K, Brown M, Suh D, Strymish J, O'Brien WJ, Chan J, Miell K, Au V, Trautner BW, Dukes KC. Healthcare worker attitudes on routine non-urological preoperative urine cultures: a qualitative assessment. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 19; 45(10):1-6. PMID: 39297374.

Published on 4/11/2024

Smith M, Crnich C, Donskey C, Evans CT, Evans M, Goto M, Guerrero B, Gupta K, Harris A, Hicks N, Khader K, Kralovic S, McKinley L, Rubin M, Safdar N, Schweizer ML, Tovar S, Wilson G, Zabarsky T, Perencevich EN. Research agenda for transmission prevention within the Veterans Health Administration, 2024-2028. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 45(8):913-922. PMID: 38600795.

Published on 4/10/2024

Lazarus JE, Gupta K. Recurrent UTI in Women-Risk Factors and Management. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2024 Jun; 38(2):325-341. PMID: 38599896.

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