Kalpana Gupta MD
Professor, Infectious Diseases
1400 VFW Parkway | (857) 203-5086kalgupta@bu.edu
kalpana.gupta@va.gov
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
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 7/26/2025Claeys 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 7/5/2025Bigelow 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 7/3/2025Gupta 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 6/26/2025Lodise 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 Jun 26. PMID: 40567143.
Published on 6/24/2025Puttagunta 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 6/19/2025Labban M, O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Lerner LB. Does Routine Urine Culture Testing Before Endoscopic Prostate Surgery Decrease Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection? An Analysis of the Veteran Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Urol Pract. 2025 Jun 19; 101097UPJ0000000000000858. PMID: 40536488.
Published on 5/1/2025Gupta 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 3/19/2025Walhof 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 9/19/2024Friberg 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.
Media Mentions
Published on 6/9/2025
Why Do I Keep Getting UTIs? What New Research Says.
Published on 6/23/2020
3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs Safe Alternative to Commercial Swabs
Published on 12/20/2018
Treating Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Before Non-Urology Surgery Unlikely To Improve Outcomes
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