Kalpana Gupta MD
Voluntary 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, 1991
Epidemiology, MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health, 1998
English, BA, Stony Brook University, 1987
Publications
Linsenmeyer K, Mohr D, Gupta K, Doshi S, Gifford AL, Charness ME. Sickness presenteeism in healthcare workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An observational cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 11; 1-4. PMID: 37039605.
Published on 3/1/2023O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Estimated Risk of Adverse Surgical Outcomes Among Patients With Recent COVID-19 Infection Using Target Trial Emulation Methods. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e234876. PMID: 36976565.
Published on 3/1/2023O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Estimated Risk of Adverse Surgical Outcomes Among Patients With Recent COVID-19 Infection Using Target Trial Emulation Methods. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e234876. PMID: 36976565.
Published on 9/7/2022Charness ME, Gupta K, Stack G, Strymish J, Adams E, Lindy DC, Mohri H, Ho DD. Rebound of SARS-CoV-2 Infection after Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Treatment. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 15; 387(11):1045-1047. PMID: 36069968.
Published on 8/31/2022Claeys KC, Trautner BW, Leekha S, Coffey KC, Crnich CJ, Diekema DJ, Fakih MG, Goetz MB, Gupta K, Jones MM, Leykum L, Liang SY, Pineles L, Pleiss A, Spivak ES, Suda KJ, Taylor JM, Rhee C, Morgan DJ. Optimal Urine Culture Diagnostic Stewardship Practice-Results from an Expert Modified-Delphi Procedure. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 31; 75(3):382-389. PMID: 34849637.
Published on 6/17/2022Dhanani M, Krishnamoorthy A, Ciolino JD, Gupta K, Strymish JM. Prophylaxis against spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Too much or too little? Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022; 2(1):e95. PMID: 36483431.
Published on 6/1/2022Stern RA, Charness ME, Gupta K, Koutrakis P, Linsenmeyer K, Madjarov R, Martins MAG, Lemos B, Dowd SE, Garshick E. Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Aerosols From a Nurses Station and in Nurses and Patients During a Hospital Ward Outbreak. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 01; 5(6):e2216176. PMID: 35675074.
Published on 4/7/2022Johnson S, Gerding DN, Li X, Reda DJ, Donskey CJ, Gupta K, Goetz MB, Climo MW, Gordin FM, Ringer R, Johnson N, Johnson M, Calais LA, Goldberg AM, Ge L, Haegerich T. Defining optimal treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (OpTION study): A randomized, double-blind comparison of three antibiotic regimens for patients with a first or second recurrence. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 May; 116:106756. PMID: 35398532.
Published on 1/17/2022Valentine-King MA, Trautner BW, Zoorob RJ, Germanos G, Hansen M, Salemi JL, Gupta K, Grigoryan L. Analysis of recurrent urinary tract infection management in women seen in outpatient settings reveals opportunities for antibiotic stewardship interventions. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022; 2(1):e8. PMID: 36310787.
Published on 12/2/2021Dipp Ramos R, O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Events, care, and outcomes after hernia mesh explantation for infection. Am J Surg. 2022 Jul; 224(1 Pt A):174-176. PMID: 34876254.
Media Mentions
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