Assistant Chief of Medicine / Assistant Professor
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center / Baylor College of Medicine
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Prathit A. Kulkarni, M.D. is Assistant Chief of Medicine at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Houston, Texas) and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases Section at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas). He is also Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Baylor. Dr. Kulkarni did all of his medical training at Baylor College of Medicine, including medical school (with completion of the International Health Track), residency in combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, chief residency in Internal Medicine, and adult ID fellowship. Prior to fellowship, Dr. Kulkarni spent two years working at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. His current academic interests include emerging infectious diseases, medical education, diagnostic reasoning, diagnostic stewardship, infection control, and antimicrobial stewardship.