Kalpana Shere-Wolfe, MD
Dr. Kalpana Shere-Wolfe is an Internal Medicine physician with specialization in Infectious Diseases and Integrative Medicine. She attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she majored in Biochemistry. She then went to SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, which is now known as Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine in Stony Brook, New York, to complete her medical training. Dr. Shere-Wolfe completed her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke's – Roosevelt Medical Center in New York City, New York. She then completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, New York. She then completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona Program for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona, with Dr. Andrew Weil in 2010.
Dr. Shere-Wolfe's current clinical focus is Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. She currently directs the Integrated Lyme Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Infectious Diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Shere-Wolfe's specific research interests include the study of integrative modalities for patients with persistent symptoms post various infectious diseases, including Lyme disease and other infections. At the Integrated Lyme Program, she provides consultations on infectious diseases and integrative medicine for a variety of illnesses such as Lyme disease, post-treatment Lyme disease, and chronic Lyme disease syndrome, other tick-borne illnesses, post-infectious disease syndromes, as well as sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, and pain.
Dr. Shere-Wolfe's interest in Integrative Medicine stems from her experiences with mind-body practices. She strongly believes that we have the capacity for self-healing and that this can be supported by good nutrition, rest/sleep, movement, and a positive mindset. She also believes that tools such as our breath, body, and mind can be used as an adjunct in the healing process from serious acute and chronic medical issues.
Dr. Kalpana Shere-Wolfe discloses she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.
