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Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India
Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India A Rutgers University professor and infectious disease expert who went to India to help his family during a ravenous wave of COVID-19 died of the virus himself, the university said in a statement. Dr. Rajendra Kapila, 81, founded Rutgers' Division of Infectious Diseases and was a professor of medicine at the university. We have lost a giant in infectious disease, Dr Raj Kapila, who served for years as a leader in global infectious diseases at @Rutgers_NJMS. @RutgersBHS will be ever grateful for his contribution to global ID and remember his extraordinary diagnostic talent https://t.co/5l…