Pulmonology & Internal Medicine · Bethesda, MD
Gita Chopra Bakshi, MD
A leading pulmonologist in Montgomery County, providing warm, attentive care in Bethesda for over four decades.
2026 Washingtonian Top Doctor Accepting new patients
Pulmonology & Internal Medicine · Bethesda, MD
A leading pulmonologist in Montgomery County, providing warm, attentive care in Bethesda for over four decades.
2026 Washingtonian Top Doctor Accepting new patients
Dr. Gita Chopra Bakshi is a leading pulmonologist in Montgomery County who has been in private practice since the early 1980s, over four decades. She offers a complete range of office- and hospital-based diagnostic and therapeutic services related to pulmonary disorders and diseases, including emphysema, pneumonia, and lung cancer.
At her office, Dr. Bakshi provides pulmonary consultation and follow-up, pulmonary function studies, lab work, and EKGs. Her hospital services include pulmonary consultations.
She completed her pulmonary fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco and the National Institutes of Health. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, Ajay, a gastroenterologist.
Diagnosis and long-term management, including pulmonary function testing.
Evaluation and treatment of pulmonary fibrosis and other diffuse lung diseases.
Diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung disease.
Comprehensive respiratory symptom work-up.
Acute and chronic respiratory infection care.
Evaluation, monitoring, and coordinated care.
Dr. Bakshi has been named a Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor for more than ten consecutive years.
Source: Washingtonian Top Doctors
“Brilliant doctor. Kind, warm, attentive, and very smart. Saved my life.”
“Saved my life, twice, due to her persistence, and I owe her big time!”
“I am a new patient who has multiple complicated diagnoses. Dr. Bakshi has a real plan to help; she cares about her patients. I am very grateful.”
“She is professional and the best pulmonologist in the state. Best doctor ever.”
“She is excellent. Takes the time to fully explain and answers all questions thoroughly with patience.”
“She was really great in answering all of my questions, warm and very compassionate.”
Suburban Hospital
Currently accepting new patients.