Dr. Rana S Shenoy M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
602 W University Ave Urbana IL, 61801About
Dr. Rana Shenoy is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Urbana, IL. Dr. Shenoy specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Kasturba Med Coll- Mysore Univ- Mangalore- Karnataka- India 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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