Dr. Robert Anthony Delapenha M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1160 Varnum St Ne Suite #016 Washington DC, 20017About
Dr. Robert Delapenha is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Delapenha 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
Univ Of West Indies- Fac Med Sci- Kingston- Jamaica 1980
University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Therapy with efavirenz plus indinavir in patients with extensive prior nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor experience: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Peritonitis in acute peritoneal dialysis at the University Hospital of the West Indies (a five-year review).
- Pilocarpine treatment of salivary gland hypofunction and dry mouth (xerostomia).
- Typhoid fever with unusual clinical features.
- The bioavailability of potassium in bananas.
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