Dr. Rita Chow MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
170 W 12th St Medicine/ Infectious New York NY, 10011About
Dr. Rita Chow is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Chow 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
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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