Dr. Shilpa Bhaskar Rao M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
One Medical Center Blvd. Acp-331 Chester PA, 19013About
Dr. Shilpa Rao is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chester, PA. Dr. Rao 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
Georgetown University in Washington DC 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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