Dr. Robin Henry Dretler M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2665 N Decatur Rd Suite 330 Decatur GA, 30033About
Dr. Robin Dretler is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Decatur, GA. Dr. Dretler 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
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1978
Tufts University School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Seizure activity with imipenem therapy: incidence and risk factors.
- Response by gender of HIV-1-infected subjects treated with abacavir/lamivudine plus atazanavir, with or without ritonavir, for 144 weeks.
- Outpatient treatment of osteomyelitis with telavancin.
- Foscarnet-induced penile ulcer in an uncircumcised patient with AIDS.
- Anterior uveitis in a patient with AIDS who was treated with terbinafine for oral candidiasis: a potential drug-induced reaction.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Former Chief of Staff DeKalb medical 2010 - 2012
- Vice Chief of Staff DeKalb medical 2008 - 2010
- President Infectious Disease Society of Georgia 1984 - 1990
Awards
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2018 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2017 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2016 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2015 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2014 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2013 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2012 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2011 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2010 Atlanta Magazine
- Top Doctor in Atlanta for Infectious Disease 2009 Atlanta Magazine
Professional Memberships
- American College of Physicians
- Infectious Disease Society of America, Fellow
Areas of research
HIV, Hepatitis C, Clostridium Dificile, New treaments for Staph infections, Bacterial resistanceDr. Robin Henry Dretler M.D.'s Practice location
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