Dr. Priyank Desai M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
901 N WINSTEAD AVE ROCKY MOUNT NC, 27804About
Dr. Priyank Desai is a critical care surgeon practicing in ROCKY MOUNT, NC. Dr. Desai specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Desai has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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