Dr. Arathi P Rao MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1136 Alpine Ave Suite 205 Boulder CO, 80304About
Dr. Arathi Rao is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boulder, CO. 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
Kasturba Medical College, India 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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