Dr. Peter R Ataro MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1600 Medical Center Dr Huntington WV, 25701About
Dr. Peter Ataro is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Huntington, WV. Dr. Ataro 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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