Dr. Richard Alan Nathan D.O.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2900 Cortez Idaho Falls ID, 83404Rating
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Dr. Richard Nathan is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Idaho Falls, ID. Dr. Nathan 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
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine DO
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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