Dr. Richard David Cofsky MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Brookdale Hospital 1 Brookdale Plaza Brooklyn NY, 11212About
Dr. Richard Cofsky is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Cofsky 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
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1978
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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