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Dr. Rachel N Plotinsky MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9155 Sw Barnes Rd Suite 304 Portland OR, 97225About
Dr. Rachel Plotinsky is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Plotinsky 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
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Handwashing in a Texas evacuation center after Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- Cuterebra cutaneous myiasis, New Hampshire, 2004.
- Epidemic preparedness in New Hampshire: assessment of increased airborne infection isolation capacity 1 year after distribution of portable isolation units.
- Risk factors for elevated blood lead levels among African refugee children in New Hampshire, 2004.
- Proposed definitions for epidemiologic and clinical studies of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.
Fellowships
- Ctrs Disease Cntrl & Prev, Atlanta, GA,, Public Health and General Preventative Medicine 2004
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr PR, Lebanon, NH, Infectious Diseases 2006
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Infectious Diseases) Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Infectious Diseases)
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Cameron J Cover MD9155 Sw Barnes Rd Portland OR 97225
- Dr. Paul S Sehdev MD9155 SW Barnes Rd Ste 638 Portland OR 97225
- Dr. Jerry M Slepack MD9155 Sw Barnes Rd Portland OR 97225
- Dr. Tobias Pusch M.D.9155 SW BARNES RD STE 638 PORTLAND OR 97225
- Dr. Woodruff J English MD9205 Sw Barnes Rd Portland OR 97225
- Dr. Steven Jay Spindel M.D.9427 Sw Barnes Rd Portland OR 97225
Nearest Hospitals
PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTERl
9205 SW BARNES ROAD PORTLAND OR 97225LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTERl
1015 NW 22ND AVENUE, W121 PORTLAND OR 97210OHSU HOSPITAL AND CLINICSl
3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD PORTLAND OR 97239PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTERl
9205 SW BARNES ROAD PORTLAND OR 97225OHSU HOSPITAL AND CLINICSl
3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD PORTLAND OR 97239LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTERl
1015 NW 22ND AVENUE, W121 PORTLAND OR 97210