Dr. Gary R Plotkin M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
830 Chalkstone Ave Providence RI, 02908Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Gary Plotkin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Plotkin 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
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Making the transition from quality assurance to quality improvement.
- Cefazolin vs penicillin.
- Cefazolin vs penicillin.
- Effect of intravenously administered posterior pituitary extract on hemorrhage from bleeding esophageal varices. A controlled evaluation.
- The bone scan in primary care: diagnostic pitfalls.
- Unusual features of Hemophilus infections in adults.
- Unusual features of Hemophilus infections in adults.
- Neurosarcoidosis presenting as chronic lymphocytic meningitis.
- "Diabetic foot" complicated by pneumococcal cellulitis.
- Behçet's syndrome complicated by cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Response to prednisone and chlorambucil.
- Experimental diarrhea: salmonella enterocolitis inthe rat.
- Experimental diarrhea. I. Intestinal water and electrolyte transport in rat salmonella enterocolitis.
- Experimental diarrhea. II. Glucose-stimulated sodium and water transport in rat salmonella enterocolitis.
- Experimental diarrhea. 3. Bicarbonate transport in rat salmonella enterocolitis.
- Effects of vasopressin, theophylline and cyclic adenosine monophosphate on short-circuit current across isolated rabbit ileal mucosa.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Hearing Loss
- High Cholesterol
- Sleep Apnea
- Heart Disease
- Back Pain
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Vascular Disease
Dr. Gary R Plotkin M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 830 Chalkstone Ave
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