Dr. Peter L Alpert MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Mmc - Dept. Of Medicine 3400 Bainbridge Aven Bronx NY, 10467About
Dr. Peter Alpert is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Alpert 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 Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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