Dr. Vincent M. Spoto, MD

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Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Vincent M. Spoto, who serves patients in Orlando, Florida.

Voted one of Orlando’s Best Doctors, Dr. Spoto is an infectious disease specialist with Orlando Health Medical Group Infectious Disease, providing comprehensive services for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions caused by microbes (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoans) and larger agents of disease.

The team of professionals at Orlando Health Medical Group Infectious Disease includes physicians who are all board-certified and fellowship-trained in infectious diseases. They are recognized experts, specializing in providing diagnoses and treatment of complex conditions such as hepatitis, pneumonia, meningitis, and AIDS. Services are provided on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, through collaborative physician consultation, allowing patients to receive the highest quality of care.

A 1988 graduate of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Dr. Spoto went on to complete his residency at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. This was followed by a fellowship within the Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.

With an unwavering commitment to his specialty, the doctor is board-certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control, and treatment of infections. An infectious disease specialist’s practice may consist largely of managing nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections or it may be out-patient based. 

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