Dr. Lisa Tkatch MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
810 SIR THOMAS CT HARRISBURG PA, 17109About
Dr. Lisa Tkatch is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Tkatch 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
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1987
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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