Dr. Peter A Rice M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Lake Ave N Department Of Infect Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Peter Rice is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Rice 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
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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