Dr. Ronald R. Tempesta MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1200 El Camino Real South San Francisco CA, 94080About
Dr. Ronald Tempesta is an infectious disease specialist practicing in South San Francisco, CA. Dr. Tempesta 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
Mt Sinai Sch of Med of The City Univ of Ny, New York Ny 1985
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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- Beth Israel Med Center
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