
Dr. Paul Riska MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
130 W Kingsbridge Rd 111-F Bronx NY, 10468About
Dr. Paul Riska is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Riska 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
Duke University School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
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Practice At 111 E 210th St
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4422 THIRD AVENUE BRONX NY 10457