Dr. Alwyn Rapose, MD, FIDSA
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
123 Summer St Suite 220 Worcester MA, 01608About
Dr. Alwyn Rapose is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Rapose 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
MD - Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Texas A&M University, TX
Topiwala National Medical College
Grant Government Medical College 1993
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine- Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine.
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Awards
- NIH / NIAID supported UTMB postdoctoral research grant in Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases 2006 – 2008
- Texas Infectious Diseases Society Fellows Travel Grant 2008
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