Francesca Cossarini
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
17 E 102ND ST NEW YORK NY, 10029About
Dr. Francesca Cossarini is an infectious disease specialist practicing in NEW YORK, NY. Dr. Cossarini 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.
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