Dr. Susan Temporado Cookson MD, MPH, FACP
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1600 Clifton Rd Cdc, Ne; Ms F-60 Atlanta GA, 30333About
Dr. Susan Cookson is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Cookson 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.
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prospective evaluation of risk factors for bloodstream infection in patients receiving home infusion therapy.
- Misconceptions about tuberculosis among immigrants to the United States.
- Tuberculosis screening among foreign-born persons applying for permanent US residence.
- A survey of refugee health assessments in the United States.
- Determining TB rates and TB case burden for refugees.
- Anaemia, iron status and vitamin A deficiency among adolescent refugees in Kenya and Nepal.
- Internet-based morbidity and mortality surveillance among Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Georgia.
- Infertility in a US resettled African refugee: a case report of genital tuberculosis.
- Evaluating mental health after the 2010 Haitian earthquake.
- Evaluation of a standardized morbidity surveillance form for use during disasters caused by natural hazards.
- Infectious disease burden and vaccination needs among asylees versus refugees, district of columbia.
- The impact of post-election violence on HIV and other clinical services and on mental health-Kenya, 2008.
- Community mortality from cholera: urban and rural districts in Zimbabwe.
- Malnourished children in refugee camps and lack of connection with services after US resettlement.
- Comparison of impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus supplementary and routine immunization in a complex humanitarian emergency, Somali case study.
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