
Dr. Richard T Ellison M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA, 01605About
Dr. Richard Ellison is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Ellison 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
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Review: probiotics are effective for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and treatment of Clostridium difficile disease.
- Impact of Bordetella pertussis exposures on a Massachusetts tertiary care medical system.
- Clinical and laboratory findings in individuals with acute norovirus disease.
- Pandemic influenza: implications for preparation and delivery of critical care services.
- Modern trends in infection control practices in intensive care units.
- Quality measures for critically ill patients: where does ventilator-associated condition fit in?
- Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure from occult mattress damage.
- A Prospective Controlled Trial of an Electronic Hand Hygiene Reminder System.
- Accidental Needlestick Exposures linked to the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Healthcare Workers.
- Reversion From Methicillin Susceptibility to Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus During Treatment of Bacteremia.
- Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure?
- Reply to Gelfand and Cleveland.
- A 10-Year Review of Total Hospital-Onset ICU Bloodstream Infections at an Academic Medical Center.
Dr. Richard T Ellison M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 55 Lake Ave N Umass Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Ave N Umass Memorial Medic -Worcester, MA 01655Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Douglas T Golenbock M.D.119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA 01605
- Dr. Steven Hatch MD119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA 01605
- Dr. Iva Zivna M.D.119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA 01605
- Dr. Roseanne C. Labarre M.D.130 Lincoln St Worcester MA 01605
- Dr. Joyce D Fingeroth M.D.119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA 01605
- Dr. Mireya A Wessolossky M.D.119 BELMONT ST WORCESTER MA 01605
Nearest Hospitals
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INCl
55 LAKE AVENUE NORTH WORCESTER MA 1655ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER INCl
107 LINCOLN STREET WORCESTER MA 1605ST VINCENT HOSPITALl
123 SUMMER STREET WORCESTER MA 1608ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER INCl
107 LINCOLN STREET WORCESTER MA 1605UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INCl
55 LAKE AVENUE NORTH WORCESTER MA 1655ST VINCENT HOSPITALl
123 SUMMER STREET WORCESTER MA 1608