
Dr. Frank Rabito M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4300 Houma Blvd Suite306 Metairie LA, 70006About
Dr. Frank Rabito is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Metairie, LA. Dr. Rabito 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
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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