
Overview
Lisa S. Tkatch, MD, specializes in infectious diseases and is board-certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is affiliated with UPMC Community Osteopathic, UPMC Hanover, UPMC Lititz, UPMC Memorial, UPMC Carlisle, UPMC West Shore and UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg. Dr. Tkatch completed her fellowship at UPMC and residency and medical degree at Penn State College of Medicine.
Dr. Tkatch is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, AIDS Dementia Complex, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and HIV/AIDS.
Insurance
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- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
2501 North 3rd Street, Floor 2, Harrisburg, PA 17110
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Dr. Robin Avery is an infectious disease physician who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012, with two decades of experience in transplant infectious disease. She is a past chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Infectious Disease Community of Practice, was a co-editor of the first edition of the AST ID Guidelines, and serves on a Guidelines Committee for the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) on immunizations in the immunocompromised host. She was the founding head of the Transplant Infectious Disease Section at the Cleveland Clinic and served as the founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Transplant ID Special Fellowship, authoring a curriculum that served as the basis for curricula later endorsed by the AST and IDSA. Her clinical and research interests include pre-transplant donor and recipient evaluation, and prevention and treatment of post-transplant infections, particularly transplant-associated viruses, viral load monitoring, novel therapies for CMV, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunizations, and strategies for safer living post-transplant. She has a strong interest in patient education and co-authored the script for a video designed to educate patients on decreasing post-transplant infection risks. Dr. Avery is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, COVID-19, and Sepsis.
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Edward Blanchard is an Infectious Disease provider in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Blanchard is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Osteomyelitis, Sepsis, Cellulitis, and Osteomyelitis in Children.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- AIDS Dementia ComplexDr. Tkatch isDistinguished. Learn about AIDS Dementia Complex.
- AIDS Dysmorphic SyndromeDr. Tkatch isDistinguished. Learn about AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
- HIV/AIDSDr. Tkatch isDistinguished. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- MyelitisDr. Tkatch isDistinguished. Learn about Myelitis.
- Advanced
- Infectious ArthritisDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Infectious Arthritis.
- LymphangitisDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Lymphangitis.
- OsteomyelitisDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Osteomyelitis.
- Osteomyelitis in ChildrenDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Osteomyelitis in Children.
- SepsisDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Sepsis.
- Strep ThroatDr. Tkatch isAdvanced. Learn about Strep Throat.
- Experienced
- ActinomycosisDr. Tkatch isExperienced. Learn about Actinomycosis.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Tkatch isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- CellulitisDr. Tkatch isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis
- CryptococcosisDr. Tkatch isExperienced. Learn about Cryptococcosis.
- EndocarditisDr. Tkatch isExperienced. Learn about Endocarditis.

