Overview
Dr. Gowtham is a board-certified and fellowship-trained specialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Her clinical interests include treatment of pediatric HIV, hepatitis B and C, Lyme disease and treatment of infections in pediatric oncology, transplant and immunocompromised patients. Her research interests include prevention of hospital-acquired infections in pediatric patients. Dr. Gowtham earned her medical degree from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and completed her residency at the same institute. She completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Gowtham is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric infectious diseases.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
126 Market Way, Mount Pocono, PA 18344
190 Welles Street, Forty Fort, PA 18704
Clinical Research
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