Ajit Karan Thota, MD, FACP
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship
Pulmonary Medicine, Rogers William Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Residency
Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Education
Medical School – Kakatiya Medical College, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India
Areas of Expertise
Pulmonary Care
Critical Care
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