Kohta Saito
Weill Cornell Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Office (646) 962-8747
1315 York Avenue
Mezzanine
New York, NY 10021
Primary Specialty
Infectious Disease Specialist
Practice
Weill Cornell Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Gender
Male
About
Kohta Saito
Dr. Kohta Saito, Assistant Professor of Medicine, received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School before going on to complete an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics combined residency program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. He concurrently completed a Masters of Public Health along the Global Health Track, and was Chief Resident of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics in his final year. He then went on to complete a fellowship in adult Infectious Diseases at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is currently working at WCM in both inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases capacities. When not providing clinical services, his research interests lie in better understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. He studies different states of the bacterium that allow it to tolerate current antimicrobials, and aims to find new treatment options for tuberculosis.
Services
Weill Cornell Medicine - Infectious Diseases provides infectious disease care in New York, NY.
Please call Kohta Saito at (646) 962-8747 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information.