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Rebecca Choudhury, MD
Infectious Disease
About Me
Dr. Rebecca Choudhury began practicing as an Infectious Disease physician in 2022 and joined Mount Sinai in the same year. After completing her undergraduate studies at Columbia University, Dr. Choudhury earned her medical degree from Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She then pursued her residency in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University before finishing with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. With her board certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Dr. Choudhury's clinical interests include general infectious diseases, HIV care, antibiotic stewardship, and infection prevention.
In addition to her clinical role, Dr. Choudhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She also has been heavily involved in research, with her interests including hospital acquired infections and quality improvement. Along with other members of the Mount Sinai Health System Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship teams, she has worked on studies related to decreasing blood culture contamination rates, and hospital-acquired bloodstream and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Dr. Choudhury's work has been published in academic journals within her field, including Open Forum Infectious Diseases and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
In her professional community, Dr. Choudhury is a member of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
When discussing her time in medicine, Dr. Choudhury explains, "I’m passionate about helping patients understand and navigate their illnesses, empowering them to lead happier, healthier lives. As an LGBTQ+ affirming physician, I’m dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive healthcare environment for all." Outside of her time with patients, Dr. Choudhury's says, "my interests include traveling (with a mask, of course!), vegan and vegetarian cooking, and live music (one of many great thinks about living in New York)."
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Cellulitis
- Chlamydia
- Clostridium Difficile Colitis
- Dengue Fever
- Endocarditis
- Genital Herpes
- Gonorrhea
- HIV Testing And Treatment Program
- HIV and AIDS
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- MRSA
- Malaria
- Osteomyelitis
- Pneumonia
- PrEP/nPEP
- Shingles
- Syphilis
- Typhoid Fever
- Urinary Tract Infection
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Residency, Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship, Infectious Disease
Montefiore Medical Center
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Choudhury has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.