Rohit Modak, MD is an abjectly brilliant infectious disease specialist. He serves as Hospitalist at Virginia Hospital Center who toils at the Center of the Cyclone, so to speak, in regard to nosocomial infections such as C.difficile. Dr Modak also has a clinical practice at VHC wherein he consults/treats a broad spectrum of infectious disease challenges as member of the VHC infectious diseases physician group. Dr Modak additionally holds a faculty appointment as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown-U Med School. I can say this about my encounter(s) with Dr Modak: 1.) He is exceptionally intelligent and knowledgeable; 2.) He has a direct, get real, tell it like it is, yet compassionate and low key personality, which displayed no outward signs of ego.; 3.) In other words he views himself as a provider who serves the needs of his patients. And, in the case of a C.difficile patient/survivor those needs lie at the cutting edge of medicine and may spill over into uncharted territory. e.g. [[what do you [the patient] do if you need to see a dentist for an extraction and/or root canal or god forbid need a hip or knee arthroplasty wherein the use of peri-operative prophylactic antibiotics are absolutely necessary and constitute the standard of care]]?? Or what do you [the physician] do if an at home caregiver for a C.diff patient becomes colonized and subsequently requires a knee arthroplasty??? For issues just cited as well as a universe of others I can imagine but which need not be stated here, I strongly suspect there is no better expert in the metro MD-DC-VA area with whom to consult than Rohit Modak. Bravo and right on Dr M!!! CAVEAT: For the record, my rating for "Staff" above is directed to Dr Modak's clinical practice staff and does NOT represent/constitute any rating by myself of any other VHC hospital staff member.

Erred on the side of caution with my treatment-his intuition proved correct. But not at all cautious to try new treatments to get the exact right fit for me-he really wanted to get things right. Fought with insurance to keep me in the hospital when they wanted to kick me out prematurely-again his intuition proved correct. Closely supervised my home health care-wound care and meds. Great bedside manner and communication skills.