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LMHS Welcomes New Infectious Disease Physician

LMHS Welcomes New Infectious Disease Physician Licking Memorial Health Systems announces the creation of Licking Memorial Infectious Disease and the addition of Infectious Disease Physician Rachel L. DeMita, M.D.  Dr. DeMita will provide timely diagnosis and treatment of acute infections.  In addition to playing a major role in infection control, she also will be critical to patient care and antibiotic management.  The consultation and care she provides will greatly increase patient safety measures and continue the LMHS mission of improving the health of the community.

Dr. DeMita received her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo.  She completed an internal medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital and a fellowship in infectious disease at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.  She is board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease and is a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Infectious Diseases Society of Ohio.