Dr. Joel Trachtenberg, MD

Dr. Joel Trachtenberg, MD

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Infectious Disease Medicine  ·  
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47 y/o
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Dr. Joel Trachtenberg, MD is an infectious disease specialist in Salt Lake City, UT and has been practicing for 20 years. He specializes in infectious disease medicine.
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(801) 893-0860
EXISTING PATIENTS
(801) 261-9651
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Internal Medicine St. Mark's

1160 E 3900 S Ste 1200

Salt Lake City, UT 84124
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New Patients
(801) 893-0860
Existing Patients
(801) 261-9651

Insurance Accepted

  • AARP
  • Aetna
  • Allegiance Health Plans
  • Altius Health Plans
  • Ameriben
  • American Heritage
  • American National
  • American Postal Workers Union Health Plan
  • American Republic
  • Amerihealth
  • Assurant Health
  • Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
  • Bankers Life and Casualty
  • Baptist Health Services Group

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Dr. Trachtenberg's Experience

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Dr. Trachtenberg's experience matches your search based on the following criteria:
  • Based on total number of patients treated over the last 12 months
  • Specializes in Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Board certified in Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine
  • No sanctions found
  • No board actions found

Care Philosophy

This content was provided by Dr. Trachtenberg "Infectious Disease physicians have expertise in all areas of clinical infectious diseases. We treat viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. We diagnose and treat complicated skin and soft tissue infections, bone and joint infections, wound infections including postoperative infections, blood stream infections, heart valve infections, infections of the brain and spine, infections of the kidney, liver, spleen and other internal organs, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV."

1  Specialties

  • Infectious Disease Medicine

2  Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease
    Accredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
  • Internal Medicine
    Accredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*

2  Conditions Treated

  • Infections
  • Infectious Diseases

1  Procedures

  • Infection Management

Background Check

Malpractice Claims not available

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0 Sanctions

No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.

0 Board Actions

No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.

Education

  • Thomas Jefferson University
    Medical School | Graduated 1998
  • University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
    Residency Hospital | Completed
  • University of Utah Medical Center
    Fellowship Hospital | Completed

Awards & Recognition

Awards & Honors
  • Healthgrades Honor Roll
Media & Publications

Dr. Trachtenberg has no media or publications listed.

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Memberships & Professional Affiliations

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New Patients
(801) 893-0860

Dr. Trachtenberg's Reviews

2.6
Likelihood of recommending Dr. Trachtenberg to family and friends
28 total reviews (5 have comments)
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Likelihood to Recommend (28)

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  • 4
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  • 3
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  • 2
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  • 1
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Dr. Trachtenberg's Performance

  • Trustworthiness

    GOOD

  • Explains condition(s) well

    GOOD

  • Answers questions

    GOOD

  • Time well spent

    GOOD

Office & Staff Performance

  • Scheduling

    GOOD

  • Office environment

    GOOD

  • Staff friendliness

    GOOD

  • Average wait time

    10 to 15 minutes

Patient Comments (5)

It's interesting to see the other comments here - my experience was very similar. Such a waste of time and this guy was so rude and condescending. I was sent by my primary because of some lab work and Dr. Trachtenberg spoke to me like I was an idiot and proceeded to tell me that nothing was wrong...more
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Rude staff, terrible bedside manner, didn't seem educated in what we were talking about. The worst doctor I have ever seen. Period.
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To be absolutely honest. This Dr. is a huge jerk. He is brash, arrogant, and rude. He has no compassion and doesn't seem like he should deal with people in general let alone as a physician. Go see Dr. Oliver his partner who is 100x better than this waste of a white coat.
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I was sent to Dr Trachtenjerk by my General Practitioner after receiving a positive result on a blood test. Dr. Trachtenjerk sat and told me that I was not having the symptoms I was having, and that the blood test didn't really verify anything. I was then really curious as to why I had to take time...more
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**WASTED 1-1.5 HRS OF MY LIFE!!** I was referred to him by my midwife because my labs showed positive as a carrier for Hep B. He kept me waiting in the room for half an hour, and than when he arrived...stated the last time he treated a PREGNANT woman with Hep B was 2 years ago. And for the...more
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New Patients
(801) 893-0860

Dr. Trachtenberg accepts 95 insurance carriers

  • AARP
  • Aetna
    Choice Plus POS II
  • Allegiance Health Plans
  • Altius Health Plans
  • Ameriben
  • American Heritage
  • American National
  • American Postal Workers Union Health Plan
    American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
  • American Republic
  • Amerihealth
  • Assurant Health
  • Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
  • Bankers Life and Casualty
  • Baptist Health Services Group
  • Beech Street (Multiplan)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
    Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Cross of Idaho
  • Caremark Pharmacy
  • CHAMPVA
  • Cigna
    Cigna HMO
    Cigna PPO
    Open Access Plus
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • Connecticare
  • Conseco
  • CoreSource
  • Coventry Health Care
  • Deseret Mutual (DMBA)
  • EBMS
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Equitable
  • Federal Employee Program (FEP)
  • Fidelis Care
  • First Choice Health
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care)
    First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
  • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
    GEHA
  • Group Health Incorporated (GHI)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Health Exchange
  • Health Utah
  • HealthPartners
  • HealthSmart
  • Humana
  • Idaho Physicians Network (IPN)
  • Inter Valley Health Plan
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
  • Managed Care Administrators, Inc.
  • Marsh Affinity Group Services
  • MDwise
  • Medicaid
  • Meritain Health
  • Molina Healthcare
    Molina
  • Monumental Life Insurance Company
  • MultiPlan
    MultiPlan PPO
    PHCS Network PPO
  • Mutual of Omaha
  • MVP Health Care
  • National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
  • Nationwide
  • New York Life
  • North America Administrators (NAA)
  • One Health
  • Operating Engineers Health & Welfare Plan
  • PacificSource
  • Paramount
  • PEHP
  • PHCS
  • Physicians Mutual
  • Physicians' Care Network
    Physicians Care Network
  • Principal Life
  • Priority Health
  • Providence Health Plans
  • Pyramid Life
  • Rocky Mountain Health Plans
  • SCAN Health Plan
  • Sedgwick Claims Management Services
  • SelectHealth
  • State Farm
  • Teamsters or other Unions
  • Today's Options
  • Travelers
  • Tricare
  • Tufts Health Plan
    Tufts Health Plans
  • UniCare
  • Union Pacific Railroad Employee Health Systems
  • United American Insurance Company
  • United Food and Commercial Workers
  • United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Fund
  • UnitedHealthCare
    United Healthcare
  • Universal Health Network
    Univera Healthcare
  • USA Managed Care Organization
  • Veteran Administration Plan
  • WellCare
  • Wise Provider Networks
  • Worker's Compensation
    Worker's Compensation WC

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Dr. Trachtenberg's affiliated hospitals

St. Mark's Hospital
1200 E 3900 S
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
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Lakeview Hospital
630 Medical Dr
Bountiful, UT 84010
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