Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 951287946.18 miles
Dr. Rios earned his B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior from the University of California, Davis in 2002. He received his MD, PhD from Stanford University in 2010. Dr. Rios completed his dermatology residency at Stanford University in 2014 and completed a Research Fellowship in Epithelial Biology at Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Rios' academic interest is in studying the role of the microbiome in health and disease in dermatology and oncology patients.
MD, PhD
12 years of experience
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