NORTHERN NEVADA Public Health Serving Reno, Sparks & Washoe County

Reka Danko, MD

Reka Danko, MD

Reka Danko, MD

District Board of Health - Board Appointed Physician

Phone: 775.328.2415

Reka Danko, MD, is the District Board of Health appointed physician.

Reka Danko, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer for Saint Mary's Health Network. Dr. Danko earned her medical degree at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, where she also completed her residency in Internal Medicine. Following board certification, Dr. Danko joined a hospitalist practice in Northern Nevada and continues to work as a hospitalist in the community. In 2013, she also began working at Northern Nevada HOPES, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Reno, where she served as the Chief Medical Officer from 2014 to early 2017 and focused on building an integrated care model and developing an outpatient addiction treatment program to help those with substance use disorders.  Dr. Danko became board certified in Addiction Medicine in 2018 and works with community programs to increase education, prevention, and treatment options. Dr. Danko is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

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