Dr. Charles A Kennedy MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1720 Nicholasville Rd Suite 602 Lexington KY, 40503About
Dr. Charles Kennedy is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Kennedy specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ of Southern Ca Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1985
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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