Dr. Paolo B Depetrillo MD
Clinical Pharmacologist
5204 SANGAMORE RD BETHESDA MD, 20816About
Dr. Paolo Depetrillo is a clinical pharmacologist practicing in BETHESDA, MD. Dr. Depetrillo specializes in developing and testing new pharmaceutical products, with specific focus on the correlation between drugs and diseases. Clinical pharmacologists optimize drug prescribing and prevent medication errors as well as contribute to new drug applications delivered to the FDA.
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 1981
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