
Dr. Melissa Amy Bender MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Fruit Street Grj 504 Massachusetts Genera Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Melissa Bender is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Bender 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
Harvard Medical School 2000
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Practice At 55 Fruit Street Grj 504 Massachusetts General Hospital
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Francisco Marty MD75 Francis St Boston MA 02115
- Dr. Jeffrey A Gelfand MD55 Fruit St Boston MA 02114
- Dr. Michael J. Barza M.D.2100 Dorchester Ave Dorchester MA 02124
- Dr. Edward P Butler MD170 Governors Ave Medford MA 02155
- Dr. Karin Ingrid Hjalmarson MD822 BOYLSTON ST CHESTNUT HILL MA 02467
- Dr. Steven Laurence Keenholtz M.D.140 Commonwealth Ave Danvers MA 01923
Nearest Hospitals
MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARYl
243 CHARLES STREET BOSTON MA 2114SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON, THEl
51 BLOSSOM STREET BOSTON MA 2114TUFTS MEDICAL CENTERl
800 WASHINGTON STREET BOSTON MA 2111